Georgia on my mind
Goodbye, 2023. It was a tough year for trucking. It was also the year the Georgia Senate decided to help. It shouldn’t have. In 2023, there wasn’t enough freight to go around. Contract rates fell and...
View ArticleA sneak attack on broker transparency
Jeff Tucker wants the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to enforce its rules – just not all of them. But you can’t say something like that out loud at a House Transportation and...
View ArticleHoffa’s piggy bank in trouble again?
Last year, the feds rescued the Teamsters’ Central States Pension Fund that had once been Jimmy Hoffa’s virtual piggy bank. Back in the day, the trove of truckers’ retirement money had helped build...
View ArticleDriverless trucks will not solve the trucking industry’s problems
Autonomous vehicle companies are claiming the technology will make roadways safer, but when it comes to driverless trucks, it’s all about money while ignoring ongoing efforts to improve safety within...
View ArticleHere come the driverless trucks – or not
They’re at it again. Or maybe I should say they’re still at it. I’m talking about self-driving truck developers predicting they will be operating autonomous trucks on public highways without safety...
View ArticleWho does Rep. Dusty Johnson really work for?
When you look at the sheer number of trucking-related bills that, if passed, would benefit actual truck drivers, it’s pretty cool what’s going on. That is until you look at a lawmaker like Rep. Dusty...
View ArticleWhen trucking almost went to the dogs
The story that follows never really happened, and its anonymous writer never really existed. Probably. Hi. I once worked on a top-secret, driver-shortage (wink, wink) project for Big Truckload and...
View ArticleHit a bridge, go to jail
Hit a bridge in the Canadian province of British Columbia and you could go to jail – at least if the transportation authorities there have their way. In a news release headlined, “Commercial truck...
View ArticleBritish Columbia officials drop the ball when it comes to announcing major...
You learn something new every day. I recently learned that the legislative process in Canada – specifically British Columbia – is light-years faster than what we are used to here in the United States....
View ArticleMore holes poked into ATA’s driver shortage claims
Is the false narrative of a truck driver shortage finally coming to an end? At the very least, the premise has endured significant blows in recent years and weeks. The history As you probably know, the...
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