How to Adjust to Time Change: Tips for Truckers
It can be a real challenge for a truck driver to figure out the local time. When you can pass a couple or more time zones per trip, your hours of service are something to figure out. Add the time change that happens twice a year and you can get totally confused. If you are […]
New Training Standards For Commercial Drivers
Last week the FMCSA proposed national training standards for new commercial drivers seeking Class A and Class B CLD (commercial driver’s license). It is a great step towards better road safety, as a trained driver is a safer driver. Anthony Fox, the U.S. Transportation Secretary, says that the proposal plays a big role in making […]
Higher Pay As Way To Reduce Shortage in Trucking Industry
The shortage of drivers remains a great problem for the trucking industry. This leads to drivers’ salaries getting higher. Over the past year the average gained up about 12%. According to the statistics, in 2015 the average pay for truckers got to its record at $57,000 a year with a 17% jump since 2013. The […]
What Is Freedom For Truck Drivers Today?
What is it like to be a trucker nowadays? A truck driver used to be a close to middle class job and a promise of freedom, but what has it become? Imagine you are an owner operator. You have worked hard to save money and buy your own truck. You know it means sacrificing some […]
The Top 5 Most and Bottom 5 Least Efficient Automakers
The Best: Mazda Average 29.2 Miles Per Gallon Mazda makes full use of its fuel saving technologies Honda and Acura Average 28.9 Miles Per Gallon Had the largest overall improvement in fuel economy with an increase of 1.6 mpg. Subaru Average 28.3 Miles Per Gallon Subaru models mostly […]
Real Truckers Blogs
To some people, trucking has somewhat of a road romantic aura. Truck drivers are people who are far from home all the time, traveling faraway roads and seeing places most of us have never seen. Although, for truckers themselves it is not so romantic, it is still a fact that they have their own lifestyle […]
Trucking Blog: Why Electronic Logs Are Good For Safety
According to the sad statistics by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, over 3,600 people became victims of large-truck deadly crashes in 2013. The majority of people who died in those fatal accidents were not truck drivers. Those people were drivers and passengers of other cars, pedestrians, motorcyclists and bicyclists. The measures to change the […]
New “Beyond Compliance” Bill To Credit Carriers
he FAST Act highway bill that was signed on Dec 4th includes a potential addition named “Beyond Compliance”. Additional details can be found in this section such as requirements by Congress for FMSCA to build a stimulatory system to credit carriers who invest into the safety of their operations. Congress gave FMSCA 18 months to address […]
One Of the Most Useful Trucking Blogs
Commercial trucking industry is booming. As the economy is getting better and the demand for goods is getting higher, trucking industry needs more and more drivers to keep it running. Truck drivers are an important element of the whole shipping system. Almost 70% of all the goods in the US are hauled by trucks. In […]
New Truck VS Used Truck: The Good And The Bad
The majority of construction company owners know what it is like when the time comes to buy some new trucks and enlarge their fleet. Several years ago there was economic crisis that has affected people’s psychology. It has convinced people that they have to try and save money on everything they can. No wonder, people […]