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18 YEAR OLD TRUCKERS & ELECTRIC SEMI'S. There is now proposed legislation that would allow 18 to 20 year old CDL holder cross state lines.There has been for a long time, 49 states that allow an 18 yearly man or woman, to get their CDL (Commercial drivers license) and driver intrastate only. But with the driver shortage and new safety rules that would apply to these young wanna-be drivers, it is making to sense to allow a new bread of drivers on Americas highways and interstates. The rules that will apply are as follows. It will start with a two-step program of additional training that includes performance benchmarks. They will need to complete at least 400 hours of on-duty time and 240 hours of driving time with an experienced driver in the cab. Thats right 640 hours of total training verses the average driver that is 21 and older, trains at an average of 160 hours of total trucking school classroom and on sight driving. This is sounding like "old school mentoring", you know like "back in the day". We look forward to this new and exciting program that will help the younger generation get off to a well deserved career. 18 Year old Truckers & Electric Semi's Electric semi's and Zero-Emissions is the goal OK, so Zero-emissions? Will it happen? Can it happen? Hmmm, Im sure that we can reduce allot but Zero? This writer will have to see it with my own eyes. Lets start with the trucking industry. Truck manufacturers are capable of producing 600,000 trucks a year. With the current count of 4.5 million class 4 to class 8 trucks on the road, it will hardly happen over night. It is estimated that we might hit 38 percent by the year 2035. The Another thing to be considered is the fact that none of these rigs have been proven to last or to pull 80,000 pound loads in all terrains, including steep mountain grades where a battery will be tested, with what would seem to be impossible strains to overcome. Lets see, what else can we say on the negative side of a zero-emissions electric generation? Oh yeah, how about the 4 wheeler industry, wow, thats allot of switching over. And how about all those car collectors? Do you really thinks that all those collectors will lay down and be told they can never start up that 67 chevy Camaro again and drive it around. Then there's is the aviation industry. How are we going to get an all 747 electric Jetliner to fly as efficient and reliable as the planes of today? It doesn't stop there, you also have chain saw, lawn mayors, ATV,s, power boats and the list goes on and on and on. Lets also not forget the fact that there are countries like the USA, Iran and many many countries that rely on the sale of petroleum. Are we prepared to put that trillio0n dollar industry out of business? No, I doubt that will happen the way they want it to. TalkCDL Trucking Podcast Sponsors If you are a trucking company or any kind of business that is part of the trucking industry, you can become a sponsor for the hottest trucking podcast in the world. TalkCDL has sponsorships that are very low priced and can produce a great vast audience to showcase your business. Please write to Ruthann@TalkCDL.com and inquire about our sponsors rates for 3 months, 6 months and or 1 year. This will include a commercial on every TalkCDL episode for the chosen period. It will also include ads on TalkCDL's Facebook page ND SOCIAL MEDIA. JJ KellerNational CarriersCheapest Trucker InsuranceTrucking stuff and AmazonBad Recruiting Call and Trucking NewsMeet Marvin Keller Trucking plus disaster zonesTrucking News its all about Truckers Thank you to all of our listeners. TalkCDL Trucking Podcast is a paid for media productions.