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This year, we’d like to share our hopes for the coming year with eight ways to support the Women In Trucking Association mission to increase the percentage of women employed in the trucking industry. 1 We think more carriers must start monitoring their percentages of female drivers and set targets to increase those levels. They…
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I have a question for you. How do we deal with the mass delusion that driver turnover is inevitable when nothing could be further from the truth? Driver turnover is a manageable business challenge like any other. The only thing standing in our way of achieving low driver turnover is the BS that we keep…
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Dash Cameras are now under $100. Can they save your bacon in a crash? Picture this… you are on Highway 401, travelling eastbound. Your truck is in the right-hand lane of the express lanes and you have lots and lots of following distance. The truck speedometer says that you are moving at 97 kph. Yes,…
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The core of the Truckload Carrier Association TPP’s newly released driver retention project plan is a focus on managerial discipline. It lays out a step-by-step process that is designed to layer a continuous focus on creating a driver-centric culture at any given trucking company, starting with the commitment by the senior management team to the…
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Happy New Year! With the New Year, some of you will look for a new driving position. Here are some common errors or mistakes on application documents. This topic is very important for both the driver applicant and the safety office of the company receiving the documents. Why is it necessary or even critical? It…
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CRA Reinforces Driver Inc Crackdown; Provides T4A Filing Guidance (Dec. 20, 2018) — Thank you for the opportunity to address some of the questions you had about T4A reporting. The Canadian Trucking Alliance’s Driver Inc. campaign is in full swing. It warns and educates drivers and carriers engaged in Driver Inc that Revenue Canada is…
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I am happy to say that this is the 25th Anniversary edition of Over the Road magazine. My team and I are very proud of this accomplishment and we want to thank all our readers and our advertisers for their support over the past 25 years; we couldn’t have done it without you. People often…
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Every day the admin people on the Women In Trucking Association Facebook Page scan the posts for negativity, profanity and just plain nastiness. Every day someone is banned from the site because they can’t seem to keep his or her comments civil. Why do you think they make these comments? Why can’t we show more…
