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When you look at what truckers and trucking firms have to put up with, regulation-wise, I’d only be a truck driver if the only other work I could find involved flipping burgers.
Indeed they are needed TODAY...But in 10+ years, self driving trucks/cars will eliminate the need for drivers. Much like buggy whip manufactures, elevator operators, and switchboard operators their jobs are going to disappear.
My 21 yo son just started driving a couple of months and loves it so far. It seems to suit him.
My 19 year old son got his CDL a couple months ago. He had a summer volunteer commitment and will be returning in two weeks. Because of his age, he has to stay in the state until he’s 21 but I don’t think he’s going to have any trouble finding a job.
“Labor crunch” = “need to raise salaries to attract people”
Truck driving is not all that bad. If you’re a clean person you can be a clean driver. And you don’t have to eat in truck stops.
As for getting younger drivers, first they’re going to have to find younger people who can drive period.
I have a nephew with some years of past experience, as an employee, in long and short haul trucking. If his experience is common, I’d say it is a lousy industry run by a lot of lousy bosses. He could work in it today if he wanted. He won’t do it.
If I was young I would beg, borrow or steal to get into flight school.
There is a HUGE NEED for commercial pilots and the ranks are not being filled enough by ex-military pilots which has been the source of them to date.
But trucking is good, just not as lucrative. I don’t know about piloting but trucking is REALLY hard on the body. I know FLYING is hard but can be accommodated (I have nearly 3 million miles as passenger).
Truckers are one job group that gets drug tested both regularly & randomly.
The p;st 2 generations have endorsed drug use.
They cannot pass the tests to get the ob or to hold the job.
I know we need more drivers, but I have absolutely NO SYMPATHY for people who want a job & still use drugs.
Semi autonomous truck trains are available or nearly available now. That would make each driver 2-5 times more productive.
Because there isn’t any good new trucker songs any more.
Six days on the road.
Teddy Bear
Roll on 18 Wheeler
Convoy
I’ve Been Everywhere
18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses
Girl on the Billboard
Eastbound and Down
Give me 40 Acres
Truckin’
Me and Bobby McGee
On the Road Again
40 Miles of Bad Road
Giddy Up Go
How Fast Them Trucks Can Go
The Bandit
Thank God for the Radio
Big Wheels in the Moonlight
Truck Driving Queen
Truck Driving Man
Roll Truck Roll
Teddy Bear’s Last Ride
Momma Knows the Highway
Long Long Texas Road
500 Miles
Phantom 309
Truck Drivin’ Son of A Gun
Diesel on my Tail
A Tombstone Every Mile
Looking at the World through a Windshield
Freightliner Fever
Giddy Up and Go Answer
Truck Driver’s Prayer
Long Lonesome Road
I’m a Roadhammer
Keep On Truckin’
Truck Drivin’ Buddy
Truck driver’s blues
Rubber Duck
Wow, rising wages are reported as a coming economic catastrophe. The BS is getting thick.