60,000 drivers entered into the federal clearinghouse for failing a drug test in the last year or so. (IIRC)
Means that when they try to apply at a new company, new company knows of the failure. Driver has to do certain things to get cleared to drive again.
95% of those drivers are not making that effort. They're simply out of the driving pool.
There is less a shortage of drivers and more too much waste. Drivers spend too much of their allotted time on non revenue generating things.
Detention at load/unload, dead head, trying to find a load etc. 1/3 of a driver's miles are empty in this industry. Reduce that and the amount of drivers we're "short" gets considerably smaller.
Things like Baton, vHub, p44's new data work, Leaf logistics etc are all working on driving out that waste. Flock Freight just hit unicorn status with their series D.
There is a MOUNTAIN of investor dollars pouring into transportation and logistics right now.
