Source: Ezra Dyer, CAR AND DRIVER, 9/10/21


The new infrastructure bill contains a provision aimed at broadening the labor pool in the long-haul trucking industry: allowing drivers under the age of 21. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is behind the pilot program, which would impose different rules and restrictions on drivers, depending on their ages. Right now, drivers as young as 18 are allowed to operate commercial trucks within 49 states, so that Peterbilt next to you on the highway might already be helmed by a Zoomer.

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