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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I spent years in transportation management.

The truck drivers coming in to the business in recent years are a scary bunch.

They can’t do logs (DOT requirements), they can’t follow directions (i.e. read a map), they cannot back up a semi w/trailer into a marked bay, and they won't touch the freight once they finally do get a trailer into a dock. Let some teenager working minimum wage get it, and break his young back.

The truck driver shortage has been forecast for a long time now.

I guess that we’ll all be needing a good supply of Mexicans, and a lot of road signs for Spanish speakers.

Good luck posterity.

11 posted on 02/11/2008 5:48:41 PM PST by Radix (I do not want to press one for English.)
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To: Radix

See post 5,,, when they start paying drivers by the hour instead of by the mile, you will get drivers. The truck diving business is a racket!


16 posted on 02/11/2008 5:52:36 PM PST by MrPiper
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