Ironically, the infrastructure bill of 2021 (you know, the one Democrats love love love to crow about) contained provisions for a pilot program to train 18-20 year old CDL drivers for interstate travel. From what I understand, that program hasn't really materialized yet because of all the red tape involved.
To be fair, I'd say the exact same thing about Chuck Grassley.
Gotta be honest. 18 year olds probably shouldn't be fighting wars, either.
…blowing up people on the other side of the world is one.
You really trust 18 year olds to blow people up? I sure as hell don't.
After years of antiwar posts on this board I have to put a sarcasm tag on that comment?
Long haul drivers are more prone to fatigue. A driver doing an out and back each day does not face the same fatigue factors a long haul driver does. Go to a shipper and wait. Drive, manage your time to hit a delivery. Wait at the delivery. Find a safe place to park. Blow a tire and wait for repairs. I hear all about it. A bunch of my wife's cousins from rural Indiana drive. Some do day work hauling grain or ethanol byproducts to Chicago and back. Some haul long distances and come home every week to two weeks. It isn't the same thing.
I am not a huge fan of it but I get it. I don't think the economy has totally adjusted to the Boomers leaving. Not as many in the job pool then you need to expand the job pool.
That’s why I suggested placing limits on the distance from home they’re allowed to travel and the number of miles and hours they can drive in a single day.
Reminds me of a Tonight Show episode way back in the day when Johnny Carson was hosting and he was interviewing Suzanne Pleshette. She was asking Johnny about growing up in the midwest and Johnny asked Suzanne if she had ever ridden on a tractor.
You’re jealous and bitter because she wouldn’t give you the time of day and because Ashley made it a hell of a further the news media world than you’ll ever be. So why don’t you get little flick and you two can meet up with Huey Grey. So you guys can run a train on each other.Hmm, she has kind of an ex-lot lizard look about her.
I bet she's slurped some chrome out at Walcott, if you know what I mean.
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You are wrong. 18-20 year olds should not drive such large trucks. They lack the experience and driving skills. There is a lot of situational experience needed. If you think going across a state line is arbitrary, it may be, but it is also putting younger, more inexperienced drivers into unfamiliar situations where they can be overwhelmed, and not have those valuable skills that experiences provides. And, I guarantee you that insurers are not excited about younger drivers obtaining CDLs.
If it was strictly a “business decision” politicians would never get involved. It’s turning into a right-wing political “freedom” talking point....one Team Red feels confident it can win.
Yeah it's those damn liberals that are trying to control what women do with their bodies, what teachers do in classrooms, and what kids should read and think. Oh wait... that's the Republicans?Those damn liberals. 🤔
Its liberals are the ones teaching Marxist ideology in the classroom and bragging about how abortions should be a right of passage for women. Liberals are the greatest threat civilization. You people are insufferable bastards.
And if there is ever an argument for 18 year olds to drive trucks across state lines, butz…. this is it! That Ashley Hinton is just too far ahead of most of us!
Well you figured it out and then just dismissed it by using an example to prove your point instead of you know common sense.
It's not debatable that 18 year olds are far worse drivers. They are. Some 500% worse. That people don't want concede this makes them dishonest.
Most Americans don’t live 5 minutes from the nearest state. That much is true. But every single person in the 48 contiguous states lives closer to another state than to the furthest point within their own state. That’s a geographic and geometrical fact.
Oh ouch. You're mad. 😙 oh yeah, and Republicans are the party of less government. 🤣🤣
She said nothing. Which is always what she says even when words are coming from her mouth. I dont think there’s anyone in congress with less raw intelligence actually.
