Overdrive March, 2021 – Better Training Needed as Trucker Fatalities Mount
By John Kearney A recent U.S. Department of Transportation report shows that fatalities for large-truck occupants have reached their highest level of more than thirty years. This appears to be an ongoing trend; U.S. trucking fatalities for 2018 also exceeded a level not seen since 1988. The bulk of these fatal...
News From The Road March, 2021
Cascade Business News, February 16, 2021— If you’re a truck driver, you’re also a business concern, and eligible for a number of money-saving tax deductions. “Trucking isn’t just a job,” says Advanced Training Systems CEO John Kearney. “It’s a profession, and treated as such by the Internal Revenue Service. My advice...
Training Wheels February, 2021
New head of CVTA focusing on entry-level driver training rule, from FreightWaves, March 9, 2021 Helping prepare truck driver training schools for a major new federal regulation is at the top of A. Bailey Wood’s priority list. Wood is taking over as president and CEO of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association...
Global Perspectives March, 2021
Courtesy Global News, February 16, 2021Coronavirus: Manitoba truckers still seeing discrimination, should be among first vaccinated, says association The Manitoba Trucking Association’s (MTA) Terry Shaw says they still hear regular reports of truckers being refused medical or retail services because people are...
Overdrive February, 2021 – Tax Laws Offer Incentives to Truckers and the Industry
By John Kearney Economic incentives are increasingly being offered to the trucking industry as a whole. Although the motor freight industry is essential to the U.S. economy—over 70% of all American freight moves by truck—its growth and future are endangered by a persistent and growing shortage of drivers. There are...
News From The Road February, 2021
San Diego East County Magazine, December 18, 2020—Women faced with sudden job loss from the pandemic may consider going to truck driving school to repurpose their life and source of income. ECM interviewed CEO John Kearney of Advanced Training Systems via email for his insights and tips on pursuing a career in truck...
Training Wheels February, 2021
CDL fraud could rise under relaxed requirements, from FreightWaves, January 14, 2021.Tractor trailers and automobiles may share the roadways, but not everybody has the right to drive in the proverbial truck lane. Obtaining a commercial driver’s license (CDL) is a rite of passage for any driver eager to traverse the...
Global Perspectives February, 2021
Courtesy CNBC, January 26, 2021Start-up tackling decarbonization of trucking sector gets funding from Amazon climate fund, Grantham Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund is backing a recently launched company focused on decarbonizing the transportation sector as the world rushes toward a greener future.Start-up Infinium...
Overdrive January, 2021 – Schools and Simulators Offer Solution to Looming Truck Driver Shortage
By John Kearney Increasingly, job-seekers hoping to become professional truck drivers are turning toward community colleges, vocational schools, and high schools that offer commercial driver’s license (CDL) training. A growing number of these schools, often with financial support from the trucking industry, are...
News From The Road January, 2021
San Diego East County Magazine, December 18, 2020—Women faced with sudden job loss from the pandemic may consider going to truck driving school to repurpose their life and source of income. ECM interviewed CEO John Kearney of Advanced Training Systems via email for his insights and tips on pursuing a career in truck...
Training Wheels January, 2021
Federal pilot program would open long-distance trucking to 18-year-olds, from the Washington Post, December 31. 2020. A federal agency is proposing a pilot program to allow people as young as 18 to drive trucks across the country, an idea enthusiastically supported by trucking companies as a way to open the door to...
Global Perspectives January, 2021
Courtesy Bloomberg News, January 11, 2021Covid-19 Holds Up Chrome at Key Border for World’s No. 1 Source South African restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19 are snarling shipments of chrome from the world’s biggest supplier of the steel ingredient. Trucks have formed a 21-kilometer (13-mile) queue on either...
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