Online Course: How Truck Stops Help People
Life on the road can have its fair share of ups and downs. What may seem like a job for rugged individualists actually relies on many networks of support. Whether through the CB radio conversations and lingo, or the good will of other truckers, it’s important to stick together. Since truck stops can be like the proverbial oasis in a desert journey ( or sometimes literally), workers and owners of these businesses can also do...
What You Need To Know About: Truckers’ Rights
Truckers’ Rights With so many rules and regulations in the trucking industry, you may feel like the man is just trying to get you down. And with so many reports on the exploitation of truckers, it’s easy to feel that you’ve been hung up to dry. But that is not the case. There are several laws and programs created to protect truckers’ rights. We highly recommend getting to know them and learning how to fight...
Truck Driver Retention: The Big Issue
It’s no secret that truck driver retention has been a struggle for many companies. Although steps have been taken to increase driver pay, the American Truck Association’s study shows that the turnover rate isn’t budging. The driver turnover rate at large truckload companies has been stuck at 90 percent or higher since 2012, peaking at 106 percent in the second quarter of that year and falling 10 percent to 96 percent at the end of...
Tired Trucking: Sleep Apnea in the Industry
If you’ve been awake and alert this past month, then you have probably heard about the latest Federal Motor Carrier Safety and Federal Railroad administrations’ series of sessions regarding sleep apnea in trucking. The sessions took place on May 12th, 17th, and 25th in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Los Angeles respectively. Stakeholders and truckers from every walk of life weighed in on the FMCSA’s considerations over whether a...
Fighting Fatigue: Why Drivers take the Risk
Take a moment and type “accidents caused by driver’s fatigue” into Google or your preferred search engine. This month alone, you’ll find dozens of news articles on serious accidents that were ultimately attributed to drivers experiencing fatigue behind the wheel. A frightening trend that you’ll notice within these articles, is that most of the accidents involved truck drivers. Driver’s Fatigue in...
Permatrucking: The Future of the Industry
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, transportation-related incidents are the number one cause of on-the-job fatalities across all job categories. Because of this, truck drivers found themselves on TIME’s top ten most dangerous jobs list. The general “dirty” nature of the trucking industry has led one woman to want to clean it up using a movement she calls, permatrucking. It seems that we always understand how...