TD136: The Emotions Of Changing Truck Driving Jobs

Trucker Dump - A Trucking Podcast

English - March 01, 2019 05:53 - 2 hours - 63.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
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Man, we’ve got a colossal show today, headlined by me sharing the emotional rollercoaster I’ve been on lately as I prepare to change truck driving jobs.

But before that, we’ve got interesting stuff like Dustin’s Trucker Grub segment on some good BBQ and some long lost listener feedback from Keith, who talks about hourly pay and has a military analogy to truck training, Scot has comments on the podcast and a question about driver suicide, and Mark sent in a audio clip about why there’s so much confrontation between drivers.

But of course, we’ll start out with a bajillion news stories regarding such things as truck idling regulations, concealed carry in a truck, speed limit changes, updates on the truck parking situation, and what changes our benevolent regulators would like to focus on within the trucking industry.

And speaking of things that don’t work, we’ll also be discussing electric truck technologies, truck tolls, autonomous trucks, 1099 drivers, and trucker protests.

And to round out the news and bring it all back around to emotions, we have two stories, one of lost love and money and the other on found satisfaction in mentoring others. And of course, I'll be announcing the winner of the Trucker Dump tee shirt for filling out the Listener Survey.

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Links mentioned in the podcast:

Trucking Law: Can you refuse to drive in poor weather? from OverdriveOnline.com

As per diem benefit sunsets for company drivers, carriers find a work-around and OOIDA asks Congress to act from OverdriveOnline.com

Volvo Group invests in wireless battery charging from OverdriveOnline.com

Report finds trust in autonomous technologies falling from FleetOwner.com

Test drive: Freightliner’s autonomous-capable 2020 Cascade from Commercial Carrier Journal

Collision avoidance systems, sleep apnea testing among NTSB’s Most Wanted safety improvements from OverdriveOnline.com

Eight-state truck parking information initiative nears full launch from OverdriveOnline.com