February 9, 2022
Over the last few years, the trucking industry has contended with several disruptions to normal operations, like the ELD mandate and the COVID-19 pandemic. The industry is at the crossroads … Read more of this article
February 8, 2022
“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – British statesman Winston ChurchillI have been in the trucking industry for more than 50 years and an … Read more of this article
February 8, 2022
The second year of the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse saw 58,215 drug violations in the system, compared to 52,810 in the program’s first year in effect. … Read more of this article
February 4, 2022
The Professional Driver Agency released its first ever Top Ten Driver Issues List of 2021, identifying the top driver frustrations from last year based on thousands of phone calls with … Read more of this article
February 3, 2022
2021 highway fatality estimates continue to growThe U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its early estimate of traffic fatalities for the first nine months of 2021, … Read more of this article
January 31, 2022
Navigating the oceans of imperfect information is called “business.”The freight industry lives with many unknowns every day. Residual value is usually one of those unknowns. Put simplistically, residual value is … Read more of this article
January 26, 2022
Fuel prices surge to 7-year highA 5.5-cent gain during the most recent week ending Jan. 24 has the national average for diesel prices at its highest since September 2014, according … Read more of this article
January 25, 2022
Rarely does a one-size fits all approach work. This is especially true when it comes to transportation.No two fleets are alike. Every network has its own needs and the way … Read more of this article
January 24, 2022
In 2021, we saw increased attention on the opportunity for more women to join the trucking industry, which continues to face driver shortages despite being one of the largest occupational … Read more of this article
January 19, 2022
Since Congress passed the Motor Carrier Exemption (MCE) to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 1966 that ended the requirement for overtime pay differentials for all hours worked beyond … Read more of this article