A California high school may be the first in the country to offer a commercial driver training program to its students. Dave Dein, a teacher in Patterson, California, has helped establish a student driver-training course. As a former truck driver, Dein believes that the training he received early in his career gave him confidence. Therefore, […]
A solid wall of trucks formed to help prevent an attempted suicide in Detroit early Tuesday morning, and it worked. The Michigan State Police flagged the trucks between one and three a.m. The police requested that the driver form a line beneath the I-696 overpass in both directions. The intent was to prevent the potential […]
The growing shortage of empty driver jobs impact everything from rate hikes to product prices. In other words, fewer drivers means it costs more to transport goods, resulting in a pricing increase for manufacturers that gets passed on to consumers. Solutions and suggestions for how to fill empty driver jobs range from pay increases to […]
A truck driver’s quick thinking recently prevented a collision with a school bus. The near-accident occurred in Topeka, Kan., when the school bus entered the path of an oncoming truck driven by Delbert Henson. Fortunately for the 22 children and school bus driver, Henson recognized the likelihood of a crash, leading him to hit the […]
The American Trucking Association reports that salaries for all types of truck drivers are steadily rising due to increasing drivers in demand. The current salary for national irregular route full truckload drivers has risen more than $6k to $52,000 since 2014, while private fleet drivers are closing on $85,000, an 11% increase over all. The […]
Driver pay increases along with tight capacity are affecting not only transport companies, but also their customers. Retailers and distributors who foot the bill for higher shipping costs face high freight costs. Among those affected, General Mills is alleging that freight costs have reached their highest rates in 20 years, reducing product margins. Other purveyors such as […]
On March 24, Women in Trucking gifted a 2014 Volvo VNL670 to Tiffany Hanna, a second-generation female truck driver. Hanna is a former Navy vet and current instructor at Prime, Inc., a truck driving training school. She has five children. In addition, the giveaway took place at the Mid America Trucking Show. Arrow Truck Sales […]
The trucking industry has seen many changes since last December’s ELD implementation, but few went exactly as planned. For example, only 3% of 645 surveyed still plan to quit driving, while previously 30% were predicted to depart. Full compliance begins in April. Whether the departure numbers rise as a result is uncertain. However, though the […]
Welcome to this three-part discussion on what ails the trucking transport industry and what can be done about it in terms of the economy. Those involved with trucking have long recognized the growing driver shortage. Routinely blamed for the looming crisis are driver wages that haven’t kept pace with industry growth, coupled with frustration with […]
The driver shortage could be addressed by a progressive program for obtaining a CDL plus a lowered legal age for state line crossings. This could also help draw more millennials into driving for the freight transport industry, reports Nicole Spector for NBC in the following article. In addition, low numbers of female drivers contribute to […]
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