Since September 2020, the FMCSA has been considering the possibility of a pilot program allowing teen truck drivers to haul across state lines. While some trucking organizations stand behind the possibility of the pilot program, many individuals are not so sure about the safety of the proposed program.
Although the potential program is still in the planning stages, the American Trucking Association has come out in support of the lowered interstate driving age, claiming that it could help with the controversial truck driver shortage facing the industry, which has only been exacerbated by the pandemic.
”We came into the pandemic with a need to put more men and women behind the wheel of trucks,” said Bill Sullivan of the American Trucking Associations.