The driver compensation model is broken. Michael Belzer, Ph.D., has studied the issue for decades. The professor at Wayne State University brought his expertise to Washington, D.C., recently for the start of a driver compensation study. He joins us to talk about what needs to change before the driver pay issue is resolved.
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The driver compensation model is broken. Michael Belzer, Ph.D., of Wayne State University joins us to talk about what needs to change before the driver pay issue is resolved. Also, from a company looking at its own employees to expand its pool of drivers to some cities that seriously need to work on their traffic problems, we’ll tell you who in recent news has been good and who’s been bad with some Roses and Razzberries. And dashcams are a two-edged sword. If the camera faces out, it can save you from all kinds of trouble. But if that camera faces in it becomes for many an invasion of privacy.
Catch up on the news with Scott Thompson
Speed limiters come up again in a new progress report out of the U.S. DOT. Another electronic logging device gets revoked. And the bill the Teamsters have declared is an “anti-safety bill in sheep’s clothing.”
Roses and Razzberries
From a company looking at its own employees to expand its pool of drivers to some cities that seriously need to work on their traffic problems, we’ll tell you who in recent news has been good and who’s been bad with some Roses and Razzberries.
Dash cams – the good and the bad
Dashcams are a two-edged sword. If the camera faces out, it can save you from all kinds of trouble. But if that camera faces in it becomes for many an invasion of privacy.
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