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In the past several years, in our industry, we’ve been noticing a rapid infusion (invasion?) of technology. And our industry has never been highly technologically dependent. And many want to keep it that way. The perception is often that the latest technology isn’t here to help the driver but to regulate the driver. And that […]

I don’t remember if it was a Saturday Night Live skit or some cliché/joke, but I remember a comedian or someone saying, “Now let me teach you how to program this device. It just takes 14 easy steps….” As if any of us were going to remember 14 steps. FleetOwner.com’s Aaron Marsh has an article highlighting

I know that sitting here at my keyboard, I cannot prevent crashes but I hope I can highlight things that I think need to be highlighted. Then, I hope you, my fellow-trucking industry professionals can take steps that will help make society safer. Back in January I quoted Joe Rajkovacz of the Western States Trucking

I love this article by Jason Cannon over at Commercial Carrier Journal. In this article, Cannon brings up a point I think most people in our industry are missing. It’s important to understand that autonomy comes in many different levels. Adaptive cruise, collision avoidance and lane-keeping technologies are all off-shoot autonomous technologies. The “self-driving car” may

Wendy Parker over at Overdrive.com has a great story about the driver shortage in a humorous format of a bedtime story. The main point of her story however is anything but a laughing matter. She points out that while the industry is claiming to have a driver shortage, what is really happening is the big boys in

Are you “Nearshoring?” Should you? For those of you new to the term, Wikipedia defines the term as: …is “the transfer of business or IT processes to companies in a nearby country, often sharing a border with your own country”, where both parties expect to benefit from one or more of the following dimensions of proximity: geographic,

Capitalism works under the idea that competition is good and the more the government interferes the less capitalism is able to work properly. Monopolies, under capitalistic philosophies (and despite what you may think and/or hear in the media), are bad because they create barriers to competition. Unfortunately, in the U.S., too frequently the government works

Fall, as we head into the holiday season, tends to be the biggest and most profitable season for the trucking industry. So we were surprised when fall 2015 turned out to be as soft as it was. What does 2016 hold? Only time will tell but according to this article at Material Handling & Logistics, it

James Jailet has a great article up at CCJ. In the article, Jailet quotes Joe Rajkovacz of the Western States Trucking Association (WSTA) who says that drivers for small trucking companies and/or owner-operators need to do more than “just say no” to every safety-compliance initiative that comes up. His comments were brought about because of the

2016’s monster winter storm, Jonas, dropped 2-3 feet of snow across the central eastern seaboard. From New York to the Carolinas were inundated with snow, freezing temperatures, and other winter mayhem. According to the Weather Channel, at least 27 people died as a result of the massive storm. Roads are only just now being dug