Posts Tagged ‘Chris Harris’

Merry Christmas to all my readers. It is a beautiful time of year to get together with family and friends. I wish you all the best. I also hope you have a very Happy and collision-free New Year! Why do most companies give you a policy and procedure manual to review and then train the…

Recently, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released a new study. I think that you will find the results of the study incredibly interesting. You can read the study at: https://truckingresearch.org/2022/10/11/atris-latest-crash-predictor-model-corroborates-strong-role-of-driver-behaviors-to-future-truck-crashes/ The reason that I am sharing this study is that the study was very large and complete, and I believe that the results are…

The other day I received an e-mail asking me, “In today’s world, when every trucking company is looking to hire more drivers, what should I look for in a trucking company when looking for a new place to call home?” I get this question a lot and below is an outline of my typical response.…

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about how we pay our truck drivers. I’m sure you know that there are several different payment models. The most common pay system for a long-haul truck driver would be to be paid by the mile and the less common but popular option is the percentage system.…

Let’s start with the similarities – there are a few. The actual laws governing the Hours of Service have not changed in the USA and Canada. You still need to accumulate 10 hours off-duty each day. Within both countries, you can only work 14-hours per day. In the USA you can drive 11 hours in…

This month I want to discuss COVID, the flu and in-person training vs. online training. I know. I said the word COVID again. I know that we are all sick and tired of that word and that we are all trying to banish the word and thought from our minds. But did we learn anything…

I had some incredible feedback on last month’s article regarding how truck drivers seemingly ignore pushrod travel, ABS lights, the ABS system and generally do an incompetent pre-trip. The feedback led to a discussion with one of the readers, and they pointed out how some companies are compliant but not safe. What does that mean…

One thing that I really enjoy doing is performing road evaluations with experienced professional truck drivers. We both get to go on the road together and perform normal driving routines such as city driving, and the driver gets to show me their driving experience on the highway. Of course, before we get onto the road…