by Wendy MacPherson | Sep 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
For today’s truck driver to enjoy a prosperous and lengthy career hauling freight, it’s essential to be prepared to negotiate the effects of stress. That’s right, truck driver stress is a real thing and a common reason for burnout. Although the truck driver...
by Wendy MacPherson | Sep 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Backing up a semi-trailer is one of the most difficult skills to learn as a truck driver and an even harder one to master. It’s a weakness for many new drivers straight out of school and even some more experienced ones. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Here are 6...
by Wendy MacPherson | Aug 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Trucking comes with massive challenges that force you to change your lifestyle, from your sleep schedule to your nutrition. With crunching deadlines and expectations from both the company and yourself to always turn in peak performance, the last thing on your mind...
by Wendy MacPherson | Aug 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Though many assume truck drivers have a better view of the road because they are higher off the ground and have larger mirrors, trucks actually have bigger blind spots. Staying in a truck’s blind spot means that the truck driver cannot see you or your car, posing a...
by Wendy MacPherson | Aug 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
By now you’ve most likely seen the picture of Bill McElligott, the truck driver who had severe sun damage on one side of his face. It came from a, now famous, study by the New England Journal of Medicine released in 2012. It showed a truck driver who had been driving...
