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PodcastsJune 2, 2025

Retaining Today's More Diverse Truck Driver Workforce: Lessons from the Best Fleets to Drive For

Join host Deborah Lockridge and guest Mark Murrell of the Best Fleets to Drive For program as they unpack what successful fleets are doing right to retain a more diverse driver workforce.

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Connor Hudziak at Star Nation.
Articlesby Jack RobertsMay 21, 2025

How an Unexpected Gift Turned a Gamer into a Real-Life Trucker

Connor Hudziak was thrilled when he won a free trip to Western Star’s Bend, Oregon, proving grounds and customer center. But the best was yet to come.

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PodcastsMay 14, 2025

Listen: How Western Star Helped a Young Gamer Become a Trucker

Connor Hudziak loved playing "American Truck Simulator" after school and world. He had no idea his love for the game would change his life.

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HDT Talks Trucking: Connor Hudziak
Videosby Jack RobertsApril 25, 2025

How Western Star Helped a Young Gamer Become a Trucker

Connor Hudziak loves playing the "American Truck Simulator" computer game. Little did he know his passion for the game -- and trucking -- would change his life.

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Girl Scouts at Touch a Truck event

Trucks Are For Girls!

HDT Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge is a longtime Girl Scout leader and loves to connect her passion for inspiring girls with her love of the trucking industry.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeNovember 25, 2024

Q&A: Next Gen's Lindsey Trent on Younger Truck Drivers

Where is our next generation of truck drivers, technicians, and other trucking people going to come from? Lindsey Trent with Next Gen Trucking has been working to find an answer.

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PodcastsJuly 19, 2024

Adding Truck Driver Training to High School Career Programs [Podcast]

Truck driver training in high school? Find out what the Next Generation in Trucking Association is doing to bring more drivers and technicians into trucking as a first career choice.

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A group of diverse young people in front of a line of heavy-duty trucks.
Newsby Deborah LockridgeMay 14, 2024

Younger-Driver Pilot Program Drops 2 Controversial Requirements

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is accepting applications from motor carriers for a newly revised version of its apprenticeship pilot program to study younger drivers.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeDecember 14, 2023

House Subcommittee Grills FMCSA on Speed Limiters, Younger Driver Pilot

If anyone was hoping to get any hints about what might be in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s upcoming proposed rule on truck speed limiters from FMCSA Administrator Robin Hutcheson during a Dec. 13 House subcommittee hearing, they were probably disappointed.

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Newsby StaffMarch 16, 2023

Association to Develop High School Truck Driving Curriculum

The Next Generation in Trucking Foundation received a $127,760 grant to develop a standardized truck driving curriculum that the Next Generation in Trucking Association will make available at no cost to high schools.

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