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Originally published by the Over the Road, re-published with permission, and written by me.
 
All right, you think that you found a really great carrier and are dying to work for them. How do you increase your chances of getting the job? In this environment, it is really competitive trying to land the job with the best [...]

  What the heck is “Due Diligence”?When I decided that this was the topic for my next post, I did a web search “due diligence”. I read several definitions. I thought that Wikipedia defined it best.
“Due diligence is a term used for a number of concepts involving either the performance of an investigation of a business [...]

 Sleep Apnea
On my recent trip to the east coast I was tested for sleep apnea. I don’t believe that I suffer from it, so why did I get tested? Well, it’s the next big thing! I mean that many government officials are talking about sleep apnea.
When I attend the APTA’s annual convention this past year, [...]

 Hands Free Jurisdictions
Recently Nova Scotia banned the use of hand held cell phones. They have joined Quebec and Newfoundland in banning their use. California is enacting legislation that comes into effect this summer banning their use.
In all cases that I’m aware of, it is legal to use a cell phone “Hands Free”. In all cases [...]

 Logbook falsification and average speed
I often have to read the regulations to answer questions. Recently a client was complaining that his driver got a ticket for logbook falsification. He was complaining because the log was perfect except that the officer said that the average speed was too high. So the officer gave a ticket based [...]

My clients often ask “what makes a good policy, any policy”? 
Now this is my own list of ingredients. Throughout I’ll use the example of a following distance policy (fdp). So here we go! 
1st, a need. You have to identify a need for a policy. Make sure that you really need it. After all, if you [...]

Wow, someone is really thinking. After all you are not in the truck with the drivers. How in the world to you get them to drive the truck safely and fuel efficiency? As you know if you can achieve these 2 things, safety and fuel efficiently, your fleet will be will be financially ahead of [...]

Great Question! Why in the world would you need company policies? There are many reasons. It sets your expectations for the actions and outcomes of your workers. It gives them an idea how their performance is to be judged. I could go on from the Human Resource point of view, but that’s not what I’m interested [...]

OK, so you have decided that you need to have a communication policy. There needs to be 2 major parts to the policy. How the drivers communicate with the outside world and how the office communicates with the drivers.
Drivers 1st!
You need to explain to your drivers what you want to achieve with the new communication [...]

Why do you need a policy on how and when you communicate with your truck drivers? In the case of a lawyer talking on the cell phone and accidently striking/killing a young teenager while driving the car.(http://www.chicagolegalnet.com/cell_phone_use.htm),  In this a case a lawyer was driving a car while talking on the cell phone. The lawyer was in [...]