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Woman’s career in trucking

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Evelyn Vincenzo kicked off her driving woman’s career in 1987. Whenever she can, she encourages women to seriously consider a woman’s career in trucking. At age 64, Evelyn Vincenzo is a Westfield, Massachusetts-based warehouse CDL shuttle driver, who brings freight warehoused at A. Duie Pyle facilities to customer accounts in various locations throughout New England. In 1987, Vincenzo sought a career in trucking.

Woman’s career

The trucking industry and truck driving provided a monetary incentive over the career path she had chosen out. “From the time I was a truck driver’s daughter, caught up in the mystery of the big truck parked outside my window, purring with the sound of the refrigerated unit running, I knew I wanted to drive.Read More

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Calculations in trucking

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DAT load board users can now calculations in trucking the expected profits and losses of loads by entering their business expenses into the application. Company leadership says carriers can work out their daily operating costs in a matter of minutes. The app has launched a Profit Estimator tool designed to help carriers determine how profitable a load can be based on their own operating costs and goals. Accessible using the DAT One freight management system calculations in trucking. The Profit Estimator considers each carrier’s unique and essential operating costs such as insurance, fuel, and truck payments; its mileage and revenue targets; and the broker’s offer rate. It then calculates a baseline profit or loss for each load, according to a DAT press release.Read More

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Hours of service

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Industry that follows a time-based schedule, hours-of-service rules are like putting a circle where a square should be. ELD data shows that drivers need more flexibility. FMCSA officials revealed that they were unable to determine the safety impacts of electronic logging devices. ELDs are used to track adherence to hours-of-service regulations.Read More

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Trucking inspections

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Just because pre- and post-trip trucking inspections are common sense doesn’t mean they are common practice. These inspections may signal a larger issue within our industry: business and safety practices are at odds.

For operators  making every minute count is critical to their livelihood, especially under tight deadlines. Even though a typical inspection can take 15 minutes, the issue comes down to time and money, risk and payoff—for companies, as much as drivers. For example, pay-by-the-mile compensation, as opposed to an hourly compensation, has been widely recognized to disincentivize safety protocols, including completing thorough inspections.

The rules and regulations designed to improve safety, instead, cut back on miles or the time drivers have to make those miles. Despite all the local, state, and federal regulations in the trucking industry, workers in transportation and material-moving jobs represent some of the highest fatalities of any occupational group.

If a serious collision occurs that results from a maintenance defect or cargo issue on a commercial vehicle, data from a pre-trip inspection will factor into how much liability operators, vehicle owners and companies face.

Trucking companies are examining their pay structure and technology to promote and incentivize safer driving. Fleets should also provide drivers with better tools to complete their inspections. Without going through a list that guides drivers through the proper safety inspection steps, it is easy to overlook some or all of them.

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