Gas Stations Will Reportedly Run Out of Gas By Summer

We might be low on gas this dummer due to the lack of tanker truck drivers needed to deliver the gas to stations that are currently in short supply.

According to the National Tank Truck Carriers, there isn’t enough drivers qualified for the job. Many also left as a result of the pandemic cutting down traveling.

“We’ve been dealing with a driver shortage for a while, but the pandemic took that issue and metastasized it,” said Ryan Streblow, the executive vice president of the NTTC. “It certainly has grown exponentially.”

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“We were even hauling boxes for Amazon just to keep our drivers busy,” said Holly McCormick, vice president of driver recruitment. “A lot of drivers didn’t want to do the safety protocols. We’re also working with an aging work force. Many said ‘I might as well take it as a cue to retire.’”

A tanker truck driver has to have special certification, including a commercial driver’s license, and training after being hired to do the job.

“I’ve talked to retailers, they say there could be places where there are brief outages,” said Jeff Lenard, spokesman at the National Association of Convenience Stores. “If they have no fuel, they have no business. People aren’t going to stop in for a sandwich if you don’t have fuel.”