Teen Truckers Are Here, Easing U.S. Shortage and Stoking Concern

Dezjion Henson has wanted to be a truck driver his whole life. When he turned 18 last year he jumped at the chance and signed on as an apprentice with Total Transportation of Mississippi, LLC in Richland, Mississippi.

“Growing up, my dad used to drive trucks and I used to always ride with him,” he said. “I said that’s something I really want to do.”

He assumed he would have to wait until he turns 21 to book the lucrative, cross-country runs he took with his father. But the new infrastructure law signed by President Joe Biden will let some ...