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• March 31, 2010 -- Driver Wins Lawsuit After Being Fired Illegally – But There’s More To The Story
  Driver Cynthia Ferguson was illegally fired for shutting down due to hazardous travel conditions and won a lawsuit against her company New Prime, Inc. A driver's decision to shut down to due safety concerns should never, ever be questioned by anyone. But when you dig below the surface there are a lot of extenuating circumstances in this case that are critically important for drivers to understand, and many lessons to be learned by all....
• February 11, 2010 -- CSA 2010 Will Not Assign Safety Ratings to Individual Drivers (yeah right!)
  CSA 2010, as is typical of any government-run program, is already full of misconceptions, contradictions, and confusion. Trucker drivers are obviously concerned about their safety rating and how that will affect their current job, and prospects for truck driving jobs in the future. Well, oddly enough, the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration) claims there is not going to be a safety rating assigned to individual company drivers at all. And yet they clearly state that when a carrie...
• August 17, 2010 -- Will Future Productivity Gains Come At The Driver’s Expense?
  With new technology, tighter enforcement, and new legislation, it has become more and more difficult for drivers to cheat the logbook and run the miles they used to be able to run. So what will companies do in the coming years to get more productivity out of their trucks, and how much of it will come at the expense of the driver? The answers are not what truck drivers will want to hear....
• March 16, 2010 -- Signs Show Improving Economy And Strength In Trucking Industry
  A number of recent data sources, along with quotes from economic analysts and trucking industry leaders, all point to an improving economy and clear signs of an improved outlook for the trucking industry. ...
• February 9, 2010 -- Is Team Driving The Future In Trucking?
  I hear a lot of people talking about how the trucking industry is moving heavily toward team operations and pretty soon we'll all be running team. They say trucking companies aren't making money with solo drivers, that in order to get more productivity out of the trucks they're going to force us all to run team. Now that the economy has slowed there has seemingly been an increase in the number of trucking companies that are running more team operations or are requiring new drivers to team up whe...
• February 2, 2010 -- A Glaring Flaw In The Logbook Rules And My (Great?) Solution
  Congress, along with many trucking industry insiders, are claiming victory regarding the effectiveness of the new logbook rules that came out several years ago. I disagree with the conclusion that it's the new logbook rules that have made things safer on the highways and I'll explain why. Let's take a closer look at some of the myths out there and bring to light some important facts that paint a much different picture of what's really going on, and where we should go from here....
• January 26, 2010 -- Is The “Perfect Storm” Looming For Truck Driver Demand?
  The slow economy has really dampened demand for truck drivers in the past year or two, and now there are several factors that seem to be converging to create the "perfect storm" for truck driving demand in the decade ahead. Let's take a look at what we could be facing....
• January 21, 2010 -- Should Body Mass Index Be Enforced In The Trucking Industry?
  There is always a healthy debate that ensues when people begin considering whether or not new laws should be enforced in the trucking industry. But the debate tends to take on a more robust tone, and sometimes becomes borderline riotous, when the idea of enforcing personal lifestyle choices on drivers becomes the topic of debate. There are a number of trucking companies that have begun to enforce weight restrictions as a hiring criteria in recent years and I believe we're going to hear a lot mor...