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On March 22, 2013, Sandi Talbott, Co-Founder of the “REAL Women in Trucking” and the “Women Truckers Network” and her good friend Mr. Jimmy Ardis met with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator Anne Ferro at the Mid-America Truck Show (MATS) in Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Jimmy Ardis is a one-armed truck driver from South [...]
Truck driver training is an industry to make a profit off people who know nothing about trucking. The target, those who can get a guaranteed student loan, qualify for financing with as much cash down as possible, or acquire some sort of government assistance work program like a workforce investment act voucher (WIA). Suitability for [...]
Today we celebrate a milestone for Women Truckers with the launch of the “Women Truckers Network” (WTN). After 5 years of patient waiting for organizations to deliver something significant, the female driving population has become weary from the delays. Real working truck drivers have limited time to attend conventions and networking events but a growing number [...]
Truck driver training remains a crapshoot to produce quality in 2012. Good trainers are hard to come by, students are misled into the industry and carriers continue the practice of spending good money on easily misinterpreted ad campaigns rather than increasing driver pay. As a prospective student who has the desire to succeed in trucking [...]
Qualified truck drivers begin with qualified CDL candidates who are prepared for the challenge of living the life of a truck driver. The American Trucking Association and the Carriers they represent continually claim they are struggling to locate qualified drivers yet little accountability is aimed at truck driver training carriers who recruit at enormous levels [...]
In early January I received an email with the subject line that read with the carrier’s name that read “Trainer from Hell”. The training carrier is one that has been written about many times before but this email was not from the female student. The email was sent from her dedicated friend who was communicating with [...]
