Well guys, here is a very interesting article that just came out in Transportation Topics. One FMCSA official was asked will 175,000 drivers lose their jobs. This came from an interview we did about a year ago from trucking safety official Jay Thomas of Packard Transport.
I quote from Transport Topics Special Report. Gary Woodford FMCSA chief program manager was asked if this was true, 175,000 drivers could be unemployed and he said "That's simply not true" and goes on to change the subject......HOWEVER Jay Thomas now with Freight Exchange still has a different view. He is quoted as saying " For the majority of the 3.3 million truck drivers CSA 2010 will have little or no effect, HOWEVER as many as 25% or 825,000 drivers will be effected and of those 10% will become unemployable". This has reduced the estimated job loss from 175k to 85k.
This is better then the 175k but could actually go either way since it is estimated by Thomas 825,000 drivers will be effected. The ability for a driver to keep driving won't be decided by the carrier but the insurance companies.
Another tidbit of info here is that the driver peer group will be all CDL holders so the score or rating you get will be used by the insurance companies to decide if you’re insurable or not.
I will post more as I continue to read and study this new information.Sincerely,Joseph
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