>Nobody is paying to pay truckers for training when they can instead convince the trucker to train themselves, pay for their own truck, but be limited by contra

>Nobody is paying to pay truckers for training when they can instead convince the trucker to train themselves, pay for their own truck, but be limited by contract to be an "independent contractor" that can only take on contracts for one company at a loss The article is about Japan; I only briefly compared to America. I think what you're describing (truckers owning trucks) might be unique to America, but I'm not sure. Even there, a lot of trucking companies do not use independent truckers, but just hire them as employees. Walmart for instance absolutely does not use independent truckers; their trucks all have "Walmart" painted on the side. Anyway, I've heard in the last 5 years or so in America that there's a bigger and bigger trucking shortage, so I'm guessing that scheme you refer to probably isn't working out so well any more, and companies are going to have to buy their own trucks and hire truckers as regular employees.