my father was a driver himself.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; a lorry driver, or driver in Ireland, the United Kingdom, India and Pakistan) is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck (usually a semi truck, box truck or dump truck). Truck drivers provide an essential service to industrialized societies by transporting finished goods and raw materials over land, typically to and from manufacturing plants, retail and distribution centers. Truck drivers are also responsible for inspecting all their vehicles for mechanical items or issues relating to safe operation. Others, such as driver/sales workers, are also responsible for sales, completing additional services such as cleaning, preparation and entertaining (such as cooking and making hot drinks) and customer service. There are three major types of truck driver employment:   Both owner operators/owner driver and company drivers can be in these categories. In Australia, drivers of trucks and truck and trailer combinations with gross vehicle mass greater than 12 tonnes must rest for 15 minutes every 5.5 hours, 30 minutes every 8 hours and 60 minutes every 11 hours (includes driving and non-driving duties).\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Hi, my Dad used to be a truck driver.  He was gone a lot."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Aw that is a shame, but truck drivers provide an essential service to society by transporting goods all over the country."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That absolutely do.  I heard they have self-driving trucks now."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I was under the impression that they were working on them but not on the road yet. Truck drivers are also responsible for inspecting their vehicles and providing maintenance."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, I don't how many times I have seen a truck broken down on the side of the road.  It must be stressful."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah im not sure how a self driving truck would handle that. Working on the trucks like that is a risk of road traffic injury."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I think the self-driving trucks are being used on routes with less traffic."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I was unaware of that I will have to do some more research about that. I worry about all of the truckers losing their jobs though. Where will they go for work?"}]