The great truck driver shortage

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{"text":"The Alabama legislature lowered the minimum age for a truck driver's (CDL) license to 18 for within-state transport (the minimum age remains 21 in interstate trucking) to help alleviate a driver shortage the American Trucking Associations (ATA) says has existed since 2005 Trucking has long been a major employer in Alabama and Pike County. What are the economics of this shortage and the future of trucking?\n\n\nTrucking contributes enormously to our economy. Seventy percent of freight, over 10 billion tons annually, ships via trucks. Our modern economy could not exist without reliable truck transportation; any uncertainty would render just-in-time production impractical.\n\n\nNews reports for years have noted trucking companies' struggles to hire drivers. The most visible have been ads on tractor-trailers promoting drivers to switch jobs for better pay and working conditions. Our economy shows few signs of a shortage of transport, as stores have Separate stocked and factories operating.\n\n\nRead more: https://yellowhammernews.com/the-great-truck-driver-shortage/","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"They say we’re important but when you talk about raising rates it doesn’t seem too important ","replyToPid":0}

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366847 发表于 2019-05-27 00:10:02 They say we’re important but when you talk about raising rates it doesn’t seem too important

","text":"good point"}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"now find a ins company that will insure a 18 year old..... good luck... divining at 18 on a in state cdl  has been legal in AZ for a long time but it is for agcultural only and you have to be employed by the farm or ranch . this is how I got my start .     \" family ranch\" hauling cattle to and from auction","replyToPid":0}