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“The Ontario trucking industry is deeply concerned about the looming crisis facing our industry as a result of a shortage of drivers. Our driver workforce has been aging for some time because fewer and fewer young people have been choosing the trucking industry as a career or have been prevented from doing so [...]

Everyone remember Public Citizen? They’re the ones that sued to change the Hours of Service, then when FMCSA didn’t do it the way they wanted it done, they sued again.
It’s probably just me (again). As I was reading their web site and their press release about the decision a few things kept popping out at [...]

In my opinion Swift is one of the root causes of where the trucking industry is today, they take advantage of new drivers in a big way, they’ve been known to black-list drivers that wanted to leave.

Company fined $14,450 for rig on bridge (phillyBurbs.com)
Swift Transportation Co. of Phoenix, Ariz., was fined $14,450 on Wednesday because [...]

I’m tired of this story and stories with this slant to it. Truckers win? Last time I checked Teamsters,  PATT, CRASH and Public Citizen do not represent truck drivers in America. Teamsters have a union that represent some drivers at a few companies. They don’t have the membership or the power they used to [...]

Just finished going through Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. Three states that have different speed limits for trucks than cars. Why someone thinks that making only trucks go 10 to 15 mph slower than the rest of the traffic is a safe solution escapes me.

Missed seeing a big wreck on I-80 in Illinois just outside Chicago. I heard it closed the interstate in both directions and traffic was backed up for miles. I heard a couple of trucks and four cars. That was probably second or third hand and may or may not be right. It was big whatever [...]