Truck drivers play an essential role in the world economy, but life isn’t easy for them. Drivers face a wide variety of issues and challenges that affect both them and the industry as a whole. For example, trucker issues contributed to the driver shortage, as qualified drivers leave the industry because of low pay and difficult working conditions. Other truck driver challenges include issues related to health and wellness. Truckers must deal with a lack of exercise, poor diet, extended periods without bathroom breaks, eye strain, cramped conditions, poor sleep — not to mention the mental toll of being away from home and family for days at a time. Though many drivers earn good wages, the physical and mental stress isn’t always worth it to them.
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Quarterly earnings at stand-alone brokerage RXO were healthy compared to the performance of most companies in the freight sector.
Uber Freight suffered along with the general freight market downturn and saw its first-quarter EBITDA sink yet again.
Trucking industry representatives and others have been tasked with evaluating unfair leasing practices by carriers against owner-operators.
Ryder’s brokerage segment has rolled out a new loyalty program that gives its most active carriers reductions on the price of used vehicles.
Carriers and drivers will not be able to take advantage of a new drug testing rule due to a lack of certified testing facilities.
Triumph Financial felt the soft freight market like everybody else, but its network of the future did show signs of improvement.
Federal regulators have told Congress that assessing the safety impacts of ELDs has become a challenge.
In the latest bid to block the AB5 independent contractor law from implementation in California’s trucking sector, two key groups are quoting the author of the law.
The final panel at the TIA annual meeting echoed a theme of the whole meeting: Double brokering and fraud are surging.
TravelCenters of America brings up failed deal in argument for BP purchase.
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