The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released a study regarding truck driver age demographics, and the results, while not surprising, are quite concerning. The facts…
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BEWARE OF CHEAP DRUG TESTS A U.S. District Court in December sentenced Elizabeth “Betsy” Pope to eight months house arrest, four years’ probation and $109,000 in…
PRESIDENT PROPOSES GIFT LIMIT CHANGES If you are fortunate enough financially to be able to make significant gifts to family members and others, you may want…
Last month I wrote about another new law in California targeting independent contractors. That law, signed by Gov. Brown on September 28, puts a potentially enormous…
On September 28, 2014 Governor Jerry Brown of California signed a bill that puts a potentially enormous liability risk on the companies that use workers supplied…
WEBSITE MISTAKES COULD COST YOU With all of the serious talk about driver misclassification these days, it is important that you use the correct language and…
Many company drivers face the same debate – they wonder if it would be more profitable to go out on their own and buy a truck.…
NEW RULES FOR NEW DRIVERS Efforts to train entry-level truck drivers go back many years. And let’s face it – even hairdressers are required to be…
When I started driving back in the early 1960s for Pacific Intermountain Express, trucking was a pleasure in the true sense of the word. There were…
THE COST OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION Congestion on today’s highways is costing the trucking industry $9.2 billion in operational costs according to the American Transportation Research Institute…
Trucking and labor organizations across the nation are engaged in a debate over what determines independent contractor status, as lawmakers and courts consider whether owner operators…
13 STATES RAISE THEIR MINIMUM WAGES I know this may be a little late, but there has been so much going on, I forgot to write…
USING INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS With the start of the New Year, many outfits are looking to expand their businesses using independent contractors, which can be a very…
There are currently two major safety rule proposals pending for trucking: electronic logs and a searchable database with the results of driver drug and alcohol tests.…
The transportation industry has long been a staple of the American economy. As we look ahead to forecast what 2014 will hold for the transportation industry,…