Trucking's uneasy relationship with new tech

Matching trucks with cargo has become digitised, adding efficiency, but driving down earnings.

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"It just happened, right place, right time," the Canadian driver, who prefers not to use his surname, explains from behind the wheel of his towering lorry.

"I've done 5,000 miles in a month and a half, but there's a lot of breaks this year."

But during time off between driving to shows in New Jersey, New York, Toronto and Nashville, Jared will be scanning multiple screens in his cabin – a laptop, tablet and two smart phones – to secure more work. All made possible by new technology.

It's a world away from his early career, when he was transporting fruit and wine, he explains.