•Courier Magazine, September/October 2019: According to the American Trucking Association, this country’s long-haul trucking industry needs about 51,000 more drivers than it currently has. Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 4.0% in January, its lowest...
Access Receivables, September 30, 2019: What if your workforce could be freed from repetitive tasks that are simple, but can lead to errors if an employee is tired? How many other more important tasks could that employee focus on? That’s just part of thepromise of...
ATS Blog, August 2019. A big part of training at any CDL school centers around one of the basic trucker skills—shifting gears. That’s getting a lot easier, both in training and out on the road, because of the increasing move to automatic transmissions for 18-wheelers....
Transport Refrigeration News, May 31, 2019—The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently selected 35 representatives, including two from the American Trucking Associations and one from the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, to...
USA Daily Times, the Price of Business Show, hosted by Kevin Price, July 17, 2019—John Kearney is CEO of Advanced Training Systems, a technology and engineering firm that provides cutting-edge, adaptive simulators for truck driver training. John discussed the growing...
Speaking of the driver shortage, it seems clear that to attract and retain those drivers, we’re going to need to make truck driving not just a job, but a profession. In a recent issue of trucks.com, we shared some thoughts about how we might achieve that...
