Posted on 14-08-2004

More Driver Shortage hoopla

Filed Under ( Trucking - Driver Shortage ) by Wayne Weisser

More news about the driver shortage -
Trucking firms need to keep drivers on road - 2000-07-17 - Business First of Buffalo
Mike Hoggard, vice president of Turner Transfer in Greensboro, N.C., said his company loses very few drivers. Hoggard thinks pay is what drivers primarily care about.
“You can offer them all kinds of benefits, but when [...]

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Posted on 09-08-2004

Black Boxes

Filed Under ( Trucking - General ) by Wayne Weisser

Drivers deliver definite ideas on HOS issue; say no to black boxes
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A random sampling of truckers at a North Little Rock, Ark., Petro Stopping Center revealed drivers had some definite opinions about the new Hours of Service rules being thrown out.
The HOS rules that went into effect in January of [...]

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Posted on 06-08-2004

Pilot fatigue grows as problem for airlines

Filed Under ( Trucking - Driver Shortage ) by Wayne Weisser

Everyone has their Hours of Service issues nowadays. I’ve never agreed that truck drivers should drive and get paid like airline pilots. The skills or the education isn’t there. I thought this was pertinant with all the Hours of Service problems trucking is up against.
Pilot fatigue grows as problem for airlines | csmonitor.com
As the industry’s [...]

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Posted on 05-08-2004

A Great Organization for Truckers

Filed Under ( Trucking - Hours of Service ) by Wayne Weisser

You don’t hear about these guys very often, but it’s such a needed service. If a truck driver is injured 1000 miles from home, what do you do? What can you do? This is just one example of what these kind people do for us.
LubbockOnline.com - Help on wheels: Group responds to trucker’s plight 07/28/04
LEVELLAND [...]

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Posted on 02-08-2004

A Perfect Storm

Filed Under ( Trucking - Hours of Service ) by Wayne Weisser

We have the on-going truck driver shortage, the economy is picking up and truck tonnage is up.
commercialappeal.com - Memphis, TN: Business
As economy rolls, trucking companies strain to keep up
Between a pickup in the economy and truck and driver shortages, there’s so much freight now, June and July felt like peak holiday shipping months in a [...]

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Posted on 01-08-2004

Same Whine Different Day

Filed Under ( Trucking - General ) by Wayne Weisser

This is the same driver shortage story, but with a different twist - It’s hard work and you’re away from home and why would anyone want to do it? I did like this one line -
HoustonChronicle.com - Working: It’s hard for homebodies to go out on the road again
Maybe the trucking companies need to take [...]

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