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Apr 27, 2017

TRUCKERS' VIEW * USA: MCTI student get it

* Pennsylvania - The largest blind spot for a truck is on the passenger’s side

--- Stroudsburg High School 10th grader Logan David sat behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer. With a look at the mirrors and then of disorientation, he said, “you can’t see anything with the mirrors” ... Knowing the capabilities of tractor-trailers and how the big rigs operate can save your life and that of others... That’s the lesson Walmart North Central Highway Safety Network tractor-trailer drivers tried impressing on Monroe County Technical Institute students Tuesday morning. Students received firsthand experience sitting behind the wheel of these large trucks... Blind spots are a major limitation for tractor-trailers. You have to see the entire truck from your mirror for them to see you and for you to pass a truck, Rodgers said. But the biggest threats to the trucks and vehicles are inattentiveness, Rodgers said... 
(Photo by Howard Frank/Pocono Record - Stroudsburg High School 10th-grader Logan David sits behind the wheel of a tracter-trailer, experienceing first hand the degree of blind spots around a big rig)   --  Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA - Pocono Record, by Howard Frank - Apr 25, 2017

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Apr 13, 2013

TRUCK DRIVERS SHORTAGE * USA

* Colorado - Trucking industry cries shortage while drivers say no miles 

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Denver,CO,USA -The Examiner, by Allen Smith -April 2, 2013: ... The fabricated truck driver shortage makes for good news, but as the trucking organizations and news outlets continue pushing the rhetoric, few fail to listen to what is being said by the ones who know best: the drivers... One driver shared his experience and outlook of the industry by stating: "Just read your articles on 4 main reasons why drivers quit. It all applies in my case. Low pay, Not getting paid for work (namely detention pay) and home time. Like so many bad companies, they really don't care about the drivers at all. When I quit, I told my driver manager I was returning my truck to (one of their drop yards.) Anyway, they (reported) that I abandoned my truck, and of course have placed the comment on my DAC Report. I really don't see the Trucking Industry ever changing. I am finished with commercial truck driving after only 2.5 years and a perfect flawless driving record. So, the industry loses another good safe driver" ... There is and never has been a truck driver shortage, but a continual disregard at it relates to the treatment of drivers by a large scale of the industry... As one veteran driver adds: "You have got to be joking. A truck driver shortage? I've been hearing this for 30 years. There is no shortage. What you have is a shortage of pay and not enough miles. Who wants to go out for 70 hours a week, beat their bodies to death and receive a dirt paycheck for all of their work? There needs to be a major crackdown on this industry by the Department of Labor because these trucking companies do things to the drivers that you would not believe!" ... The industry keeps the truck driver shortage myth alive, while it maintains the same practices that it has for decades that continue to force good, qualified drivers out such as misleading ads, low miles, starving drivers out and of course, retaliation through the DAC report...

* Florida - Truck Driver DAC Report 

Dunnellon,FL,USA -The Truth About Trucking, by A.Allen Smith -April 2013: -- The DAC Report is to the truck driver, as the credit report is to the consumer. The DAC Report is similar in that when you apply for a job as a truck driver the first thing the prospective trucking company will check is your DAC. If there are any negative entries, you could have a very difficult time finding employment... Your report consists of two parts: the first is your MVR, and the second is your work record, which is what your former employers have reported... The United States Investigation Services, (USIS), was an information and security services company serving human resources, insurance, government agencies, and National Security markets. The DAC Services were the driving force behind USIS. It had provided background screening products to service the transportation industry for 25 years. DAC stands for "Drive-A-Check". However, it also became the ultimate truck driver nightmare. It is widely known that trucking companies very often report false claims to truck drivers DAC Reports... Clearly, trucking companies who place false accusations on truck drivers DAC Reports are in direct violation of the law. In fact, DAC itself is in violation of the law. DAC breaks the law by allowing knowingly false information to remain on the dac report. But since there is big money floating around between the trucking companies and DAC, the average, hard working truck driver is up against incredible odds... Until truck drivers stand up for their rights, DAC Services and trucking companies will continue this abuse...

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Aug 6, 2009

A Trucker's View * USA - The Economic Recovery

"I don't believe that we're completely out of the recession, but we are making a huge turn"

Minneapolis,MN,USA -PRI and WNYC's The Takeaway -5 August, 2009: -- Cliff Hagedon, owner and operator of a trucking business, has a unique vantage point of the process of economic recovery... Economists offer an academic view of the economy—they know the numbers, the rates, and the interest. But if you want to know the reality behind those numbers and find out what's happening on the ground, there's only one view: the trucker's view. Cliff Hagedon owns Fort Gratiot Express trucking; he carries freight across the nation. The more people buy, the busier he is... Load boards are systems used by truckers to find loads in need of transport. After completing a delivery, a driver may search for their next load to be delivered in that city or surrounding area. This protects drivers from the money-losing situation of operating with an empty trailer when going to the next location... This is a much different situation than Hagedon saw one year ago. The key is the ratio between loads and available trucks. "A year ago, I would have been seeing 50 loads and 250 trucks"... While Hagedon jokingly admits that he is not an economist, he sees this change as a possible leading indicator of economic recovery... (Photo by swh / Flickr)


* USA - Trucking takes on fuel speculators - Petroleum futures regulation

Washington,DC,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Aug 5, 2009: -- At hearings being held by the federal government’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the trucking industry is calling for more regulation of the markets that trade in petroleum futures – specifically to head off the type of fast upward swings in diesel prices that ravaged motor carriers in 2008... Steven Graham, vp of TL carrier Schneider National – speaking on behalf of the American Trucking Assns (ATA) – said sudden fluctuations in operating expenses, especially fuel, wreak havoc on the trucking industry. Coupled with the severe downturn in the economy and soft demand for freight transportation services, trucking companies are now struggling to survive – noting that in 2007 and 2008, over 5,000 trucking companies with at least five trucks failed..

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