Projected driver shortage to tripple by 2026 but companies keep closing?!

Forget one thing while some may be able take students as drivers if they self-insured the first accident they have could be the one that puts the nail in the coffin for a smaller company that is and if they have more then one well thats like having a the bases loaded and expect home run when the batter tore his shoulder previous day on top fact the bases are loaded with people who can't walk.

Another would be finding a seasoned driver take said low wages. If there's no season driver to fill they just collect dust. Let's give example say it's local and wage is 7.25 hour who as a trucker in their right mind take it. I would sooner go back to welding and there's more competition there everyone and their grandmother became one those when the oil boom hit thinking they gonna strike it rich that all said some the best welders I have met be surprised are female maybe because they more detailed orientated.

There will always be companies who fail because they can't get there operations expenses in check and freight moving. there gonna be new companies because someone got the ball rolling and get it off the ground to point he or she no longer has to drive.

They need to require higher standards for reg driver license anyways when they up the CDL they just made it harder for the bad ones fall into the cracks and say they are a driver but then even if you fell into the cracks eventually the driver will be in supertrucker status enough your gonna mess up where the DOT gonna make it costly to you.

 

Just out of curiosity do you happen to know which part of the labor stats website section this information is in?

 

Is the U.S. labor market for truck drivers broken? : Monthly Labor Review: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

I'm short,
And I'm a driver.
So there's the proof that everybody's
Been looking for ,for 30 years that there
Is a driver shortage.

 

They jumped the gun when things were great and now freight is soft. Many companies took on a lot of debt to get ahead and now fell flat.

 

i see problem as, everybody got their hands in driver's pocket, greedy brokers, non driver dispatchers, greedy carriers, etc.....not to mention over regulation, hos mess, etc.....we do tha work and is why these parasites have jobs or business, and of course there are many other extenuating issues, like driver solidarity, etc......they better hurry up with ai trucks, cuz soon homeless won't even drive

 

Yea, I know it. I missed his last tour as well to job issues as well. Fukcing sucks.... such is life sometimes. I'll just cherish the memories of the 4 times I was fortunate to see him. Gratitude.

 

My first concert, 12 yrs. old, I bought 6 tickets for myself and 5 friends. We took the bus downtown. 1976, Night Moves tour. Then in 05, My wife, my daughter, her first concert, 12 yrs old and I , couldn’t believe how good they sounded. Best time in years.My Dad was a fan, long before he went Nationwide, he played Detroit locally for years. “ No one loves Me here anyway “ !! Lol

 

Cool. Yes, I saw him (1st time) during that tour as well. I was 14 then. Great memories for sure.