Qualified CDL drivers are in high demand. If you’re thinking about a career change, here are the top tips for choosing the right truck driving school. 1) Consider accreditation There are three types of CDL training schools: licensed, certified, and accredited. Licensed schools have met certain state requirements. Certified schools have met state requirements …
The truck driver population is aging. The average truck driver is 52, which is ten years older than the average American worker. A crucial step in addressing the shortage of qualified truck drivers is to recruit more young people into the industry. But there’s a hurdle: a federal regulation that bans 18- to 21-year-olds from …
We’ve written before about how drug use is shrinking the American workforce. Now there’s a new wrinkle to the problem of substance abuse in the workplace: the opioid crisis. The Scale Of The Opioid Epidemic In 2016, more than 64,000 people died from overdoses of opioids. Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death …
We’ve written about human trafficking in the past. But this issue is an important one. And there are exciting updates in the fight against human trafficking in 2017 as more states pass legislation targeted at enlisting more commercial drivers to help. Human trafficking tends to happen around travel hubs. Because of this, truck drivers …
On October 19, prosecutors charged two California DMV clerks for their part in a widespread CDL fraud scheme. In exchange for bribes, the clerks altered computer records to provide licenses to people who hadn’t passed – and in some cases hadn’t even taken – the CDL (commercial driver’s license) exam. CDL fraud puts everyone in …
We’ve all seen the photos. Crumbled cabs, dented beams, cracked concrete, and traffic backed up for miles. Bridge strikes by commercial vehicles do massive damage to infrastructure every year. What can drivers and regulators do to prevent them? Bridge Strikes In The News On June 26, a truck struck a bridge in downtown Houston. …
Trucking is a dangerous industry. Tractor-trailer drivers have the highest number of nonfatal injuries and illnesses that require days off from work across all occupations. Many people think that trucker safety is only about preventing crashes. But there are other dangers that are mostly invisible. Ergonomics No one thinks of a truck cab as …
Whether you are a company or a job seeker in the trucking industry, having the right staffing partner can make all the difference. As a company looking to hire truck drivers, you know the extensive and costly process involved in hiring on qualified drivers. Choosing the right staffing partner for your company will mean getting …
The hot topics in trucking right now are the driver shortage and trucking automation. While trucking automation may be a potential solution to the driver shortage years from now, there needs to be efforts today to ease the driver shortage. As many of current truckers are nearing retirement age the industry faces the challenge of …
The greatest concern with self-driving trucks or trucking automation has been truckers losing their jobs. And now that automation could be only three to four years away, truckers are feeling uneasy. Truckers, for the time being, put your minds at ease. Trucking automation and self-driving trucks are on the horizon to fix several problems. One …
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