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If Only Dispatchers Had to Ride with Drivers for a While
I can’t tell you how many times I heard a driver say that he wished he could take his dispatcher with him, to teach him what it’s really like. Even I said exactly that many times. I always said that...
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Traffic Control: The Bollard is the Boss
Interestingly enough, a bollard is not what you call a person who fetches the ball during a tennis match (although it would be a great name for him). A bollard is actually a plastic or metal post used...
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There is No Driver Shortage: Only a Pay Shortage
Do you know how you can tell when management is out of touch with reality? When their lips are moving. That may be a joke, but it’s always amazing to me when years, even decades pass, and yet many...
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Becoming a Trucker: Things to Think About Before You Commit
About 3.5 million Americans are driving trucks to make a living, but it requires some serious consideration before you decide to become a full-time truck driver. Becoming a professional truck driver...
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Trucker Stranded on Country Lane for 24 Hours
The importance of paying attention to both road signs and satellite navigation systems has been highlighted by a case in which a lorry driver was stranded down a country lane for 24 hours after...
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Big Mother Trucker: 2013 Mid-America Trucking Show
Trucking professionals and industry representatives from all over North America will convene on March 21 – 23 at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. This colossal heavy-duty trucking...
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Applying Life’s Simple Rules While Driving
We are all guilty of making bad driving decisions. But it’s important to reduce the number of incidents when operating a vehicle. One wrong move could change your entire life. Turn to life’s little...
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Truckers and Taxes: Read This Even if You Don’t Itemize
Sometimes it is the little things that make the biggest difference. While being a truck driver puts you in control of one of the largest vehicles on the highway, when it comes time to file your taxes,...
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Truck Driving In Australia: Road Trains and More
Like in other parts of the world, truck driving in Australia has its own challenges and rewards. For most Australian truck drivers (truckies), truck driving is not just about being on the road, it’s...
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Big Rigs and Little Guys: Look Twice for Motorcycles
We share the road with vehicles of all types and sizes. We’re the big guys on the highway, and as such, we have great responsibility to watch for other drivers on the road, especially the smaller...
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25 Ways to Get a Traffic Ticket that You Didn’t Know About
Getting a ticket is never fun. In fact, it’s often downright scary. That’s why preventing this situation from happening to you in the first place is ideal. A big key to prevention is knowledge, so...
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Top 5 Deadliest Countries to Drive In
No matter one’s age, race, gender, or occupation, we all have one thing in common—the desire to participate in enjoyable hobbies during our free time. While there are a number of hobbies enjoyed by...
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If Only Dispatchers Had to Ride with Drivers for a While
I can’t tell you how many times I heard a driver say that he wished he could take his dispatcher with him, to teach him what it’s really like. Even I said exactly that many times. I always said that...
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Lumpers: Service or Scam?
How many times has this happened to you? You show up at a warehouse to make a delivery. You walk in smiling. You pleasantly hand your papers to the receive and say, “Hi, I have a delivery for you.” The...
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Monkeys can Drive?
I once worked for a guy who said that he could teach a monkey how to drive a truck. Of course that was before his accident. He ran a bottling plant for a major soft-drink company. He was always hiring...
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Preventing Preventable Accidents
If you have an accident that isn’t your fault, you can’t possibly get into any trouble for that, right? While that maybe true for four-wheelers, it isn’t always true for truckers. Even if the driver of...
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Proof that Tailgating Causes Traffic Jams
Take a look at this picture. There are four travel lanes. The one on the far right is ending, it’s an on-ramp. Notice all of the brake-lights in the right travel lane? See the two cars trying to merge?...
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Truck Drivers are Pretty Smart and Come From all Walks of Life
Truck drivers have to put up with a lot of stupid people: Dispatchers who don’t write things down and then later deny the knowledge of something they should have known, shippers who make you stand...
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Surviving the Big City
There are many dangers when driving in a big city- traffic jams, road rage, car-jackings, drive-by-shootings, smash-and-grabs, accidents on purpose, ambulance chasers, corrupt police, towing companies...
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The Good Old Days of Trucking
How many times have you heard about the good old days? Back when truckers used to help each other? And respect each other? Back when a trucker was someone who could be trusted? In the good old days, if...
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