Difficult and dangerous - why truck drivers are quitting

The road freight industry is already estimated to be 2500 drivers short and that number will grow to 28,000 in a couple of decades. Tracy Neal investigates if the driver shortage is threatening the safety of trucking operations and endangering other road users.

An episode of the Insight podcast, hosted by RNZ, titled "Difficult and dangerous - why truck drivers are quitting" was published on November 24, 2018 and runs 27 minutes.

November 24, 2018 ·27m · Insight

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The road freight industry is already estimated to be 2500 drivers short and that number will grow to 28,000 in a couple of decades. Tracy Neal investigates if the driver shortage is threatening the safety of trucking operations and endangering other road users.

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The road freight industry is already estimated to be 2500 drivers short and that number will grow to 28,000 in a couple of decades. Tracy Neal investigates if the driver shortage is threatening the safety of trucking operations and endangering other road users.

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