When you think of the phrase “truck driver,” you’re probably envisioning an over-the-road (OTR) truck driver: someone who drives a big rig long distances to deliver a load of freight. As opposed to ...

Pam Whitfield and Don Jacobson have written the book "Roadcookin': A long haul driver's guide to healthy eating," which addresses how long-haul truckers can deal with weight, heart, high blood ...

Under the federal hours of service regulations, drivers can drive up to 11 hours per day and up to 70 hours in an 8-day period. In a typical for-hire over-the-road truckload fleet, drivers will be on ...

C.R. England is implementing the largest overall percentage increase for driver pay in its history. The increase will benefit linehaul drivers in the over-the-road division and drivers in training. It ...

Crete Carrier (No. 22 on the CCJ Top 250) and Shaffer Trucking are giving their national over-the-road drivers a one-cent per practical mile raise in 2017, Crete announced Nov. 18. Crete’s OTR drivers ...

Recently I responded to a doctoral classmate and her thoughts on truck drivers, and thought I would share a little public education for those readers who are not truckers. While her views were not ...

OTR driver retention suffers from long trips, irregular schedules, and limited home time. Regional and local fleets benefit from predictable schedules but must address workload and urban delivery ...

Well, it's official. About a year and a half into it, the FMCSA's much-heralded Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program for under-21 interstate CDL drivers is sputtering on the runway. According to ...