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| Germany will now train asylum seekers to become truck drivers | |
| 2018-05-23 | |
| What could go wrong? They can only be licensed to operate in France.
 [VoiceofEurope] Due to an acute shortage of professional truck drivers the German trucking association has launched a new project to train asylum seekers for the job, Austria’s tabloid Wochenblick reports.The project, which is named "The drive into your new future" intends to make it easier for asylum seekers to become truck drivers. | |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #10 Oh, just another retrained refugee moving a load of fertilizer towards city center. Let him go. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-05-23 14:52 |
| #9 Self driving trucks could alleviate some of the shortage in the US, especially on Long hauls on the interstates. Of course, the Teamsters Union will fight self driving trucks tooth and nail. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-05-23 14:41 |
| #8 If they have ISIS Fuel Truck driving experience from Syria send to the front of the class. |
| Posted by: airandee 2018-05-23 14:37 |
| #7 US Shortage as well... They should insist more women try |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-05-23 09:43 |
| #6 Nope, nothing could go wrong here! |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-05-23 08:19 |
| #5 ...because you can't kill enough people with a car? |
| Posted by: Whavick Spereling4976 2018-05-23 08:16 |
| #4 It’s unclear how the German public thinks about the initiative. What is clear is that those in charge don't give a $#it what the public thinks. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-05-23 07:58 |
| #3 >Due to an acute shortage of professional truck drivers Due to an acute shortage of pay rises for professional truck drivers FIFY! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-05-23 04:58 |
| #2 EUrope is determined to suicide - as Puppy Blender would say: faster please. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-05-23 04:29 |
| #1 Dunno. That would be a mighty big leap from camel jockey. |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-05-23 01:06 |