Haul, a digital employment platform that connects trucking fleets with CDL drivers, operating in California, Texas and Georgia, has now expanded operations nationally.
Uber Freight alums launch Haul
International Roadcheck to focus on driver requirements in September
On March 25, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) postponed its 2020 International Roadcheck due to the growing novel coronavirus pandemic. CVSA has now rescheduled the 72-hour event for Sept. 9-11. This year’s enforcement initiative will focus on the driver requirements component of a roadside inspection.
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Tips to prep for Operation Safe Driver Week
Law enforcement officers will be on the lookout next week, July 12 through 18, for commercial vehicle drivers and passenger vehicle drivers engaging in dangerous driver behaviors as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week. Such dangerous behaviors include speeding, distracted driving, failure to use a seatbelt, following too closely, reckless driving, drunk or drugged driving, and more.
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Truckers fight to end ‘evasion of broker transparency’
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), in a push for better enforcement of existing regulations, filed a petition on May 19 with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) urging immediate action to improve broker transparency.
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Understanding the importance of seats on trucker wellness
A tough reality in the trucking profession is the requirement to be sedentary for the majority of time spent on the job. The average trucker works either 60 hours over the course of seven days or 70 hours over the course of eight days. While drivers cannot work more than 14 hours straight, 11 of those hours can be spent driving—resulting in well over 40 hours a week sitting behind the wheel.
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How to keep drivers happy
More loyalty, quicker pay and technology usage are effective. The trucker shortage is everyone’s problem. The lack of drivers is causing the prices of nearly everything to go up, whether it’s your grocery bill, your business expenses or, perhaps worst of all, your Amazon Prime membership.
It’s all because shipping demands are rising in tandem with driver vacancies. For large carriers, this means a driver turnover rate as high as 94% while shipping demand, particularly for spot freight loads, is booming.
Driver Training Needs To Pair Safety Technology and Human Instinct
Today’s long-haul trucks are integrated with more sophisticated safety features than ever.
But there is a downside. As drivers adapt to this technology in their day-to-day driving, they may get too used to it.
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Thank You Truckers!!
Next 18 months are ‘a great time to be a trucker’
“This is the best time – literally – in trucking in 30 years. So if you’re not having success, you need to figure out how to get success and take advantage.”
If you’re an owner-operator trucker, you could be well on your way to your best year in while thanks to favorable rates, reasonable gas prices and high demand for you.
Webinar to explain tax reform benefits for truckers
American Truck Business Services also offers “e-book” to guide owner-operators through new tax law changes.
The passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 by Congress late last year and then signed by President Trump into law made several significant changes to U.S. tax code – changes that can impact truckers.
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