Archive for the ‘Safety & Compliance’ Category

I don’t understand it. Why does it happen? What is the cause? What can we do to fix it? Whose fault is it anyway? Why is a driver so unhappy that they willingly spend up to two weeks of income to change jobs? What a way to start an article – with a bunch of…

Man, I remember those days of having to apply for a job. It was so stressful! I would gather up my documents and plan what to wear, and then gather my mind and thoughts. You know the routine. I know that it may be a little easier today with the demand for drivers. As a…

Changes are coming to the trucking industry and drivers are afraid. It seems like every time we make changes in trucking, the driver gets the worst of it. Drivers always seem to be the ones who pay the price. Sometimes it is in the name of safety but always it results in a change of…

So, your trucking company is very good at moving freight. You have experience in dispatching drivers and your customer satisfaction is high. You do a great job at the things that you do every day! But today isn’t a usual day. For the first time in months, one of your trucks is involved in a…

Video in transportation is assumed by many to be a forward facing “road” camera and a camera facing the driver. With all the hype about video you would think the reasons for adding the driver facing camera combined with the forward facing camera would be clear. That is not necessarily the case. There are several…

I can’t hire quality drivers! There is a driver shortage so I can only hire the best that apply to my company! I hear comments like this all the time. I’m a safety consultant and clients say this to me on a regular basis. But this is nothing new. When I was working for the…

I was recently at an industry meeting which brought together several carriers and the TTSAO.  TTSAO stands for Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario.  At the meeting the main topic of conversation was “MELT”.  Yes, another acronym and it stands for “Minimum Entry Level Training” for truck drivers. This is a new initiative that the…

My goodness, it is February already. I missed writing an article in January so please let me wish you all a Happy New Year and good health. Well, on with this month’s article. Changes are all over the place in the trucking safety industry. The ELD rule has finally been released in the United States…