Over & Out: Reasons Drivers leave the Trucking Industry
If you’re involved in the trucking industry, have a family member in the trucking industry, or even picked up a news paper in the last few years, you probably know that the trucking industry has been facing some pretty severe shortages. Some say the shortage is due to the amount of “qualified drivers” (i.e. drivers with a lot of experience), but others believe this shortage is caused partly by drivers wanting to...
Catching Cliques in the Trucking Industry
Alright, we’ve all seen it – the video went viral, and the veteran driver faced the consequences when he was fired within 24 hours of rudely refusing to help out a rookie. If you haven’t seen it, long story short – a new driver asks a driver with a lot of experience to pull up a little a bit so that he can more easily maneuver his own truck. Shockingly, the veteran driver not only refuses, but also verbally abuses the newbie, while...
The 411 on 2015’s Most Critical Issues in Trucking
For me, 2015 has flown by. I feel like it was just yesterday I was ringing in the new year and before I know it, I’ll already be giving up on another year’s overly ambitious resolutions. 2015 was a year filled with everything from a British Airlines flight that had to turn back because of “smelly poo” to the craziness of having a reality TV star thinking it’s a good idea to throw himself into the...
Celebrate Operation Safe Driver Week 2015, October 18-24
If you’re a commercial driver, you are living “dangerously.” In fact, Time named truck driving as the 8th most dangerous jobs. Probably due to the fact that over 300,00 vehicle accidents that occurred in 2012 had some big rigs involved, according to the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has announced that next week, October 18-24, will be 2015’s...
Ready, Set, GOALS: Easy Goals Truck Drivers Should Set
Put the key in the ignition and drive into completing all those secret inner-ambitions. In a job like trucking we see tight deadlines, stressful situations and an excessively tiring line of work can make achieving goals feel nearly impossible. It’s easier to simply say “ain’t no body got time for that” than actually setting milestones for yourself so that you improve the quality of your life. Creating little...
Why We NEED to Invest in Truck Drivers
It seems like everywhere we turn these days we’re seeing an unlimited stash of cash being pumped into advanced dispatch software, designer new rigs that drive themselves, yadda yadda yadda. Money seems to be going everywhere but to the driver’s pockets. Yet, more and more we are putting regulations and stress on the drivers when instead maybe we should be giving them more attention and benefits. It’s time we put our...