FMCSA Proposes Under 21 Driver Pilot Program

Because most kids at 18 the bread ain't fully baked yet. They need a couple of years living in the real world to mature and get some experience first. Like I said... that's just my opinion.

 

And once everyone finally agrees letting 18 yr olds drive is just fine, well, you know many states you can drive at 16, even down to 14 I think.
Well #### that's just another case for discrimination if we don't let 14-16 yr olds drive trucks interstate now, isn't it?

 

And yet I could have gotten my license and pretty much ran coast to coast in Canada at 19. Don't really see what the big whoop is all about.

 

How many times have you heard .. driving is a privilege. I don't think the discrimination angle would work.

 

Pick a number. 18, 16, 21, 45, 89. The age of when someone matures is something a culture decides on. It's all subjective. And meaningless. I bet all of you reading this know a young person who can do this with training.

 

Heck, I know several 10 year old farmer kids that, based on the way they handle a tractor, can drive better than the majority of the truck drivers out there.

 

I'm sure they drive better than me LOL

 

I've heard the exact same thing said about 40 year olds.

 

Delete, wrong thread.

 

Ah, this is great preparation for over the road trucking, don't you think?

A majority of young adults in the U.S. live with their parents for the first time since the Great Depression