I agree with you about truck drivers in the mountains! I was driving in the Sierras a few months ago and a truck driver flipped his truck over and it took me HOURS to get out of those mountains (and that’s also when I learned gas stations are no longer open past 10).
Also wasn’t the VA snowstorm 72-hours-stuck issue a few weeks ago due to many tipped over trucks?
Maybe truck driving school needs to be a bit more rigorous (not that that would help the supply chain).
The big trucks have gotten terrifying, they pass me when I’m driving over 75MPH. If they put the young ones in the right positions and keep them out of extreme grade and weather conditions the idea can work. And over time, the young ones will learn all the tricks to keeping themselves and everyone around them alive so they all get home.