Sounds like the free market will push wages higher. Or other forms of transport will be found.
Exactly
I hope so. My 19 year old son just got his Class A CDL. His first job offer is really good for a 19 year old kid, but inadequate for raising a family.
I have a relative that found a number of things about being a driver for big shipping/hauling/transport companies that he thought were attractive. It turned out in his view that all the attractions could not pay enough for all the things that made it a bad job; after hanging on to it through multiple employers based in more than one state. “Retention” was an issue he was part of twice. He left trucking once, then went back, left again and is now not going back. How bad was it. Well, seriously, h’d rather be a bum.