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		edmundsauto 41 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How America's "truck-driver shortage" Miles driven are up ~20%, and there was an accounting change in 2016, and the NHTSA says <2020 shouldn't be compared to after. Directionally this still looks accurate, and give thousands of truck driver deaths per year, its significant.

estearum 41 days ago [–]

Isn't road safety in general getting way way better? So that'd make the truck situation even worse.

edmundsauto 40 days ago | [–]

From a quick analysis, non-trucker fatalities per mile was about even or slightly increased from 2014-2023. I would conclude it’s not worse than it appears in the trucking situation.

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