To Haul or Not To Haul – Overweights

Can a company fire an employee for refusing to haul an overweight load?
Can the company make me haul a load that is overweight?
Can the dispatcher make me drive in bad weather?
Can the company make me pull an unsafe trailer or drive a truck that is not safe?
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I’m not going to take it anymore, are you

We drivers have seen many changes over the last few years that have adversely affected us and could endanger not only our lives, but also our livelihoods.
The new HOS, now under re-review, took away our flexibility to run our trucks in the safest manner for our own health and safety.
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Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk

The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety (KOHS) announced today that it is teaming with the National Football League (NFL), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and other state and local highway safety and law enforcement agencies to remind everyone to designate a sober driver if they plan to be partying with alcohol on Super Bowl Sunday, [...]

Survive being with a Truck Driver Trainer

First of all, I don’t “claim to be an expert” but I do have some suggestions for new male or female truckers to be able to survive the grueling time spent with a trainer.
It is very true some trainers don’t know how to train. I am not meaning they don’t know how to train you [...]

Trucking Careers and the Effect on Families

First off I want to say, this article was written by Wilson Hines a real trucker. Check out the about the author at the end of this article.
The occupation of truck driving has a horrible impact on families. I have been around the trucking business since my father started trucking in 1984 to compensate for horrible farming debt. Since [...]

Trucker was Tired and Watching Porn in Fatal Accident

An accident happened last month on the NY Thruway. This would not be eye catching or really interesting except for those involved, but what the cause of this accident makes it interesting to everybody. The driver of the car that was hit, was a female and her car had become disabled in the road after she had hit a [...]

Load Securement why its important

Load securement can come in many forms. When load securement is brought up, usually one is talking about a flat bed trailer, and how secure the load is.
But, load securement can be found with anything a driver is hauling, no matter what kind of trailer you are pulling. There have been numerous accidents over the years due to [...]

‘Road Rage’ and Trucking

In any type of vehicle “road rage” is a bad idea, especially a tractor trailer. According to Wikipedia -road rage is described as aggressive or angry behavior by a driver of an automobile or other motor vehicle.
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