Trucking

In between all the stats, there are three points that show age does matter. This is from Jim York’s June column in Fleetowner mag.

Older but wiser - Fleetowner.com
…the majority (62.7%)) of drivers are under age 46. However, that demographic changed during 1999-2001. The number of younger drivers (under 46) declined from 65.2% in 1999 to [...]

In a perfect situation, I agree with this -

The Trucking Monkey Weblog with Elegant John ? Mexican Trucks-A Moot Point!
On a short-distance basis, say trips to Corpus Christi or San Antonio, a different scenario would exist. These destinations would represent extensions of the Mexico carrier freight bill. Instead of the bill saying Monterrey, Mexico, [...]

Since the Supreme Court said that Bush doesn’t have to have EPA approval to allow Mexican trucks into the country, California is using the ‘clean air’ argument to keep them out of their state.
The Sacramento Bee — sacbee.com — Rivals ahead for U.S. truckers
“I will probably end up replacing a number of my U.S. drivers [...]

Yahoo! News - Fear Enters the Pipeline of Saudi Oil Industry
Last weekend’s carnage by suspected Islamic militants in the nearby petrochemical hub of Khobar drove the price of oil to a new high and laid bare an uncomfortable truth: The world oil market depends heavily on a calm that seems to be vanishing in this [...]

From Fleetowner.com
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled unanimously that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is not required to conduct a full environmental assessment on the impact of border-crossing Mexican trucks in context of the standards of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
And it gets better -
TTNews.com: Trucking News Throughout the Day
The ruling was vied [...]

Analyst predicts better times ahead for trucking, economy
Demand for trucking services is up while trucking capacity is down, two very positive economic signs — and A.G. Edwards & Sons trucking analyst Donald A. Broughton sees good things ahead for trucking into 2005 and perhaps beyond.
The article went on to say -
The fact that traffic managers [...]