How to Mentally Prepare for a Long Drive
The life of a trucker can be lonely. If you’re delivering a load from Philadelphia to Austin, Texas, for instance, you would be driving for over twenty-five hours. That’s a long time to be alone in your cab, but truckers around the world are doing…
When is it OK Not to Brush Snow off Your Trailer?
The snowstorm is over, and the roads have been plowed and salted. Truckers can safely return to the highways and begin to make their deliveries. Or can they? When snow and ice accumulate on a trailer, there’s the real danger of it flying off and…
Winter Safety Tips That Will Ensure You Arrive Safely and On Time
The winter months can be challenging for anyone who makes a living on the road. It is often dangerous, time consuming, and frustrating for even the most experienced drivers. So, here are some suggestions to help you complete your runs safely and efficiently with a…
Watch Out For the Most Common Sciatica Symptoms Drivers Face
If you’re a truck driver who has been in the business for at least a few years, you’ve probably experienced pain that can range from a slight ache in your lower back, to an excruciating shock that continues down your buttock and into your leg. These…
Why Too Much Social Media Causes Depression on the Road
If you were on Facebook during and after the 2016 election process, you probably came away angry or annoyed by many of the comments. Social media is good at stoking your emotions. Whether you’re looking at pictures of your cousin’s newborn baby or a viral…
How Much of a Threat Will Otto and Other Self-Driving Trucks be to Drivers?
Self-driving trucks have officially arrived. Otto, a self-driving truck startup that Uber recently acquired, delivered 50,000 cans of Budweiser beer from Fort Collins in Colorado to Colorado Springs 120 miles to the south. The rig’s human driver, Walt Martin, steered the truck from the brewery…
How to Choose the Right CDL Driver Staffing Firm for You
You have a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), and a clean driving record. While you’re not particularly unhappy with the company you’re with, the grind of being away from your family from Sunday night until Thursday afternoon is wearing you down. You would like to find…
Truck Driving & Fatalities: How to Encourage Your Drivers to be Safe
A recently released report by the Bureau of Statistics for the year 2015 shows that of the 4,836 fatal workplace accidents in that year, 745 were tractor-trailer drivers. That works out to more than fifteen percent of all work-related deaths. The report, called the National…
Are You Ready for a New Job in the New Year?
The 2016 edition of The Conference Board Job Satisfaction Survey indicates that about half of all U.S. workers are satisfied with their jobs. In which half do you stand? If you’re in that unsatisfied fifty percent, maybe you should think about a new job in…
Are You Neglecting Your Mirrors?
If you have been a professional truck driver for any length of time, this has probably happened to you more than once. You’re driving on an interstate highway when you see the sign that your left exit is coming up in a few miles. You…