Teen drivers will soon be getting behind the wheel of commercial semi-trucks, and that has safety advocates concerned.
The new infrastructure law, signed by President Biden in November, invites 18 to 20-year-olds to drive big rigs on interstate highways. The goal of the apprenticeship program is to relieve the nationwide truck driver shortage and a supply chain squeeze. However, owner/operator Paul Pavilionis, a longtime trucker, says he doesn't think it's a good idea.
“It’s bad enough, and to have an 18-year-old behind the wheel, that would just scare me,” Pavilionis said. “When I was 18, I didn’t pretty much know what I wanted to do, let alone go that far away from home.”
That brings us to the poll question today.