18 year old drivers

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by timidlady, Feb 15, 2020.

  1. timidlady

    timidlady Light Load Member

    66
    56
    Sep 25, 2018
    0
    I was reading an article that there really isnt as much a shortage of drivers as the media wants you to believe. It gave some pretty good stats so I can believe that's true. So why lower the driver age? I guess it could be for health purposes but lowering the start age would actually lower the average age so it would appear that truck drivers die even younger. Politicians love their stats. No way would they make statistics look like that. I think part of it is that as we get older we lose our ability to be flexible. So that makes older drivers less reliable in their results. This industry bends you like a pretzel. But as you get older, you find that less tolerable. I think they aren't looking for health. They are looking for flexibility.
     
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. buzzarddriver

    buzzarddriver Road Train Member

    3,219
    8,651
    Feb 1, 2011
    Dallas, TX
    0
  4. faux_maestro

    faux_maestro Bobtail Member

    27
    40
    May 31, 2019
    0
    Also driver shortage=the reason for self driving trucks.
     
  5. Mid-May Trucker

    Mid-May Trucker Road Train Member

    1,119
    2,077
    Oct 23, 2018
    0
    Wrong ,same experience amount.
     
  6. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

    9,966
    41,259
    Jan 13, 2013
    SW Arkansas
    0
    The ATA companies are afraid of running out of people willing to believe their recruiters. Lowering the interstate age to 18 opens up a new source of fresh meat.
     
    MACK E-6 and faux_maestro Thank this.
  7. Mid-May Trucker

    Mid-May Trucker Road Train Member

    1,119
    2,077
    Oct 23, 2018
    0
    What about the insurance part bigger companies can pay for the insurance getting people before they have more choices.
     
  8. 88228822

    88228822 Heavy Load Member

    825
    1,308
    Sep 26, 2018
    0
    9 out of 10 of these kids couldn't hack it
     
    Dave1837 Thanks this.
  9. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

    27,627
    144,553
    Jul 7, 2015
    Canuckistan
    0
    7/10 of us aren't willing to be slaves and work for peanuts either.
     
  10. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

    45,836
    200,275
    Sep 19, 2005
    Baltimore, MD
    0
    It worked with automatic transmissions.
     
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.