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30
Jul
Trump Looking to End Mandatory Rest Periods for Truckers
On December 27, 2011, the Hours of Service of Drivers Final Rule was published. Effective February 27, 2012, and with a compliance date of July 1, 2013. Drivers were given a 30-minute mandatory break with the intention of fighting drowsiness. […]
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22
Feb
Trucking Companies Finding New Ways To Pay Drivers
As we’ve noted in a previous article, most economic signals are indicating that larger amounts of freight are going to continue to increase an already finite amount of drivers available for hire. Some companies are starting to simply increase their […]
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16
Feb
Avoid Common Spring Time Trucking Issues
There can be a feeling as Winter begins to close out that a lot of the common hazards a driver can face lessen. Snow, sleet, and wintry mix start to go away and drivers begin to lessen their alertness to […]
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16
Feb
Health And The Trucking Life
We know that this blog subject is one that is completely tried and run through the wringer. We know that every blogger related to trucking has written about this subject. But we’re still going to do it. The reason why […]
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16
Feb
Self-Driving Trucks And Truckers
CES is one of the largest electronics and technology trade shows currently out there. They just completed their latest one this past January and the trucking industry wasn’t shy about getting involved. There were several companies touting self-driving vehicles that […]
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16
Feb
Changes Coming To Driver Work Rules?
As technology and regulations have continued to change around electronic logging devices (ELDs). The new mandate for ELDs coming down to trucking operations are starting some conversations around truck drivers and their hours of service rules. There were a couple […]
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16
Feb
Driver Shortage A Big Issue For 2018
In not so surprising news, 2018 seems to be facing the same issues that the trucking industry has had for the past 8 – 10 years: driver shortage. For trucking companies that have a sizable fleet and have been around […]
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