Truckers bristle at anti-terror rules by Mimi Hall
The licenses cost $94 in most states. Once a driver submits his fingerprints at an approved collection center, it takes a week to two months to get approval back from the federal government. In several states, there's only one place where drivers can get their prints collected; it can take a day or more to get there and back.

"We're going to have to respond by increasing recruiting efforts and increasing driver pay to make it worth their while," Harvison says. Those costs will be passed on to consumers. "Ultimately, that's going to result in higher prices on the shelves and at the pumps."


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