Daily Driver Shortage

Tomorrow. Just wait and see. Better stock up on groceries today.

 

and then exclude those who can't pass a hair follicle test, sleep apnea test, won't stay out for an undetermined number of days, needs more than $800 a week, wants a truck that will go at least 65 and stays warm in the winter and cool in the summer, and most of all wants to be treated like a human being. Well, that's where the 18 year old drivers come in.
"Here ya go, boy. Good luck."

More BS from those who make it the best.

You're welcome.

 

They should reword their story to, drivers with an IQ above 60 shortage.
I think the big carriers will always find somebody to throw in the seat.
But with the low wages, all the regulations, and slave labor practices of some of the mega carriers. I can definitely see why the industry has trouble getting decent people.
Looking back if I would have known then what I know now I would have never bothered getting a CDL. I know there's money to be made and I have made decent money. But when you got dispatchers texting you every 5 minutes asking you for an ETA when you're still 400 miles away it's kind of stupid. And when you are down to 30 minutes on your clock left and 150 miles from your destination and your dispatcher is telling you just to log into personal conveyance and run the extra 150 loaded. Waiting two days sometimes to get unloaded. The biggest problem I have with over the road is all the extra hours you work totally unpaid and the fact that I can make more money running local with way less bullcrap. I just came back from the lower 48 and decided I'm done with over the road if it's out of Alaska I'm just not doing it too much BS I can make twice as much money locally.
What an absolute crap industry.

PS forgot to mention all the times I've been screwed out of money buy small fly-by-night carriers and an owner operator going through bankruptcy. who had a problem, with buying more trucks than he could afford. I drove about seven thousand miles for this guy before I realized something was not right.
Never did get paid end up costing me about $800 to drive 7000 miles for him. dude seemed like a pretty good guy he just was absolutely retarded when it came to managing money and living within his means.

I know this ain't going to be popular but it's the truth, at least my version of it in my three years of driving.

 

At this point I would just like the schools to ensure the "student" knows their left from their right.

 

See Walmart’s fleet for reference.
Something is seriously wrong when you screw over your drivers with over 20+ years experience and give their runs to someone with only one month experience behind the wheel.