LLN (8/1/18) – Is it a driver shortage or turnover and retention problem? One expert offers her opinion. Also on today’s show: freight and rates continue to slip; diesel prices are on the rise after two weeks of declines; the Denham Amendment could still be play in the Senate; and Uber’s departure from the self-driving truck market.
0:00 – 10:10 – Newscast
10:10 – 24:52 – Turnover and Retention
24:52 – 40:11 – freight, rates slip; diesel prices ries
40:11 – 50:23 – Denham Amendment; Uber is out of self-driving trucks
Segment 1
Gary Walter Hills, Sr. of Monroe City, Mo., has been recognized by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association for 27 years of safe, accident-free driving as part of the OOIDA Safe Driving Award Program.
- Learn more about the OOIDA Safe Driving Award Program.
Segment 2
Lana Batts’ company provides background screenings to the trucking industry, and she has some pretty specific views of the turnover and driver retention problem in trucking. Mary McKenna has a report.
Segment 3
Freight and rates continue to slip, but still remain much higher than last year at this time. Terry Scruton talks with Mark Montague of DAT, a company that provides market information for owner operators, carriers, brokers and shippers.
- Visit their website, dat.com;
- Or you can call them at 800-547-5417;
- Be sure to check out their blog;
- Chat with them on Twitter;
- And find out more on the OOIDA Members Edge website;
- You can call OOIDA Members Edge at 866-487-8253.
Diesel price averages went up less than a penny in nine of the 10 regions in the U.S. Terry Scruton offers a detailed update on the price of diesel fuel and crude oil, including a break down by region and analysis.
- Find Daily Fuel Prices by ProMiles;
- To see how to compute your own fuel surcharge use OOIDA’s online Fuel Surcharge Calculator;
- To download OOIDA’s fuel surcharge app for Android Smartphones, click here.
Segment 4
A provision that could have a big impact on driver pay is still possible in the U.S. Senate. Mark Reddig covers that – plus Uber’s departure from the self-driving truck market – with Nile Elam of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office.
- It’s never too late to share your views with lawmakers. You can do that at FightingForTruckers.com.
- To call members of Congress, dial 202-224-3121;
- Read OOIDA’s Guide to Contacting Lawmakers.
