The Department of Labor recently said that there is no driver shortage. That the companies have a retention problem. There are @500,000 new CDLs issued in the U.S. every year. Probably 80 to 90% don't stay a year. Poor wages and working conditions and companies that don't care if they get new drivers home is not a system that will get drivers to stay.
If any other industry had a 80% + turnover rate every year, heads would roll until the retention problem was corrected. In trucking, it is just business as usual.
Push to Let Teens Drive Trucks Interstate Divides the Industry
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by autopaint, Sep 9, 2021.
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As if we don't have enough to watch for out there. All people are somewhat irrational until around the age of 25 when their brains finish developing.
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18 year Olds can already get a cdl. They just can't cross state lines. An 18 year old can pull twin 53 footers in New York. He can run Laredo to Texarkana or Sand Diego to San Francisco. He can do local deliveries all thru Chicago.
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This is not a bad thing neccessarily, it allows adolescent (in the technical sense) behaviour to give the individual life experiences that stick with them, its the people that rigidly adhere to rules regulations and what their parents tell them that end up being unfit for any changes in the world around them. You can argue which things SHOULD and SHOULDNT change, but there is no doubt that a population of clones (be it genetically or mentally) is more productive, but less resilient -
I know any 18 y.o. that goes OTR 48 will be an "elite" kid after a year on the road. Imagine knowing all the roads, cities and states through experience at 18-19 years old
That said I'm not sure all of them would be mature enough to do it. Certainly some will be, what a great thing to do for a year or two between High School & College. I would highly recommend it to any inclined to give it a try. What a fantastic life experience.Long FLD and gentleroger Thank this. -
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