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DECEMBER 7, 2022
How many drivers who went through a driver education program are ready for the open road? It’s incredible to me that spending $10,000 for training doesn’t prepare you for your chosen career. There are a few who do a decent job, but they are far too rare. I cannot address all the shortcomings of our […].
Truck News
DECEMBER 21, 2022
What is Christmas like for you and your family? My family has our main celebration on Christmas Eve. For as long as I can remember, we would gather at my mom and dad’s house in Georgetown, Ont., We enjoy tasty appetizers, a hearty meal, a Scotch tasting, singing carols, opening presents, sharing […].
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Truck News
DECEMBER 7, 2022
What a roller-coaster ride the last 12 months have been. Let’s welcome 2023! At this time last year, the trucking industry was riding the tailwinds of the biggest freight boom in 20 years. Those winds started shifting in March, bringing inflation, geopolitical turmoil, and plummeting spot rates. Today, the air is filled with talk […].
Truck News
DECEMBER 6, 2022
I was recently looking for an experienced truck driver for a run based in the city of Elmira, Ont. Calling it a city might be a bit of a stretch as the population is not much more than 10,000 people. Using the law of averages, you can assume that there is not an abundance of […].
Truck News
DECEMBER 1, 2022
I know better than to predict the death of the owner-operator. The business model has been declared dead many times before, but that resilient bunch keeps proving the naysayers wrong. The famous Mark Twain line ‘Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated,’ comes to mind. But the outlook for owner-operators may never have been […].
Truck News
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Your driver is to be deposed. They are to be thrust into a foreign world for which they have neither any experience nor concept. And out the other side of the process comes their “sworn testimony”, written in cement, as to the accident, training, investigation. It is a crucial event in the case. Thorough preparation […].
Truck News
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Where you are sued can put you in the hole from the get-go. Generous jurisdictions and unfavorable rules and rulings can expose you to an extraordinary verdict. The American Tort Reform Foundation (ATRF) annually releases its list of Judicial Hellholes.
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