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Newsby StaffMarch 18, 2021

Report: Driver Retention Issues Differ For Women, Men

Understanding what drivers are satisfied with along with their pain points can help fleets create a better recruiting and retention strategy.

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SponsoredMarch 18, 2021

Will Self-driving Trucks Put Truck Drivers Out of Business?

As the name implies, self-driving trucks will not require drivers. Does that mean anyone contemplating a career as a driver is heading down a dead-end road? According to Finch Fulton, vice president of policy and strategy for human-guided autonomous truck company, Locomation, anyone driving a truck today is unlikely to lose their job to a robotic truck.

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Newsby Vesna BrajkovicMarch 11, 2021

Bill to Allow Younger Interstate Truck Drivers Reintroduced

Reintroduced for the third time, the DRIVE-Safe Act proposes to allow certified commercial truck driver’s who are under 21 to cross state lines after completing safety training and apprenticeship opportunities.

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Newsby StaffMarch 9, 2021

Trucking Industry Pushes CDC for COVID-19 Vaccines at Truckstops

Organizations representing truck drivers, trucking fleets, and truckstops are calling for the CDC to designate truckstops and travel plazas as COVID-19 vaccination sites.

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Newsby Vesna BrajkovicMarch 5, 2021

4 Factors Affecting Driver Pay in 2021

As of February 2021, high driver turnover topped the list of factors causing driver wages to raise.

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Newsby StaffMarch 2, 2021

Survey: Young Women Will Consider Autonomous Trucking Careers

About 45% of women surveyed indicated that they would be interested in an autonomous trucking career.

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SponsoredFebruary 24, 2021

Leadership Insights: Efficiency, Productivity and Smaller Fleets Too

Data is the key to profitability. Omnitracs' chief data and AI officer, Dr. Ashim Bose, focuses on how operational data can improve efficiency and productivity. He also explains how smaller fleets can use data and advanced analytics to improve their efficiency and productivity, too.

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SponsoredFebruary 24, 2021

Leadership Insights: Taking Safety to the Edge

Data flows by the gigabyte from trucks today. Much of that data can help make your drivers safer and keep your drivers safe. From fatigue warnings and traffic alerts to weather and even Covid-19 hot-spot alerts, Omnitracs' chief data and AI officer, Ashim Bose, discusses how fleets can benefit from this treasure trove of data.

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SponsoredFebruary 24, 2021

Leadership Insights: Turning Trends into Actions

From the latest in data intelligence to effectively using data to improve safety and operations, Dr. Ashim Bose, Omnitracs' chief data and AI officer, discusses how fleets can overcome the challenge of managing vast amounts of data and begin putting that data to work.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeFebruary 22, 2021

Biden Administration Withdraws Letter on Sleeper Berth Pay

Do fleets have to pay drivers for more than eight hours in the sleeper? The answer just got murkier.

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