August 15, 2019 Sources: Richard Lardner, Associated Press The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is moving forward with changes to truck driver hours-of-service rules. Currently, regulations limit long-haul truck drivers to the following: Drivers are limited to 11 hours of driving time within an on-duty period of 14 hours Drivers must have had 10 …
June 21, 2019 Number of truck drivers reaches all-time high, but driver shortage persists Source: Eleanor Lamb, Transport Topics According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of truckers is at an all-time high. The number rebounded to 3.5 million in 2017 after sinking to fewer than 3 million during the Great …
Every year, about 30,000 people are killed in road crashes in the United States. These are some of the deadliest highways in the U.S., and in the world. Deadliest Highways In The U.S. It isn’t entirely clear why so many of the most dangerous highways in America are in Florida. But the state is one …
In 2017, Uber launched an app called Uber Freight. The purpose? To match up truck drivers with freight-hauling assignments, in the same way the company was already matching up car-drivers with passengers in need of a ride. Uber Freight originally launched only in Texas. The service has since expanded to all of the lower 48 …
The dawn of autonomous vehicles has set the trucking and distribution industries abuzz. And now a new technology is about to hit the scene, one with the potential to slash the practical and environmental costs of hauling freight: the electric semi. A Big Announcement In November of 2017, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced specs for …
Truck driver turnover has reached 95%. Driver pay has “plummeted” in the last 30 years. And the truck driver shortage has persisted for at least a decade. The trucking industry could use some good news in 2018. Luckily, there is a bright spot on the horizon. Analysts predict that 2018 is the year when driver …
The deadline for the ELD (Electronic Logging Device) mandate for truck drivers passed on December 18, 2017. Truck drivers organized grassroots protests, and industry groups mounted legal challenges. But in the end, no one was able to stop the ELD mandate (which requires truck drivers to electronically log their service hours rather than self-reporting them …
Tick-tock. The countdown to the ELD mandate is only five days away. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) new rules require truck drivers to now use an electronic logging device (ELD) to track their service hours. ELDs work by monitoring and recording data directly from a truck’s engine. Some trucking companies already use ELDs. However, many owner-operators …
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 …
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. More than 480,000 deaths every year – or 1 of every 5 – are linked to cigarette smoking. How Many Truck Drivers Smoke? A 2006 study surveyed 11,986 people in the trucking industry. It found that smoking among long-haul truck …
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