Posts Tagged ‘Safety Dawg’

Congratulations to everyone on the Over the Road team! 25 years is an incredible achievement. I have been a writing contributor to the magazine since 2005 but long before that, I was a reader and purchaser of advertisements in Over the Road. In my previous career I worked for TNT Logistics and OTR was my…

Recently I was discussing marijuana with an acquaintance of mine who is a regular user of illegal marijuana. When I say regular, I mean daily. This person can’t wait until later this year, when the government will make recreational marijuana legal for all people over the age of 19. This conversation got me thinking about…

I’ve had recent discussions with several different insurance brokers and they are telling me that the insurance companies are beginning to behave quite differently. So I decided my article this month will be about insurance companies, what they are doing and what you as a trucking company can do about it. The insurance company world…

My gosh, is it 2018 already? What a year 2017 was for the trucking industry. We saw several new items come into our industry; mostly good stuff. Of course, the BIG one was Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs). As of December 18, 2017, all trucks entering the USA need to have an ELD or an EOBR.…

  I want to start by taking a moment to wish all of my readers the very best that this holiday season has to offer. This month I will write an article about the CVOR. And about how a CVOR can be ruined. And as I started to think about it I realized that I…

  Holy Smoke! I can’t believe that another summer has flown by. I’ve seen some snowflakes and depending on where you are situated, you might be in the midst of winter weather. Winter driving is upon us once again. You long-haul guys see all the bad weather. Already parts of Canada and the northern USA…

You received one! One of those ‘canned’ letters that the safety department spits out every time that you get a ticket, violation or crash. Every time that you do something wrong you get that darn letter. Why? Well, some of it has to do with the company doing a little “CYA.” You know, cover your…

I keep hearing about the ‘Driver Shortage’. Everyone that I talk to tells me about it. When I’m talking to drivers, they say that they know that they can quit a job today and be driving tomorrow. When I discuss hiring with my clients, they repeatedly say that they can’t hire drivers and that there…