I am getting sick of places not having a bathroom for truck drivers.  They forever use the excuse of COVID but that is simply not true.  This time we have Black and Decker in Jackson, TN. Drivers are expected to relieve themselves outdoors, in PUBLIC, at below freezing temperatures.  THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.  It also violates the 5th Amendment to the National Truck Driver BILL OF RIGHTS. It is time for this mistreatment of truck drivers to end.  I wrote to Black and Decker but have received no response so we need to take action.  At the bottom of this will be cont ..read more

In light of the Canadian convoy there have been dozens of groups popping up on FB and all over wanting to organize the same in the United States.  The problem is they are not of one mind.  Going through some of them their "demands" are quite different.  Some that are great and some that are downright kooky.  Crazy far out demands are just going to get you label as a weirdo.  Having a spokesman that looks like he just emerged from 25 years living in a cave is not going to help the cause.  I started the United Federation of Commercial Drivers so we would have one vo ..read more

In a recent article on Landline Media, Chris Spear is quoted as saying there is simply a chronic shortage of talent.  He means there is a driver shortage.  The ATA continues to push for more legislation to make it even easier to get a CDL.  As if it isn't easy enough as it is.  I would say there is a lack of talent at the ATA HQ.  This is a tired line and I think they should get a new one.  Now they want to recruit more women and minorities into trucking.  I guess they have run out of who would be traditional truck drivers to take advantage of so they are bra ..read more

An astute viewer sent me THIS article and I have to comment on it.  It says that a milk company had to go out of business because it couldn't find qualified drivers.  What is should say is that it could not get anyone to do the job for the money they were offering.  That is something completely different.  There are hundreds of thousands of people in the United States that have a CDL and do not use it. They couldn't find people at the low wage they are paying.  How do I know they were paying a low wage?  No one would take the job.  Example:  I have a dri ..read more

s​The time is here for the United Federation of Commercial Drivers!  I have been pondering this for some time.  How do we go about changing the entire trucking industry?  Let's look at how others do it.  The big player is the ATA.  They have members and lobby for them, especially in Congress but also in the press.  They get taken seriously because of their size and membership.  They put out a press release and it gets published.  Also, there is OOIDA.  I like OOIDA but I think they do too much in Washington DC for owners and not enough for company d ..read more

I have been reading more and more complaining lately from drivers about long wait times.  Really the complaint seems to be that all or most of the time is unpaid.  The common thread is that shippers and receivers don't value your time.  Well, duh.  You don't work for them, why should they value your time?  You know who should value your time?  YOU.  So, if a driver is willing to sit 10 hours to pick up fruit and does not get paid for that time, who should be do blame?  I get the story from someone complaining on Twitter about this.  You know who we ..read more

Among the many lies trucking companies put out one that I am growing weary of hearing is the safety aspect of a driver facing camera.  It is always touted by trucking companies as a way to absolve the driver of wrongdoing in the event of an incident.  Recently I was speaking with a trucking company representative and they said that their driver was accused of being on the phone and the driver facing camera cleared them.  They said this as if there is no other way for the driver to prove they were not on the phone, like A COPY OF THEIR PHONE RECORD.  I am still patiently wai ..read more

I want to get this out everywhere I can so here is a blog about this camera placement.  As you can see, the company could care less about safety. The driver wrote to me and said the company actually moved the camera down the windshield because drivers were using the visor for its intended purpose.  As you can see, they left the glue from where the camera used to be.  I don't like them no matter where they are but this is ridiculous.  I also did a video about this. It is way past time that we allow this.  It is unsafe.  The FMCSA says the bottom edge of the camer ..read more

I recently did a video about a driver that wrote to me about a long breakdown he had and his inability to get paid for that time. sWell, I have an update about it.  I asked the driver about what is in writing with the company, like what is in the driver's manual.  He sent the page from it and it shows you will get paid $100 a day after the first day and for up to 2 days total.  So, he is due $200 and that is what they are offering him.  I find this all the time.  Most companies do actually pay what they say they will pay.  Now, we may think they should pay more b ..read more

How is it in this world truck drivers get treated so poorly? This place, BUNZL, expects truck drivers to pick up and deliver but will not even provide the most basic bathroom so drivers can go about their day. They at BUNZL expect us to be professional in picking up and delivering at their facility but will not give drivers a place to relieve themselves. This forces drivers to use other places, including the parking lot there as there is no other facility. They should be ashamed. They cannot use the current situation in the country as I am sure there are shared bathrooms in the office and ever ..read more