The Aurora Driver, the Pittsburgh-based company's flagship product, is an L4 autonomous driver system that can be installed onto a variety of trucks to allow around-the-clock operation.

In fact, while trying to reassure the driver, the 911 operator said, "I know they [LFD] can get you out, they've done it before. This happened about, I want to say, about a year and a half ago as ...

As the trucking industry struggles to recruit drivers, driverless trucks won’t need sleep, won’t speed and won’t get road rage. But experts and truck drivers say they are not a panacea.