- On October 21, a commercial truck collided with an SUV along Interstate 10 a few miles east of Los Angeles. The dashcam footage instantly went viral: we witness the final moments of husband and wife Clarence and Lisa Nelson as their vehicle, stopped in traffic, is vaporized by the truck.
- In August, Harjinder Singh, an Indian migrant who entered America illegally in 2018 and was (again, illegally) issued a commercial driver’s license by both Washington and California, attempted to execute an illegal U-turn with a semi across the Florida turnpike...The impact instantly killed all three people in the minivan...
- On November 9, ICE arrested an Uzbeki illegal migrant and wanted terrorist driving an 18-wheeler in Kansas...
- On November 22, the Wyoming Department of Transportation removed 40 illegal migrants operating big rigs...
What in the hell is going on in trucking?...
- Demand for truckers spiked at the beginning of the pandemic, followed by a trough of almost no work, and a second spike through most of 2021, as Americans were paid to stay home and order everything online...
In response, the White House convened a December 2021 “task force” to ensure trucking jobs are “good, safe, and stable.”
- The results of this “task force” have been catastrophic...
- Deskilling in the industry, and giving the lowest common denominator permission to drive big rigs, hasn’t worked out well for the American motorist.
- Truck fatalities have increased by nearly 50% over the last decade.
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