Meeting Public Comments

David Anderson

Given the current state of this technology, this is a basic commonsense measure. Please pass it.

Dan Iskenderov

A human operator behind a commercial vehicle is not just a driver but a trained decisionmaker who brings judgment, accountability, and situational awareness that no robot can truly replicate. Humans can interpret complex, rapidly changing environmentsweather shifts, unpredictable motorists, road construction, mechanical anomaliesand make ethical, splitsecond decisions grounded in experience and responsibility. A human operator understands context, intent, and consequence, can communicate with law enforcement and the public, and can adapt when systems fail rather than becoming the failure. In an industry where lives, livelihoods, and public trust are at stake, the presence of a skilled human operator ensures safety, reliability, and accountability in ways automation alone cannot guarantee.

Steven Pearce [UPS]

Along with the clear and obvious safety concerns, a human operator offers problems that customers may have in a relational way. Human interaction is vital to ensure excellent customer service. With great customer service, a company will thrive. People working together is what gets things done and has throughout history. We must preserve the interaction between people at all costs.

Cody Lechtenberg

Having a person in a vehicle whether its fully capable of autonomous driving is something that shouldn't be put on the wayside for corporate views. A person can operate in ways a algorithm can't, make decisions that AI would be sometimes left "stuck" deliberating on its options making a hazard for others. People still need jobs, think of seniors or less able bodied workers who could oversee the autonomous vehicles, they could help prevent vandalism, theft and other problems caused by being fully autonomous and unattended. Plus how can you guarantee that a car or other vehicle won't lose signal when cellular and satellite signals still aren't 100% in Iowa. I know multiple dead spots of coverage where cell signal and GPS is either not possible or so spotty to be unusable. I want people to be behind a wheel and able to control a vehicle 100% even if it may less then 1% of a autonomous vehicles time actively on a road.

Daniel Bonnichsen [Bbu]

There needs to be physical drivers in all commercial vehicles in case of, and to potentially avoid accidents. Driverless vehicles are causing more accidents than physical drivers.

Derek Scheetx [Prairie Farms]

I agree that a human should be present in the cab of a commercial vehicle for the sake of safety, accountability, and for saving good jobs for middle class workers. Its a win, win.

Ben Chapman

People aren't expenses on a bottom line. Any effort to replace human workers entirely is not only wrongly naming workers as obsolete for their own greed, but also creating unconscionable safety hazards,as something as simple and unpredictable as even a brief technological failure could easily create the conditions for disaster that only otherwise then be mitigated by human intervention.

Teddy shanks

I Firmly support THE HF2375 it's impairitive that a human driver be behind the wheel of any vehicle for the safety of any human on the public roads

David McCullough [Rez Adventures]

This should not even be a question. I'm all about progress but let's not get a head of ourselves if something happens, and it will, it will be on everyone that allowed for this to occur.