The trucking industry has a huge driver shortage on its hands, and it appears as though it could get worse in the coming years. According to one report, the trucker shortage could get twice as bad as it is now within the next 10 years if the industry doesn’t do something to attract new truck… Read more »
For years now, the trucking industry has been trying to come up with a solution for drowsy truck drivers. With drivers spending long stretches of time behind the wheel, it’s only natural for them to become fatigued, and when they do, they can put both themselves and others out on the road at risk. Some… Read more »
If you’re a truck driver, you probably know how hard it is to find places to park your truck! The difficulty of finding truck parking is serious enough that it’s causing some truckers to quit the business– and that’s contributing to the ongoing driver shortage problem. Time is Money It can be so frustrating. You’re… Read more »
When the average person thinks about truckers, they think, “They sit all day.” Indeed, the job involves a lot of sitting– not all the time, of course, but a good deal of the work day involves sitting behind a steering wheel driving the truck for hours on end. How, then, can truckers stay in tiptop… Read more »
Just a few decades ago, if you said the word “trucker,” everyone in the room assumed you were talking about a man. Today, though, society has changed quite a bit; it’s not unusual for men to be doing jobs women traditionally did, and vice versa. What’s more, in the year 2020, as we start a… Read more »
Israel Hernandez was a garbage truck driver up north, but wanted to get out of the cold, snowy winters so he moved to the south recently. While down south, he trained to be a long haul truck driver whereas he’d travel the southern states delivering various loads. So far, so good– he has been to… Read more »
Is your trucking company having a hard time attracting millennial truck drivers? This is a problem that the entire trucking industry is facing at the moment. There is a massive shortage of truck drivers, and it’s due in large part to the fact that some millennials don’t consider truck driving a viable career option. It… Read more »
The trucking industry is, and will continue to be, significant to the economy of the United States. For instance, some 10.77 billion tons of freight are moved by trucks annually these days. The industry generates more than $700 billion in revenue. And truckers travel about 450 billion miles a year in the U.S. alone each… Read more »