A Growing Number of Women Are Turning to Trucking Industry for Work

The trucking industry has been dominated by male drivers for years, but not for long. Today, female drivers are showing up behind the wheel of semitrucks. With supply chain issues caused by the pandemic the need for truckers has increased. And gender is not so much a factor as it used to be.

October 26, 2022

Melissa Dabb finished her Commercial Drivers License (CDL) from Bridgerland Technical College in June and is already driving a semitruck with a flatbed trailer going from Cache Valley to Salt Lake and into to Idaho. There is a shift not only in Utah but across the country to female drivers.

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https://cachevalleydaily.com/news/archive/2022/10/26/a-growing-number-of-women-are-turning-to-trucking-industry-for-work/#.Y1qBVHbMI2w

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