On May 23, 2026, former trucker Gord Magill published an article on his Substack, Autonomous Truck(er)s, sounding the alarm on the corporate push to automate the freight industry. Appearing on The Tucker Carlson Show, Magill argued that the shift away from manual driving is a calculated play, explaining that "the development and the imposition of automatic transmissions into big trucks was done on purpose" to deskill the workforce.
This corporate shift is driving experienced domestic drivers off the road entirely. Gord Magill admitted his own reluctance to trade the steering wheel for a keyboard, telling Tucker Carlson that "I wanna be trucking. I don't wanna be a writer." However, he explained that he remains sidelined because the industry prefers cheap, "exploited labor" over skilled professionals.
Rather than a personal grievance, Magill warned on The Tucker Carlson Show that the dismantling of the domestic trucking workforce poses a systemic threat. "This is not some, like, 'Oh, woe is me,' or, 'Woe is my fellow truckers.' This is a national security issue." As logistics giants continue pushing for automated fleets, expect Magill to keep sounding the alarm from his Substack.