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One of the real growth areas in trucking is the number of women who are making careers of truck driving. I’m not talking about local or short haul truck drivers either. I’m talking about long distance truck drivers. What is of particular interest is the number of young women who are entering the industry. Current [...]
These days it’s hard to define the ”average” truck driver. The lure of the open highway attracts people from all walks of life, and sometimes you’d be surprised at who was driving a truck alongside you. Today, there are truck drivers who were accountants, lawyers, police officers, and even politicians, in a previous career. Sure, [...]
You can be one of the best truck drivers in the world, but does your truck driving history show this? For many drivers, it will. However, I am sure you have heard people complaining about their credit history and how credit reporting agencies have made mistakes about their history. Truck drivers have a similar history, [...]
You would think that driving a truck all day could be quite a lonely job. In a way it is, but then again, truck drivers have learned over time to take advantage of every opportunity afforded them. Take a long distance truck driver’s social life. Whilst a truck driver is confined to their driving cab [...]
There are many career options that allow individuals to control their income flow. Most of these careers are commission-based, or based on how many hours you work. Truck drivers have limits to their driving hours, so that option is limited in its ability to change incomes. There are other options, and some of these options [...]
Making the transition from one career to another can be difficult. There’s always that gap between careers that can be hard financially, more so if you have a family and mortgage to cover. This is one of the obstacles that stops people changing careers, yet when it comes to truck driving, it needn’t be an [...]
Our transport industry is running the risk of coming to a standstill. Not a complete standstill, but a situation that could become a crisis. Why? Quite simply, we’ll run out of truck drivers. Truck drivers are starting to retire faster than we can train new drivers, and that is set to worsen as baby boomers [...]
If you’re planning on a career as a local truck driver, then there are one or two special abilities that you may need to acquire. One of these is to develop a good knowledge of your local area – in particular, the road network. Local truck drivers are often involved with set delivery routes, and [...]
The thought of being away from family for long periods of time can often put new truck drivers off from undertaking long distance truck driving jobs. It can be difficult. Long distance truck drivers are often thousands of miles from home, and this can put a lot of pressure on the family unit. In today’s [...]
Truck driving is one of those careers that doesn’t just rely on what you do on the job. Your non-working time can have a huge impact on your career, sometimes bringing it to an end altogether. Like bus drivers, taxi drivers, airline pilots and ship captains, your ‘license’ to operate can be affected by a [...]
