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In the TRUCKING world, nothing is more important than ‘safety’! What does safety mean? It means keeping the driver and all other road users, pedestrians, and cyclists safe. The responsibility of a safe truck driver goes far beyond the cargo that is in the trailer. It includes the safety of everyone, including themselves, on the…
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Since 2007 the Women In Trucking Association has worked tirelessly to create a more gender diverse workforce for transportation careers. However, despite the gains women are making as drivers, managers and leaders, there are still challenges that women face that need to be addressed. A company called Catalyst Research studies trends for female employment and…
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Today’s professional drivers are much different than the guys I knew when I started working in the trucking industry. Yes, I wrote “guys” as I didn’t know any female drivers in the seventies. There were a few women out there, but the steel fabricating plant where I worked used flatbed trailers to haul in the…
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“Why does it take so long to apply and get a job at many of the smaller companies today? I want to work for the company located just down the street. I went to school with the owner’s children and they were good friends. So, I want to work for their parents. Why is it…
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Warmer temperatures bring orange cones and construction signs to our nation’s highways. Although these barriers might be frustrating, they are needed to maintain nearly 50,000 miles of interstate highways. How familiar are you with how our roads were designed and how to understand our nation’s interstate numbering system? If you’ve always relied on your GPS…
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Why do most companies give you a policy and procedure manual to review and then train the heck out of you when you first join the organization? And why do some companies get you to sign that you have received the policy and procedure manual, even though they may know that you have not read…
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I know that your safety department may have told you things like, “Don’t talk to the media” or perhaps they also said, “Protect the scene”, and likely, “Take pictures, lots of pictures”. These previous statements are all true. But what do they really mean? Protect the scene means to make the area safe so that…
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If we could find a way To get inside Each other’s mind, If you could see you Through my eyes Instead of your ego I believe you’d be Surprised to see That you’ve been blind. – Joe South Joe South wrote a song called, “Walk a mile in my shoes” and it was recorded by…