- American Trucking Associations (ATA) estimates a shortage of roughly 60,000 drivers in today’s market, with the shortage expected to grow to 82,000 by the end of the year.
- CDL Mentors Truck Driving School is opening to give neighbors the opportunity to become truck drivers.
- Watch the video to find out why they chose Quincy to open their doors.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
American Trucking Association says right now there is a trucking shortage in the United States. I’m Ashley Engle your Quincy neighborhood reporter looking at what neighbors here are doing to add more truck drivers to the industry.
“A lot of people when they graduate high school they don’t want to go to college, or they don’t want to go to the military.
Elliot Murphy is the chief Operating officer of cdl mentors truck driving school of Florida. He tells me he grew up in Gadsden County and saw a financial gap.
“With this job here, it provides them the opportunity to at least make $85,000 coming directly out of school.”