Union cheers as trucks kept out of U.S. self-driving legislationWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Teamsters union on Friday praised House lawmakers for keeping self-driving commercial trucks out of a proposed bill aimed at speeding deployment of the advanced technology for cars.  The U.S. House Energy and Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a bill that would hasten the use of self-driving cars without human controls and bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles. The measure only applies to vehicles under 10,000 pounds and not large commercial trucks. The 1.4-million-member union, hoping to protect the jobs of truck drivers, has been lobbying at the federal and state levels to slow legislation to make it easier for companies to roll out self-driving trucks. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has said she is “very concerned” about the impact of self-driving cars on U.S. jobs, a big part of President Donald Trump’s campaign message. “It is vital that Congress ensure that any new technology is used to make transportation safer and more effective, not used to put workers at risk on the job or destroy livelihoods,” Teamsters President James P. Hoffa said in a statement, adding the union wants more changes in the House measure. Teamsters officials have been involved in talks with Senate aides, seeking to exclude commercial trucks from a similar bill setting federal regulations for autonomous vehicles, lobbyists said. The Senate proposal has not been made public yet. The House bill would allow automakers to obtain exemptions to deploy up to 25,000 vehicles without meeting existing auto safety standards in the first year, a cap that would rise to 100,000 vehicles annually over three years. Auto industry leaders have said 3 million commercial truck jobs could eventually be at risk if self-driving vehicles replaced human drivers. Alphabet Inc’s self-driving car unit Waymo is working on developing self-driving trucks, the company said last month. Other companies have also been working on self-driving trucks. Ride services company Uber Technologies [UBER.UL] is working on autonomous trucking through its Otto unit, which it acquired last year. Tesla Inc, which is working on self-driving technologies, plans to unveil a commercial truck called the Tesla Semi in September. The Teamsters have opposed efforts by states to approve plans by logistics companies to use platooning technology that could reduce driver jobs by allowing a pack of trucks to be digitally connected and driven in formation. Missouri Governor Eric Greitens approved a revised platooning measure this year that requires a driver in the cab of each truck. His predecessor Jay Nixon vetoed platoon testing last year. politicsNews
union cheers trucks kept legislationwashington reuters the teasers union friday praised house lawmakers keeping commercial trucks proposed bill aimed speeding deployment advanced technology cars the house energy committee thursday unanimously approved bill would hasen use cars without human controls bar states blocking autonomous vehicles the measure applies vehicles pounds large commercial trucks the union hoping protect jobs truck drivers lobbying federal state levels slow legislation make easier companies roll trucks transportation secretary line chan said concerned impact cars jobs big part president donald trump campaign message it vital congress ensure new technology used make transportation safer effective used put workers risk job destroy livelihoods teasers president james off said statement adding union wants changes house measure teasers officials involved talks senate aides seeking exclude commercial trucks similar bill setting federal regulations autonomous vehicles lobbyists said the senate proposal made public yet the house bill would allow automakers obtain exemptions deploy vehicles without meeting existing auto safety standards first year cap would rise vehicles annually three years auto industry leaders said million commercial truck jobs could eventually risk vehicles replaced human drivers alphabet inc car unit way working developing trucks company said last month other companies also working trucks ride services company uber technologies working autonomous trucking otto unit acquired last year tesla inc working technologies plans unveil commercial truck called tesla semi september the teasers opposed efforts states approve plans logistics companies use platooning technology could reduce driver jobs allowing pack trucks digitally connected driven formation missouri governor eric greens approved revised platooning measure year requires driver cab truck his predecessor jay nixon vetoed platoon testing last year politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Union cheers as trucks kept out of U.S. self-driving legislationWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Teamsters union on Friday praised House lawmakers for keeping self-driving commercial trucks out of a proposed bill aimed at speeding deployment of the advanced technology for cars.  The U.S. House Energy and Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a bill that would hasten the use of self-driving cars without human controls and bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles. The measure only applies to vehicles under 10,000 pounds and not large commercial trucks. The 1.4-million-member union, hoping to protect the jobs of truck drivers, has been lobbying at the federal and state levels to slow legislation to make it easier for companies to roll out self-driving trucks. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has said she is “very concerned” about the impact of self-driving cars on U.S. jobs, a big part of President Donald Trump’s campaign message. “It is vital that Congress ensure that any new technology is used to make transportation safer and more effective, not used to put workers at risk on the job or destroy livelihoods,” Teamsters President James P. Hoffa said in a statement, adding the union wants more changes in the House measure. Teamsters officials have been involved in talks with Senate aides, seeking to exclude commercial trucks from a similar bill setting federal regulations for autonomous vehicles, lobbyists said. The Senate proposal has not been made public yet. The House bill would allow automakers to obtain exemptions to deploy up to 25,000 vehicles without meeting existing auto safety standards in the first year, a cap that would rise to 100,000 vehicles annually over three years. Auto industry leaders have said 3 million commercial truck jobs could eventually be at risk if self-driving vehicles replaced human drivers. Alphabet Inc’s self-driving car unit Waymo is working on developing self-driving trucks, the company said last month. Other companies have also been working on self-driving trucks. Ride services company Uber Technologies [UBER.UL] is working on autonomous trucking through its Otto unit, which it acquired last year. Tesla Inc, which is working on self-driving technologies, plans to unveil a commercial truck called the Tesla Semi in September. The Teamsters have opposed efforts by states to approve plans by logistics companies to use platooning technology that could reduce driver jobs by allowing a pack of trucks to be digitally connected and driven in formation. Missouri Governor Eric Greitens approved a revised platooning measure this year that requires a driver in the cab of each truck. His predecessor Jay Nixon vetoed platoon testing last year. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: union cheers trucks kept legislationwashington reuters the teasers union friday praised house lawmakers keeping commercial trucks proposed bill aimed speeding deployment advanced technology cars the house energy committee thursday unanimously approved bill would hasen use cars without human controls bar states blocking autonomous vehicles the measure applies vehicles pounds large commercial trucks the union hoping protect jobs truck drivers lobbying federal state levels slow legislation make easier companies roll trucks transportation secretary line chan said concerned impact cars jobs big part president donald trump campaign message it vital congress ensure new technology used make transportation safer effective used put workers risk job destroy livelihoods teasers president james off said statement adding union wants changes house measure teasers officials involved talks senate aides seeking exclude commercial trucks similar bill setting federal regulations autonomous vehicles lobbyists said the senate proposal made public yet the house bill would allow automakers obtain exemptions deploy vehicles without meeting existing auto safety standards first year cap would rise vehicles annually three years auto industry leaders said million commercial truck jobs could eventually risk vehicles replaced human drivers alphabet inc car unit way working developing trucks company said last month other companies also working trucks ride services company uber technologies working autonomous trucking otto unit acquired last year tesla inc working technologies plans unveil commercial truck called tesla semi september the teasers opposed efforts states approve plans logistics companies use platooning technology could reduce driver jobs allowing pack trucks digitally connected driven formation missouri governor eric greens approved revised platooning measure year requires driver cab truck his predecessor jay nixon vetoed platoon testing last year politicsnews