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Like Mike? B.C. cellphone ban complicates some devices
LANGLEY, B.C. -- Authorities in B.C. have acknowledged that the province's new rule banning drivers from using hand-held devices while behind the wheel may make life difficult for truckers who own at least two popular push-to-talk or 'Mike" models.
Schneider doesn’t sleep on retention strategies
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A former U.S. Army officer, Don Osterberg, VP of safety and training at Schneider National, compares the task of retaining truck drivers to a saying used in the Armed Forces: "We recruit soldiers in the military, but we retain families."
No basis for shorter HOS; Trucks safer than ever says ATA
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Just a few months after special interest groups convinced the U.S. DOT to rewrite hours of service rules because truckers supposedly weren't safe enough, the industry posted the largest ever year-to-year drop in truck-involved fatalities.