That’s what I want, to share the road with self-driving big rigs with no human watching over it. They actually allowed this in a part of Texas, but the manufacturer requested they put drivers back in the trucks. They tried to indicate it was because of cutting edge technology onboard and intellectual property concerns, but I think it was to avoid an incident that would push back trust and adoption. Given that software is being lazily done by AI more and more, the buggy software we have today is only going to get worse as humans won’t catch additional bugs being introduced, as well as the human coders becoming less and less proficient. And my experience in a megacorp, they love the cheap and fresh programmers coming out of college, and were hiring them around the world to work remotely in countries where wages were even cheaper. And even the more experienced programmer running the project wasn’t the best, and why I took a voluntary layoff and left AT&T after 18 years.
As a side note, is this push for autonomous trucks because of the impending extraction of the church? Are a significant number of truckers saved? I’d think so. Is this a desperate way to keep supplies moving in a post Rapture world? Perhaps that this reasonable bill was vetoed is a clue.
By Ashley
Colorado Governor Jared Polis recently killed a bill that would have banned autonomous commercial vehicles from operation on the state’s roadways without a properly licensed human driver inside the cab.
On May 29, 2025, Polis vetoed HB25-1122 after the bill was passed by the Colorado General Assembly.
The bill would have banned automated commercial vehicles from operating in Colorado unless an individual who holds a commercial driver’s license (CDL) is inside the vehicle and able to intervene in order to avoid unsafe or illegal driving.
The bill would have required that the CDL holder sit in the driver’s seat if the truck was transporting hazardous materials.
The bill also established fines for violation of $1,000 for a first offense, $2,000 for a second offense, and a doubled fine amount for each subsequent offense.
Polis said in his veto letter that the bill would have amounted to an outright ban on autonomous commercial vehicle testing and operations in Colorado.
“While we as a country have yet to see widespread adoption of autonomous commercial vehicles, deployment in Colorado presents potential opportunities for improving safety. Since no other state has such a mandate, HB 25-1122 would effectively create a first-in-the-nation prohibition on autonomous commercial vehicle testing and operations. Driver error is the leading cause of accidents. Preserving tools which could make Coloradans safer is critical, especially as we’ve observed higher crash rates nationwide. Allowing HB 25-1122 to become law would require a driver to be present in commercial vehicles, which may undermine innovation of future technologies that could increase road safety,” said Polis.
“Drivers of commercial motor vehicles have a challenging job and we all owe them our gratitude for the important role they play moving goods across our state and country, especially in the face of senseless federal tariffs,” Polis continued. “I’m proud of the work we’ve accomplished in recent years to improve safe operations of commercial motor vehicles and safety for all road users. I also appreciate that with any new technology, there is a level of discomfort and uncertainty and that the intention of this bill is to address safety concerns. However, the approach set forth in HB 25-1122 would risk undermining a process that is currently working and instead limit opportunities for innovation that lead to greater safety improvements in the future. If automated vehicles are tested and deployed in Colorado, public safety will continue to be my administration’s unwavering top consideration and priority.”