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> I have read more than enough reports of both happening Wow, that is insane. > (see e.g. https://www.trucker.de/nachrichten/transport/lkw-fahrer-klag https:/

• mschuster91 5y ago
  The sad consequences of the combination of a number of causes: 1) ridiculous rat race to the bottom in pricing by customers always going for the cheapest trucking supplier 2) inter-European right of free movement and work - which means that in Germany, there are truck drivers at domestic minimum wage (9.60€/h) and truck drivers from e.g. Romania for a less than a quarter of that - 2€/h (https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/mangelware-brummi-fahrer-fahrer-aus-rumaenien-fuer-zwei-euro-pro-stunde/7106200-3.html?ticket=ST-1626593-Y2SWlPpyjgUGe5zSsbKB-cas01.example.org https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter...). 3) a serious lack of unionization among truck drivers - hard to contact people when they are constantly on the road Right now, people are actually looking at the plights of truck drivers because of the crunch, but I can guarantee you nothing much will change and especially no one will bat an eye at the situation once the crunch is over.