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originally posted by: madenusa
a reply to: rokesharound here a student gets $100.00 a day "before tax's" driving with a trainer and hope that truck gets 1000 miles a day $100.00 for every 1000 miles the wheels turn.
you have to make it your life to survive.
originally posted by: madenusa
a reply to: Zaphod58 I was told 30 years ago when I started driving only 1 out of 100 make it on the open road.
I've watched a lot of students come and go..
They get in a truck....drive into your future, see the world then reality sets in when they only see that white line for 32 hours running team.
Every 4 years if you plan on working for one of the big company's you have to go threw so much red tape to get a "Hazmat endorsement" homeland security does a back ground check so they say, just more ways to get in your wallet.
They've been talking about robot trucks driving there self for 20 years.
What this country needs is a truckers strike....all drivers stock your freezers at home, buy lots of ammo stay home for a week.
Watch the riots on TV.....
www.quora.com...
originally posted by: toysforadults
a reply to: Gothmog
it's going to affect the entire market not just housing
originally posted by: Zaphod58
One of the big numbers that has come out with regards to the US economy is truck driver employment, and it doesn't look good. Trucks are responsible for 70% of all freight moved in the US by volume, but overall employment numbers are staying relatively flat, while demand is increasing.
A recent BLS report shows that employment numbers in the transportation industry are similar to what they were in the middle of 2015. Hershey, Clorox, and Sysco, all $10B companies are looking at 4th quarter drops because of increased transportation costs.
The biggest problem is that it can cost almost $3,000 and take a month to get your CDL,only to go into training with whatever company hires you. While training with them, your pay is barely enough for you to live on. You then go out on your own, barely prepared, and don't make much more. Now you have all these stories about self driving trucks coming, and the incentive to I into the field isn't there.
Eventually, the cost of transportation is going to get high enough that it will be passed on to prices at the store, or for whatever you order online. Something needs to be done and soon.
www.bloomberg.com...
originally posted by: prevenge
a reply to: Zaphod58
just watched a video on Universal Basic Income.
they mentioned that there would be a huge loss of jobs in the trucking industry because of automation and A.I.
also the first self driving mac truck just made it across the country.