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TAKE THE SURVEY
Survey Ranks Industry Concerns By Go By Truck News+ Updated: August 2, 2016 Online Survey The American Transportation Research Institute, the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, has launched the 2016 Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual survey, commissioned by the American Trucking Associations, asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for…
A great drive for our Veterans
Military veterans who drove commercial vehicles during their service now have up to a full year after their departure from their branch of service to be exempt from the commercial driver’s license skills test when applying for a CDL. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration granted an exemption to the Missouri Department of Revenue, which…
INDEPENDENCE DAY !
Americans should remember the extreme sacrifices the Founders made so we could be free. We also cannot forget the extreme danger that was involved by just signing the document. That seems to be taken for granted nowadays, but it was an act of true bravery. One of the bravest, Ben Franklin, commented after he signed…
WHAT IS MEMORIAL DAY?
More than a million American fighting men and women have given, as Lincoln termed it at Gettysburg, the last full measure of devotion. Their valor and sacrifice made possible our freedoms, our values, our very existence. Memorial Day should be a time of solemn reflection on some of the most sacred of human…
ASKING FOR HELP
Is your program really working? By Jason Cardoza I have been involved in the transportation industry for almost 30 years. In that length of time I have learned several valuable lessons and one of these lessons that I encourage everyone to really think strongly about is “Recognizing when you need help”. Never under any circumstances…
Be ready to "spring" into action
It is time to Spring forward in many ways. We are the way of the future, within the Trucking Industry, as you all know, there is a good driver shortage. Your regular, solid , reputable drivers have to go on vacation, sick time, etc. How will you keep your trucks rolling? We can help when…
Leap Year and a Leap of Faith!
Words correlated with “leap of faith”: assurance, conviction, hope, uncertainty, unknown. We are in a business that is changing rapidly with technology. So many of our drivers are of the old school ie: written log books and paper timesheets. When we introduce VERICLOCK , SIMULATOR TRAINING and SMARTPHONES, This new information and technology causes anxiety…