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In October of 2014, eighty four young girls gathered at Olive Harvey School in Chicago, Illinois for the first Girl Scout Transportation event. These girls heard from a (female) Navistar Engineer who talked about designing trucks to better accommodate women. They were also given the opportunity to meet two female professional drivers and to climb…

Now that we have committed to improving Driver Retention we must do everything we can to support this objective. Communications are vital to achieving success since we must have effective ways of sharing the right information at the right times and in the right ways to the team and the rest of the company. Remember,…

Why do truck drivers tailgate? I would love to hear your response to this question. Because I just don’t understand it. Why do you follow so close? I see this action each day that I travel on Ontario’s Highway 401. What are the advantages to tailgating? You are putting yourself in a position to have…

It appears that if you were hoping that the ELD rule was going to be overturned or that President Trump was going to step in the stop the new ELD rule, all hope is lost. The new ELD rule is going to go ahead on December 18, 2017. Have you started to install Electronic Logging…

  The reports about airline incidents have been numerous lately and they don’t seem to be stopping.  Maneuvering through a busy airport, like Atlanta or Chicago, is not fun. In fact, it’s frustrating and challenging, even for frequent flyers who know what to expect. As President of the Women In Trucking Association, I spend a…

As I’ve alluded to in the past few articles I have been working closely with Jim Papineau, a longtime industry friend and confidant. Jim and I have collaborated on a number of consulting projects over the past 10 years related to the transportation industry. So it was a natural for me to approach him when…

I heard a phrase the other day and it set my mind to digging deeper into the thought. The individual I was with was talking about his wife’s shopping addiction. He said that she was a ‘want person and not a need person’. Some time back I actually did some research on the internet on…

Insurance premiums are going up, and when I say up, I don’t mean by just the rate of inflation. Oh no! Not just two or three percent. No No No. I see rates going up in some cases by one hundred percent! I’m seeing trucking insurance rates doubling in many cases and I see more…