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If you ve notice delays in the delivery of your packages or higher prices for some of things you order, a shortage of truck drivers may be to blame. A new program is hoping to bring some relief, but some worry it ll make roads less safe.The program trains teenagers to drive cross country.Elijah Amos is one of the teens involved with the program and working towards gettinghis commercial drivers license. I think we really did it for me is driving, Amos says. Because I really like driving and I feel like you get paid a decent amount of money. Just to drive. But since he s 18, he won t be able to drive from state to state. He ll have to wait until he s 21. However, a new governmen salomon sommerschuhe t pilot program will soon allow some drivers as young as 18 to drive cross country. I feel like it would open up more job opportunities, Amos says. And maybe it opened up the eyes to some of the younger people maybe like actually try and do it. The program would be available to some members of the National Guard and others with military experience. But in March, House Republicans introduced a bill to lower the commercial driving age to 18 for anyone driving state to state.Their goal To fight a nation-wide truck driving shortage.Quincy Jones, who directs Sage Truck Driving School,says it s been challenging to attract driving students. He says ul salomon xt 6 timately, consumers pay the price. Ship adidas samba ping costs get passed down the consumer, Jones says. So if there s a shortage, those aren t getting picked up as freq
