I thought I saw (or heard) it all, until I found this study on road rage excuses. Yes, I’m guilty of coming up with an excuse or two over the years myself, but this is ridiculous. And the sad part is- it’s all true! You have to see this study and read the crazy excuses these road-ragers gave for their reasons why they lost all self control. It’s simply crazy! I think the problem...
If you drive in heavy traffic on a regular basis, you owe it to yourself to listen to this MP3 and burn a CD of it- that way, you can listen to it while you drive, and actually see what it is talking about, and begin putting it into practice. Driving in heavy traffic is a challenge for even the best drivers out there. But it doesn’t have to be. The way I look...
Do you want to have a safety meeting that really makes a difference? Then you have to change people’s minds. Most people don’t give city driving a whole lot of thought, they just deal with it when it happens. And that’s a huge problem. Think about it. It doesn’t matter who you are, driving in heavy traffic can test anyone’s patience. But it doesn’t have to. The problem is, most people react to heavy...
On a damp, foggy day, an old truck driver pulled into a huge distribution center. He had never seen this particular place before, but he had seen its kind plenty of times – the truck staging area full of trucks, the driver check-in building (no doubt full of drivers), and the promise of a long waiting time. He followed the signs that guided him to the truck parking area, and parked his truck in...
Have you heard the one about the trucker who got hijacked? Well, let me tell you – it wasn’t funny. Truck cargo theft and hijacking is on the rise, and the people committing these crimes are smart, organized and fearless. Most cargo thieves are not hard-up drug addicts sneaking up on you at a truckstop with a pair of bolt-cutters (although, of course, that can and does happen). Today’s thief is usually part of...
I have to go to work. Not because I want to. I really have to. If I don’t work, how will I eat? How will my family eat? Where would we live? How would we live? How would we get shoes, clothes, warmth and everything else we need? I just better go to work. When I was about seventeen years old, I faced it. And I didn’t like it one bit. But I faced...
Dateline 03-2009. This is not your typical corporate buyout story. This one has victims. Well, maybe it is typical! It seems that a lot of lease-purchase drivers from Continental Express lost what equity they had in their trucks, or were told they had less equity in their trucks than their records showed, when Celadon bought the company last December. At first glance, it seems someone at Continental was cooking the books – taking payments...
The job-hopping adventure continues, but this time it wasn’t my choice. I’ve seen two articles about a recent buyout involving Celadon and CX Roberson, but all they talked about were the numbers – how many drivers Celadon hired, how many Roberson fired, how big Celadon is now, etc. I can tell you firsthand what the transition was like, because I was working for CX Roberson on that fateful day when the transaction was finalized....
I just love a good truck driver story, don’t you? Not the kind that goes on about how many loads you hauled, or how stupid your dispatcher is – we hear those every day. I like the kind of story that takes you back to a certain time, paints a picture in your mind, or makes you fall out of your chair laughing- The kind of story you hear at a truck stop coffee...