driver training
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Australia
Down Under Trucking: bureaucrats ignore trucking experts
Experts say Aussie trucks should be widened a tiny amount... but officials ain't listening. Also: truck driver funding; fatigue; drugged drivers.
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Canada
Maple Leaf Motoring: Alberta scraps carbon tax
Diesel prices fall in the western Canadian province as a leader makes good on a campaign pledge. But the Trudeau government plans impose a federal…
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Driver issues
Higher training levels sought by Mexican driver facility
Simulators to benefit training standards in Mexico and the U.S.
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Driver issues
FMCSA hopes to clarify what constitutes an “agricultural commodity” with new rule
What makes a commodity and agricultural commodity? That is one question that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations hopes to answer soon, it said, during…
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Canada
Trucker sentenced to eight years in Canada crash that killed 16
Accident that killed members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team in Saskatchewan spurred efforts improve driver-training standards in country.
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Driver issues
Expand third-party testing? CDL testing delays costing states, drivers billions of dollars
The Commercial Vehicle Training Association is pushing for more states to adopt third-party testing to shorten wait times for those seeking to schedule CDL tests.
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Legal issues
Driver training rule phase-in on course despite technical concerns
Regulators say a database designed to standardize and simplify training certification for new drivers will be ready on time next year.
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Driver issues
White Paper: Trends In Driver Incentive Programs
Retention, training, and the capacity crunch are undeniably hot button issues in 2018. In response, SmartDrive and FreightWaves collaborated to distribute a survey to uncover…
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Driver issues
Latest XPO driver recruitment move will reimburse outside tuition for CDLs
XPO already has an extensive tuition-free training program in-house. This move expands it out the front door.
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Driver issues
Survey says: Driver iQ’s Q218 driver recruitment and retention survey data is live
Using Driver iQ’s Q218 survey on driver recruitment and retention as a point of reference, Stifel Capital Markets hosted Lana Batts, Co-President of Driver iQ…
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