Teen Truckers

I don't have a problem with this. Uncle Sam will give them a rifle and a ride to the desert. Why shouldn't they be allowed to drive commercially? I got my CDL at 19 (had intrastate restriction) and the only thing that got hurt was a hand rail in Green Bay.

I'm all for better pay and working conditions, but I'd still rather see 19 year olds behind the wheel than more "imports" doing the job.

 

AMEN!!!

 

I have to agree with that!

 

I would take them over imports any day. But I do agree that more than the average training would be necessary.

 

I see no issue with it. In my province you can get your class 1 cdl at 18 with no restrictions. There hasn't been much of an issue with it either. It sucks that my generation gets stomped on all the time. Makes it so the few of us that have our #### together have to work that much harder to prove ourselves.

 

fast and the furious..... in big trucks? LOL
I can't wait to see how they customize them vs the old timers and I would love to see a drag race that has two trucks filled with two young bucks looking to prove a point
That would be funny!

 

Very well put. I think it would be the rare exception rather than the rule finding kids (yeah, I said it....I'm old enough to!) that young that are mentally and psychologically mature enough to handle a big rig safely. I know for #### sure I wasn't anywhere close to being able to handle that responsibility until well after I turned legal drinking age!
Not to mention, if this were to become law.....The current driver wages would definitely go down even more than they have in the past twenty years, due to younger/less experienced people working for less, regardless of what industry it is. I just think it's a bad idea all around, and a barely disguised attempt by the ATA etc. to get even cheaper labor to boost their profits, at the risk/expense of the motoring public. Just my humble $.02.....

 

No worries they can't parallel park a car let alone a truck