The Over The Road May issue is now online! Please click on the thumbnail to view! For quick access to our May 2025 list of recruiters, please go here.

Have you noticed that some companies offer truck driver training, while others don’t? It’s puzzling. And here’s another question: why do trucking companies train drivers who already have their CDL? If the government says they’re trained enough, aren’t they already professional? Let’s start with why trucking companies train. First, not all drivers who get their…

Writing in Over the Road Magazine for over 17 years has been awesome. Nothing I usually write about has any deadlines associated with its content… until this article. There is no way OTR can bring to print the May 2025 magazine after the April 28th election. The print deadline is usually around the 16-19th of…

The Over The Road April issue is now online! Please click on the thumbnail to view! For quick access to our April 2025 list of recruiters, please go here.

My last few articles have been a little bit of doom and gloom. We’ve talked about a trucking recession. We’ve discussed the effect of tariffs on our industry. Finally, we discussed a potential recession in all of Canada. To find some more positive news, I did what many people do these days, and I asked…

When I was a young pup dancing through school, I was a thin scrawny smart A**. My only defense was my speed. I could outrun any bully. Any chance of going toe to toe with the likes of some of my co-pupils were thoughts of delusion. I knew better than that. However, there were times…

The unfortunate reality is that trucking companies right now seem to be filing for bankruptcy at a very high and alarming rate. The bankruptcies are not a result of American-imposed tariffs, they are a result of the past 24 months of a very slow economy. Perhaps it is a sign of poor TRUCKING management. One…

In the last two weeks I’ve been asked several times what I think about the future of trucking based on current tariffs. It’s like asking me where all the pieces will land, while still in the middle of a tornado! I’ve written about tariffs in prior articles (and PODCASTS), claiming they were ONLY brought to…