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Robert Phillips

Working truck driver and co-founder of Highway Miles, a free commercial truck GPS and route-planning app built with his son Justin.

Oct 7, 2026

6:59
What's, what's been the big issues you're seeing on the, on the roads out there?
7:03
Um, honestly, uh, it's, it's probably, uh, counterintuitive to what I'm doing, but one of the, uh, biggest issues I see, especially with a lot of the new drivers, is their complete reliance on navigation, uh, applications and apps.
7:16
Um, you know, you talk about being an old-school truck driver.
7:19
You have no problem picking up a, a Rand McNally map and, you know, finding where you are or where you need to be.
7:25
Uh, you ask any of these new guys, I'm not even gonna say, myself included, um, I would, uh, really have to look at that map and kinda really figure out what's going on.
7:33
Um, you know, we've kinda lost that I, I think.
7:36
Um, and the reliance on technology, while it has its use, um, you know, I...
11:59
[laughs]

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