homeWelcome, sign in or click here to subscribe.login
     


 

 

Construction


Subscriber content preview

January 19, 2022

US to allow teens to drive big rigs under test program

  • An apprenticeship program required by Congress to help ease supply chain backlogs would let 18-to-20-year-old truckers drive outside their home states.
    • By TOM KRISHER
    AP Auto Writer

    DETROIT — The federal government is moving forward with a plan to let teenagers drive big rigs from state to state in a test program.

    Currently, truckers who cross state lines must be at least 21 years old, but an apprenticeship program required by Congress to help ease supply chain backlogs would let 18-to-20-year-old truckers drive outside their home states.


     
    . . .


    To read this story in full login or purchase a subscription.



    
    Email or user name:
    Password:
     
    Forgot password? Click here.