N-TV ran a piece early this AM...on the topic of Germany and truck-drivers.
For those who think the trucker shortage is just a UK or US thing.....no, even German logistical companies are admitting some problems in getting enough truck drivers.
The current 'missing' numbers? Around 60k to 80k drivers just not there.
Chief reasons? Well....the pay-scale is often brought up....but it goes onto other reasons as well. You can be gone for several days at a time....away from the family. On top of that....you have the problem of a shortage of parking spaces for evening rest.
If you travel around Germany, I'd readily agree on the parking space problem. It's an issue they should have realized twenty years ago, and avoided. Go try to pull into any rest stop or autobahn fuel stop at 7 PM.....the whole lot is full of parked trucks for the night.
All of this shortage business building up for a day of 'reckoning'? I would go and argue that point. It won't be in 2021 or 2022....but there's some day coming in Germany where the logistical 'chain' will be disrupted.
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