October 20, 2021
Trucking Shortage Pandemic
This from John Lees in Britain
Apparently the post-Brexit truck driver shortage is now global.
Who can explain such mysteries?
Tim adds:
Here in the U.S. a big part of the problem is that states like California passed laws requiring a.trucks be built after 2015, eliminating smaller trucking companies and b.that there be no independents running freight. That knocks a LOT of truckers out of the market. This was a sop to the Teamsters union.
Also, changes in CAFE fuel economy standards and regulations of all sorts helped put the squeeze on trucking.
I don't know the details but suspect the ending of NAFTA reduced the number of truckers too; Mexican trucks were delivering all sorts of goods around the U.S. NAFTA would logically have reduced the number of American truckers as they were replaced with cheaper foreign drivers.
Of course the Pandemic shuttered many trucking facilities.
John adds:
There are a similar heap of factors occurring in the UK.
Including a blockage in the HGV driver certification system which occurred due to the fear of two people being in each other's company during the "pandemic".
The simple thing though, is that this problem seems to be affecting many nations, notably nations that acted with draconian measures due to Covid.
Apparently the post-Brexit truck driver shortage is now global.
Who can explain such mysteries?
Tim adds:
Here in the U.S. a big part of the problem is that states like California passed laws requiring a.trucks be built after 2015, eliminating smaller trucking companies and b.that there be no independents running freight. That knocks a LOT of truckers out of the market. This was a sop to the Teamsters union.
Also, changes in CAFE fuel economy standards and regulations of all sorts helped put the squeeze on trucking.
I don't know the details but suspect the ending of NAFTA reduced the number of truckers too; Mexican trucks were delivering all sorts of goods around the U.S. NAFTA would logically have reduced the number of American truckers as they were replaced with cheaper foreign drivers.
Of course the Pandemic shuttered many trucking facilities.
John adds:
There are a similar heap of factors occurring in the UK.
Including a blockage in the HGV driver certification system which occurred due to the fear of two people being in each other's company during the "pandemic".
The simple thing though, is that this problem seems to be affecting many nations, notably nations that acted with draconian measures due to Covid.
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Need to get your facts straight Timothy. It’s 2010, not 2015, and it is not an outright ban, it is a permitting issue.
There is no ban on owner operator truck drivers, and there are still at least 70,000 of them in California. What you are probably seeing is a rule making it harder for trucking companies to classify their drivers as independent contractors. That’s not limited to trucking companies. California is trying to eliminate all forms independent contracting in the state.
There is no ban on owner operator truck drivers, and there are still at least 70,000 of them in California. What you are probably seeing is a rule making it harder for trucking companies to classify their drivers as independent contractors. That’s not limited to trucking companies. California is trying to eliminate all forms independent contracting in the state.
Posted by: Bill H at October 20, 2021 05:24 PM (/sW5m)
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However you slice the salami, Bill, the problem is that the Peoples' Republic of Californica is being run by unions and climate nuts in government, not by the people. Take away those two issues and the state would be (almost) normal, and the problem of getting stuff off the ships and out to where it should be would be pretty much eliminated.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at October 20, 2021 10:45 PM (l1227)
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What Dana said.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at October 21, 2021 06:27 AM (M+HnH)
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Nonetheless, Democrats argue with lies and exaggeration. We do not need to do the same. We are honest people, and we discuss the issues using FACTS.
Posted by: Bill H at October 21, 2021 09:49 AM (/sW5m)
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Another fact, by the way, Mexican drivers are not allowed past Otay Mesa, which is about ten miles from the border. NAFTA was supposed to give permission for them to deliver nation wide, but it never did.
Posted by: Bill H at October 21, 2021 09:52 AM (/sW5m)
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