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Each year the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) asks drivers and carriers about their top concerns. As you can imagine, the comments from drivers differ from the trucking companies’ list, but some issues do affect both groups significantly. Detention and delays at customer facilities were one of the issues that were important to both groups.…
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Your 24 year old daughter calls you with the exciting news that she has completed her training and is ready to start her new career. She worked hard to earn her diploma and is anticipating her first business trip. Although she is eager to start her new job, she expresses her concern that her employer…
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Regan is a professional driver for YRCW. When she started working for the carrier, she identified as a male but has since transitioned into a female. She is one of the members of the gender diversity task force recently formed by the Women In Trucking Association (WIT) to better understand the needs of the LGBTQ…
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For those of us in the trucking industry, we are well aware that four-wheelers cause most crashes involving a commercial truck. It’s frustrating for all of us that student drivers to senior drivers are unaware of the blind spots, stopping distances and the massive weight of a tractor-trailer. Every time the Federal Motor Carrier Safety…
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I was recently reading a trade journal when I found an article titled “The Seven Percent.”* It was about the lack of women in the industry and how the numbers aren’t moving up fast enough. The article described the lack of women in the profession which the article deemed crucial. Although women accounted for nearly…
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I recently traveled to Australia to speak at a conference. On my flight from Sydney to Perth, I was pulled aside for additional screening for explosives. The agent passed a wand over my luggage, my shoes and my hands. He then put the wand into a reader before he let me go. I thanked him…
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This article is a little more personal than most. Earlier this year, I learned that a first cousin (Rick) passed away, alone, in his apartment. He was divorced and his children had moved on. He died alone and was found by a colleague who was concerned. It’s a sad story. What makes this more tragic is…
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March was Women’s History Month, so I thought this article should be about the history of the Women In Trucking Association through my experience as the founder. I am repeatedly asked the question of why I started the organization so, here is my story. First, I’ll go back many years to ‘set the stage’. I…