Thread by @TrentTelenko

@man_integrated As far as truck drivers go, the graduate degree & Silicon Valley tech head crowds have less than zero understanding of the work load.

It isn't just getting a commercial license for driving & driving.

Loads require different trailers & load plans the driver has to execute
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@man_integrated ...per thick federal, state, and company rule books.

Often the driver also has to be an all terrain fork lift operator as well in support of delivering to construction sites.

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@man_integrated Truckers carrying HAZMAT loads require additional training for signage, documentation, reporting and routing.

This is all long attention span theater through eye wateringly small text.

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@man_integrated Then there are the requirements to haul oversized loads.

Again, lots of eye wateringly small DoT text, signage, documentation, reporting, routing, and warning drivers ahead and behind the load.
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@man_integrated Then there is the risk. Truckers get in accidents, guaranteed.

It is a function of the amount of time they are diving and the road conditions.

A very small risk times a large enough number of times equals a certainty in a trucking career.
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@man_integrated Add to that long hours, truck stop food and no exercise, and you are going to get a stressed and morbidly obese individual in less than a decade.

And health benefits for truckers plain suck.

nydailynews.com/life-style/hea…

@man_integrated Please note, there are thousands more CDL licensed people than there are active truck drivers.

This is because truck companies treat their driver like they are expendable. Get in one to many accident or long term injured and out the door you go.

Hence, driver shortage.
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@man_integrated What she said --