Load and Behold: Trucker Path App Helps Drivers
Say, “Adios!” to white boards at truck stops and valuable hours spent waiting for your next haul. The long road doesn’t need to be lonely anymore with the Trucker Path network at your fingertips. Set out to re-vamp a low-tech industry, Trucker Path is building stronger connections between truckers by providing an easy to use app that simplifies the interaction between brokers and carriers. But this is no ordinary...
Joanne Fatta: the Most Beautiful Trucker 2015
AllTruckJobs.com was lucky enough to be visited by Joanne C. Fatta, this year’s winner of Overdrive Magazine’s Most Beautiful truck driver contest. The single mother and breast cancer survivor earned more votes than 86 other entrants. However, she won’t let the title go to her head as she keeps a positive attitude and her feet humbly planted in the ground. “I have heard people say, ‘You’re the...
Autonomous Trucks–The Transformers of Trucking?
How would you feel if you could binge watch Netflix, enjoy some takeout and catch up on current events—all while getting paid by the mile in your big rig? With self-driving trucks, this futuristic idea may not be so far off. But then again, how many of you have seen the movie I, Robot? Since early May, Daimler has been testing their self-driving trucks on public highways in Nevada. These trucks are controlled by a computer system...
Proceed with Caution: 5 States with the Worst Drivers
Every year countless websites and magazines rank each state based on which has the worst drivers, situated by factors like fatalities, drunk driving and carelessness. Although those involved in the trucking industry probably think it’s a tie across the board, USA Today and Car Insurance Comparison have put together lists of states with the worst drivers that we can help but to agree with. Here is a list of the five states you...
Teens Driving Big Rigs—Coming to an Interstate Near You?
It is no secret that the trucking industry is facing a driver shortage. By 2017, there could be more than 250,000 unfilled trucker jobs. In response, Congress is proposing a bill that would allow drivers 18 years old to get behind the wheel of commercial trucks traveling across state lines. This could very well be another step in solving the driver shortage across the nation, but the public remains hesitant. Currently, federal...