I deal with truck drivers at my job, over the last twelve years I have noted a sharp and dramatic decline in the quality of what is behind the wheel of those things.
Coincides with the introduction of new onerous regulations AND companies deciding to hire unqualified people who they then toss behind the wheel.
This then creates a negative feedback where the drivers who are worth their salt pack it in, which leads to more yo-yos being hired, that then leads to more regulations, which then again leads to more experienced drivers giving up..
I wonder if this driver is among the “low quality” level or if he just had a very bad “one off” day.
Odds are the former.
I have dealt with a lot of commercial drivers.
Because the way they are paid many are very willing to break the hours of service rules.
Exactly
“This then creates a negative feedback where the drivers who are worth their salt pack it in, which leads to more yo-yos being hired, that then leads to more regulations, which then again leads to more experienced drivers giving up..”
Excellent observation.
I watched two great companies go down the tubes by hiring only driving school grads.
One of the companies I was working at.
When I was hired on there was a five year wait list to get hired on.
Your driving record had to be immaculate and your delivery record excellent.
Five years later the elderly owner died and his son took over.
My mileage, therefor my pay, dropped like a stone. I also noticed a lot of new young faces in the trucks.
They were hiring driving school grads at low pay and giving them the miles. All of us experienced drivers making top pay were being starved out. Can’t make a living on 1,200 miles a week.
The day I turned in my truck there were over 20 other older experienced drivers turning in their trucks as well.