Why do so many newbies disappear after they hit the road?

New drivers fresh out of school, below is the deffinition of good starting pay.

Vans: .30cpm+
reefers: .32cpm+
Flats: .38cpm+
tankers: .38cpm+



American Trucker

 

Yeah, except that's what they are paying guys with years of experience now.
And people are accepting it.....

 

I'm at 65 but also traveled west across time zone so picked up the hour I lost and got there on the deadline. It was close...

 

You wouldn't happen to be the one at procter&gamble thismorning that was too impatient to wait 30 seconds for me to slide my tandems and blew your horn at me 5 or 6 times, would you?

 

That's not PAY, that's your cpm.
There's a big difference.

 

33cpm for flatbed right out of school, seems decent/competitive for a new driver from what I have seen

 

Not hardly I have 5 years experience and I'm making .60/mile pulling a tanker. Plus I'm home every night. You may find some idiot to accept that low pay but I know for one I sure won't.

 

Well, I just hit 6 months with swift. At 30 CPM now. 6 more months and I get another penny... Then 1 penny a year after that and no more pennies after 5 years...

 

I was speaking of pennies per mile. Regardless of how many miles I run, my pay is 30 CPM...

 

It could be that a drug cartel or a UFO has kidnapped them.......or.....maybe they found out that trucking is not an easy job to do