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Business, Safety

How Positive Driver Engagement Is Turning The Corner On Safety

Over the past decade, despite a number of technological advances, commercial driver retention has not improved. Here are 6 steps for fleet managers to consider when building an engaged driver environment- that will set fleets up for keeping drivers long-term.

March 21, 2019
Business, Technology

Chasing the White Line -- Retaining Drivers

As driver turnover and retention continues to affect the ability for transportation businesses to deliver, being able to quickly make better decisions more often is the key to winning drivers over and keeping them in the game.

November 1, 2018
Safety

Paying for Safety: A Winning Combination for You and Your Drivers

Incentivizing safe driving helps attract new drivers, retain current drivers and ensures a safer fleet. To do so, many fleets have adopted a data-driven driver incentive program and are seeing great results. Find out how by downloading the new eBook, Paying for Safety: Incenting Drivers to Increase Retention.

July 12, 2018
Business

How Gamification Can Help Change Driver Behavior

Gamification can play an instrumental role in improving driving behavior by engaging and incentivizing your drivers. Our guide will provide you with the knowledge and ability to successfully implement gamification in your fleet today.

June 21, 2018
Business

3 Step Guide to Dominate Driver Shortage

Energize your recruiting strategy with practical steps that pack a punch in battling the driver shortage for your carrier. Want to know more? Read on we promise not to waste your time.

June 4, 2018
Perspective

Opinion: Dont Forget, Drivers Are Truckings Most Important Asset

For the first time in more than a decade, the driver shortage tops the American Transportation Research Institutes list of critical issues facing the trucking industry and we should be ashamed.

January 2, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment

Top Driver Complaints: Rude Staff, Pay, Intrusive In-Cab Technology, Analysts Say

Fleet drivers have issues with their carriers staff, the companys approach to equipment and maintenance, technology in their cabs and feel that they have little control over their work, according to WorkHound, the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based provider of a smartphone-based system that allows truck drivers to anonymously discuss concerns they have with their employers.

December 6, 2017
Perspective

Opinion: Recruiting, Retaining Drivers: Its Not Them, Its You

If you have a driver turnover problem and cant keep drivers, especially new ones, and cant attract new, qualified drivers, regardless of what you try or the money you throw at the problem, what youre doing is not working. But why?

November 13, 2017
Business

Longhaul Driver Pay Jumps 1.6% in Third Quarter

Longhaul truck driver pay rose in the third quarter as the truckload market tightened over the summer, setting the stage for a lift in salaries in 2018, according to the National Transportation Institute.

November 9, 2017
Perspective

Opinion: Taking Time for Truck Driver Appreciation

Lets go back in time. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departed on their Corps of Discovery Expedition on May 14, 1804, from near St. Louis. They first saw the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 7, 1805.

September 8, 2017