| ▲ | Japan plans 'conveyor belt road' linking Tokyo and Osaka amid driver shortage(theguardian.com) |
| 3 points by PaulHoule 8 hours ago | 6 comments |
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| ▲ | themaninthedark 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's an interesting idea but why don't they just use the already existing rail lines? |
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| ▲ | drpossum 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Is it really a "driver shortage" or "we don't want to pay drivers a living wage or allow them to have dignity and oops no one wants to be a driver for some reason" like in the US? |
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| ▲ | PaulHoule 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Is it the pay or the organization of the work? Can you pay people enough for the hassle of not sleeping in your own bed most weeks? Or can you organize a system where trucks are driven in shifts but face delays changing drivers? | |
| ▲ | Arnt 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Pretend you're 17 and are deciding on a career. Ignore this year's wages. What do you think about the prospects for drivers in the next forty years? | | |
| ▲ | PaulHoule 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I know somebody in a similar situation who has pondered getting a C.D.L. because many the older blue collar people who he knows has one but decided against it because everyone he knows who drives a truck is fat. |
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| ▲ | 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
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