John MacDonald: Someone tell the Govt - truck driving is a skill
Going by the warnings out today from the trucking and transport sector, it may not be long before we get our local councils telling us that rubbish collections can’t happen as often as they do now and getting stuff transported around the country will be more difficult than it is already.
Chris Carr, who runs the Carr and Haslem trucking company, has been flying drivers to the South Island every week because he can’t get enough drivers to cover all the routes.
He’s been doing it for the past three-or-four months and he’s even been out driving trucks himself. That’s how tight things are.
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