Do you find the quality of truck drivers on the road to be decreasing? Do you think that the driver shortage is leading more carriers to hire less than qualified or unsafe drivers to meet capacity restraints? Do you feel 3pls are a factor in choosing the cheapest rate and not necessarily vetting out safe carriers?
GREETINGS roadscholar88,
[RANT ON]"quality of truck drivers" HAS decreased (to me since 2005) with the acceptance of these many FOREIGNERS that speaka littil inglis, when at all.
Trucking has become a ever increasing majority of ill mannered, disgusting, impolite, rude, offensive (listen to ANY conversation on Sesame Street/Chatter Box), outright annoying, ignorant dimwits/halfwits/idiots/imbeciles/morons/nitwits/nincompoops who
think they're smart and safe.[RANT OFF]
There is only a "shortage" of
WELL QUALIFIED/EXPERIENCED,
COURTEOUS,
SAFE,
RELIABLE drivers.
There is NO shortage of
UN QUALIFIED/EXPERIENCED,
UNRELIABLE and
UNSAFE drivers as the proof is in
Trucking Accidents.
What do 3 p l's have to do with consistently cheap rates for HEAVY loads??
BROKErs (Cheap Haul Rob-u-some for 1) care not about "quality" of carriers, just that they will only pay the least money and many carriers will haul for cheap, especially the mega carriers.
Trucking ain't what it was and shall never again be.