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18yr olds allowed to drive commercial vehicles included in infrastructure bill
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<blockquote data-quote="HFolb23" data-source="post: 4965338" data-attributes="member: 55674"><p>I’ll give the unpopular opinion then. Everybody has to start somewhere, might as well start them young.</p><p></p><p>Nobody ever blinked when I was 18 driving a tractor trailer for the Army. No CDL, no DOT rules to follow, hauled anything that fit on the trailer without ever thinking once about dimensions or weights.</p><p></p><p>I know 12-14 year olds that can maneuver a tractor trailer better than some of my feeder coworkers can. Kids are pretty good with the 15 speed running from farm to field too, LONG days during harvest season and no DOT hours considered. Biggest struggle most kids have in these trucks is needing the seat low enough to reach the pedals and still be tall enough to see over the hood. I have family friends that are farmers, loggers, cement guys, well diggers, and dump truck drivers. Of those that are parents, I don’t think there’s a child among them that hasn’t driven dads truck in some way shape or form. When kids grow up around trucks they tend find themself in the dads seat pretty young.</p><p></p><p>Let’s be real. The kids that are interested in trucking at 18 aren’t the ones eating tide pods and doing tik tok challenges.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HFolb23, post: 4965338, member: 55674"] I’ll give the unpopular opinion then. Everybody has to start somewhere, might as well start them young. Nobody ever blinked when I was 18 driving a tractor trailer for the Army. No CDL, no DOT rules to follow, hauled anything that fit on the trailer without ever thinking once about dimensions or weights. I know 12-14 year olds that can maneuver a tractor trailer better than some of my feeder coworkers can. Kids are pretty good with the 15 speed running from farm to field too, LONG days during harvest season and no DOT hours considered. Biggest struggle most kids have in these trucks is needing the seat low enough to reach the pedals and still be tall enough to see over the hood. I have family friends that are farmers, loggers, cement guys, well diggers, and dump truck drivers. Of those that are parents, I don’t think there’s a child among them that hasn’t driven dads truck in some way shape or form. When kids grow up around trucks they tend find themself in the dads seat pretty young. Let’s be real. The kids that are interested in trucking at 18 aren’t the ones eating tide pods and doing tik tok challenges. [/QUOTE]
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