Editing Truck (section)

===United States===
[[File:Truck cab.JPG|thumb|Inside a Navistar 9000]]
In the United States, a [[commercial driver's license]] is required to drive any type of commercial vehicle weighing {{convert|26001|lb|kg|abbr=on}} or more.<ref>{{cite web|title=Commercial Drivers License|url=http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/enforce/cvm/CMV_license.html|publisher=[[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration]]|access-date=21 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917042521/http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/enforce/cvm/CMV_license.html|archive-date=17 September 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The federal government regulates how many hours a driver may be on the clock, how much rest and sleep time is required (e.g., 11 hours driving/14 hours on-duty followed by 10 hours off, with a maximum of 70 hours/8 days or 60 hours/7 days, 34 hours restart )<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hours-service/summary-hours-service-regulations|title=Hours of Service Rules|publisher=US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration|date=18 December 2014|access-date=26 May 2015|archive-date=27 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527063048/http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hours-service/summary-hours-service-regulations|url-status=live}}</ref> Violations are often subject to significant penalties. Instruments to track each driver's hours must sometimes be fitted.
In 2006, the [[Trucking industry in the United States|US trucking industry]] employed 1.8&nbsp;million drivers of heavy trucks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos246.htm#projections_data|title=Truck Drivers and Drivers/Sales Workers|access-date=25 January 2008|date=18 December 2007|work=Occupational Outlook Handbook|publisher=Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor|archive-date=11 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011015253/http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos246.htm#projections_data|url-status=live}}</ref>

There is a shortage of willing trained long-distance truck drivers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/02/11/691673201/facing-a-critical-shortage-of-drivers-the-trucking-industry-is-changing|date=11 February 2019|first1=Frank|last1=Morris|work=[[Morning edition]]|publisher=[[NPR]]|title=Facing A Critical Shortage Of Drivers, The Trucking Industry Is Changing|format=Audio|access-date=17 April 2019|archive-date=17 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417140312/https://www.npr.org/2019/02/11/691673201/facing-a-critical-shortage-of-drivers-the-trucking-industry-is-changing|url-status=live}}</ref> Part of the reason for this is the economic fallout from [[deregulation]] of the trucking industry. [[Michael H. Belzer]], [[associate professor]], in the economics department at [[Wayne State University]] and co-author of ''Sweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation'', argues that low pay, bad working conditions and unsafe conditions have been a direct result of deregulation.<ref name="Oxford">{{cite web|url=http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Business/Management/OrganizationalBehavior/?view=usa&ci=9780195128864|publisher=Oxford University Press|title=Sweatshops on Wheels|date=July 2000|access-date=17 March 2012|archive-date=8 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308095923/http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Business/Management/OrganizationalBehavior/?view=usa&ci=9780195128864|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author-link=Michael H. Belzer|last1=Belzer|first1=Michael H.|title=Sweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]], USA|date=24 August 2000|type=Hardcover|page=272|isbn=0-19-512886-9}} {{ISBN|978-0-19-512886-4}}.</ref> The book cites poor working conditions and an unfair pay system as responsible for high annual employee turnover in the industry.<ref name="USNews">"Sweatshops on Wheels", ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.</ref><ref name="Post">"Sweatshops on Wheels." ''[[The Washington Post]]''</ref>

In 2018, in the US, 5,096 large trucks and buses were involved in fatal crashes:
* The number of large trucks involved in fatal crashes is 4,862,
* The number of large trucks involved in injury crashes is 112,000,
* The number of large trucks involved in property damage only crashes is 414,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/data-and-statistics/large-truck-and-bus-crash-facts-2018|title=Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2018 &#124; FMCSA|website=fmcsa.dot.gov|access-date=30 March 2021|archive-date=30 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330191918/https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/data-and-statistics/large-truck-and-bus-crash-facts-2018|url-status=live}}</ref>