The truck driver shortage issue doesn’t seem to get better, and driver health problems just make it worse. Here’s a sobering statistic: A 2015 study from the CDC found that absenteeism cost employers just under $226 billion annually in productivity. With an aging workforce, that number is expected to only […]
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You can’t control the weather, but you can control how you prepare for it by making sure that every vehicle in your fleet is in the best condition possible. Breakdowns can happen no matter how well prepared you are, but mitigating the likelihood is actually easier than you might think. […]
My August trip was a quick one—a direct flight from Chicago to Denver. For anyone who has never been there, Denver is The West. It’s not just in the western part of the United States. It is The West—cowboy hats, belt buckles, buckin’ broncs’, wide open spaces West. It may […]
NationaLease held its Canadian Leadership Summit on November 12-14 at the Four Seasons in Vancouver. The meeting began with a reception on Monday night to welcome the members and suppliers in attendance. Tom Coffey, General Manager of Alliance Leasing, Ltd., a NationaLease Member, and this year’s meeting chair kicked off […]
It seems as though we’ve been talking about major infrastructure investment forever. Do we finally have a chance to move forward? Everybody knows how bad our roads, highways, and bridges are and that includes all drivers, personal and commercial. If you’ve ever driven your car over a pothole and blew […]
New technology is often a source of excitement and that is certainly holding true for battery electric vehicles. Just last week, my IdeaXchange blog covered the future of electric trucks and the pros and cons that will impact how great the volume of these new vehicles will be. This week, […]
As truck accidents continue to rise, are advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) an effective way to improve truck safety? Last week, a FleetOwner.com article addressed an issue that concerns all of us in the trucking industry…safety. The article notes that […]
Each year, we look at the results of the annual Roadcheck event to see whether our industry, our drivers, and our maintenance teams are making improvements. This year, we have. Last week, I wrote an IdeaXchange blog about this year’s International Roadcheck which took place this past June 5-7. Of […]