Posted on 22-07-2005

ANWR

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

This won’t be the first time I’ve talked about something I know nothing about, but there are some good sites listed you should check out for yourselves.  What got me started in checking this out was when Carter was in Alaska while we were there and a few of the comments the locals said on [...]

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Posted on 20-07-2005

H2b Visa to Rescue Driver Shortage

Filed Under ( Uncategorized ) by Wayne Weisser

I haven’t had a good driver shortage article in a long time. Here’s OOIDA’s Special Report -
Proposed changes in rules for temporary foreign workers
could result in even more fraud and misuse by motor carriers seeking to fill
their drivers’ seats, according to comments OOIDA filed in response to a proposed
rulemaking.

Here’s the good part.
“The job prospects [...]

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Posted on 19-07-2005

Great News

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

Finally, some good news about truck drivers. Bigrigjobs.com posted this comparing the regular public and truck drivers. Fatalities, DUI’s, drugs and other facts. As compared to the press about the van headed for DC that was misreported in about half the papers that it was a truck driver with a bomb (like this one) instead [...]

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Posted on 12-07-2005

Trucking looks to Hispanics (to Exploit)

Filed Under ( Uncategorized ) by Wayne Weisser

It’s been awhile since I’ve commented about the so-called driver shortage, mainly because I’m sick of it, partly because I’m on vacation. But I kept seeing this same article everywhere, over and over.
AP Wire | 07/11/2005 | Help Wanted: Trucking looks to Hispanics to drive industry.READING, Pa. - Jose
Frias scrubbed a chicken processing plant for [...]

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