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Jul 14, 2013

* USA - TRUCKING INDUSTRY: Will need a million drivers by 2016

* USA - New US regulations could leave industry short a million drivers by 2016 

Bloomington,IND,USA -Truck News, by James Menzies -11 July 2013: -- An incoming regulatory tsunami could leave the American trucking industry in need of a million drivers by 2016, if all the new regulations currently being considered are implemented... That startling assessment was made by Noel Perry, senior consultant with FTR Associates, during the industry forecaster’s State of Freight webinar Thursday... He said weakening freight growth may have limited the impact of the new rules, which reduce the amount of driving truckers can legally do. Specifically, the new rules require drivers to take a half-hour break within the first eight hours, include two overnight periods in their 34-hour reset, and use the reset provision only once in any seven-day period... While much emphasis has centered on the time lost by drivers taking a mandatory, half-hour break, Perry said that provision’s impact on productivity is debatable...


* Canada - Long awaited fatigue management program to be unveiled today 

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Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Truck News -10 July, 2013: -- The highly anticipated North American Fatigue Management Program (NAFMP), developed over nearly a decade, will be rolled out to industry today... The NAFMP is designed to address the issue of driver fatigue with a comprehensive approach that includes: 
* Information on how to develop a corporate culture that facilitates reduced driver fatigue 
* Fatigue management education for drivers, drivers’ families, carrier executives and managers, shippers/receivers, and dispatchers 
* Information on sleep disorders screening and treatment 
* Driver and trip scheduling information * Information on Fatigue Management Technologies

 The program will help truck fleets and drivers better understand and manage fatigue. It will include 10 learning modules, with voice narration, graphics and a learning management system. The modules will cover: recognizing fatigue; health and wellness; medical screening for sleep disorders; scheduling; and fatigue detection technologies...


* Canada - Average age of truck drivers even older than previously thought

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Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Truck News -Jul 10, 2013: -- In the wake of a recently released report which found the average age of truck drivers to be four years higher than that of the average worker, new data indicates that the average truckers’ age is, in fact, even older...  The former report, commissioned by the Conference Board of Canada (CBC) with analysis provided by the 2006 Census and the Labour Force Survey, found the average age of truck drivers to be 44 years versus 40 years for the average worker. New data from the 2011 National Household Survey indicates that the average truck driver age is actually 46 years, with the average workers’ age also rising to 41.5 years... In comparing the studies, in 2006, the share of drivers in the 30 to 34 age range was 10%, the same as it was for the total labour force. In 2011, 8.5% of drivers found themselves in this age group. For the total labour force, there was a slight increase to 10.4%... The number of drivers age 65 and up also increase, rising from 3% in 2006 to 4.4% in 2011. For the total labour force, the share of this age cohort increased from 2.6% to 3.5%...

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