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Wingus Dingus

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3. They can join the military and control millions of dollars

Reply to radicalleft (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 17, 2021, 03:54 PM

Oct 2021

worth of equipment and weapons and vehicles though, deadly things and activities with little margin for error. Edit to add: the military trains well and hand-holds and supervises, though. These kids out on the long open road on their own, supposedly not looking at their phones the whole time? That is a little scary, LOL.

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High schoolers are training to drive 18-wheelers amid a shortage of truck drivers [View all] Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 OP

80,000 lbs moving at 75 MPH radicalleft Oct 2021 #1

They can join the military and control millions of dollars Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #3

I am guessing you never served, or drove a semi over the road.. denbot Oct 2021 #6

Silly! Nt USALiberal Oct 2021 #4

They won't be running 75. A HERETIC I AM Oct 2021 #21

Good for them. underpants Oct 2021 #2

Good for them! MenloParque Oct 2021 #5

Average annual salary for a truck driver in the USA is $70k. Sibelius Fan Oct 2021 #7

You are right, regional differences apply MenloParque Oct 2021 #10

Averages hide data. Igel Oct 2021 #19

And their brains are 7 years away from being fully adult. Igel Oct 2021 #20

18 year olds do not have the judgement to drive those vehicles malaise Oct 2021 #8

100% Agreed radicalleft Oct 2021 #9

I have two cousins - both are in their 50s now malaise Oct 2021 #11

There is a semi-drivers program at the community college in the county I reside PufPuf23 Oct 2021 #12

They haven't done much research AwakeAtLast Oct 2021 #13

I think it's great. Perhaps it should be done as an apprenticeship tulipsandroses Oct 2021 #14

I think this is excellent! Nt Baked Potato Oct 2021 #15

Intrastate only, I presume liberaltrucker Oct 2021 #16

I retired from trucking and it wasn't that bad ripcord Oct 2021 #17

Good way to save money for college Renew Deal Oct 2021 #18