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Diesel - Rollaway Semi Trucks. Diesel is back and he wants to talk about setting your parking brakes. One of the most regretful things is to watch your truck roll away. This year many truck drivers will forget to set their brakes because they are in a hurry. They will pull ups to a rest area or a truck stop and jump out without pulling out those brakes. Most of the time a driver is preocupied with other things that their safety is not considered. many drivers will lose their job because of their negligence. A simple rollaway can result in a DOT recordable accident. There is a story out of Ohio where a driver forgot to set his parking brakes in a rest area. He returned to his rig to find it about 30 yards forward from where he left it. The truck had come to rest on top of a metal garbage can. Upon inspection he realized the garbage can had cut the fuel line. Of course the truck needed to be towed which meant it became a DOT recordable accident. https://cdllife.com/2019/driver-gets-great-workout-while-chas

Trucking & The Bloodsucking LawyersTrucking & The Bloodsucking lawyers. An everyday trucker is not thinking of the lawyers that are just waiting for the next big lawsuit in trucking. Everyday day someone walks into the office of a good attorney inquiring about how much money they can get from an accident. Many of these accidents are not even the truckers fault but that does not matter when it comes to the big bad trucking companies. When an accident goes to trial it is very easy to see why the jury would side with the people in the smaller vehicles. Its only natural that a jury made up of human beings would have compassion on this that hav suffered. Naturally the occupants of the smaller vehicle will most likely be the party that suffered the most even though they might be at fault. This is very common and we must consider this every time we get behind the wheel of our big rig. Cover your butts If you are a professional truck driver then protect yourself as best as you can. One way is to have a witness

Truckers 3rd Land ViolationsTruck drivers that run in the 3rd lane are at rick of getting a ticket and a fine. In many states a semi truck is restricted to using the right two lanes only. But there area also many instances where a trucker may use the 3rd lane with out braking the law. Knowing when you can use the 3rd lane by educating yourself will save you money and time. For example most steep mountain climbs will almost all be restricted. The reason behind this of course is due to the fact the most semi trucks can not keep up with the posted speed. In order to keep traffic flowing properly each state will restrict semi trucks from the 3rd lane in order to allow the rest of the traffic flowing. Driving in cities will also restrict truckers from running in the 3rd lane due to the flow of traffic. Most of these area will have posted signs warning the truck driver of which lanes he may travel in so there is normally no excuse to be in the 3rd lane. https://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/thr

Diesel Your Trailer is Coming AroundDiesel is back and he has another story of being on the road. Listen in as the new star of TalkCDL tells a tale of a crazy day on black ice out side of Chicago. Listen in and hear how Diesel himself tells a story like no other can. Running in black ice is one of the most dangerous forms of weather one can operate in. When driving on ice you have absolutely zero traction and are better off not being on the road. According to Safe Winter Roads, over 1,300 people are killed and 116,800 are injured in car accidents on snowy, slushy or icy roads. That's not all: every year, nearly 900 people are killed and nearly 76,000 people are hurt in crashes during snowfall or sleet. What is Black Ice? Black ice is a thin coat of glazed ice on a surface. And it isn't black – it's actually clear, but it takes on a dark colouring from the pavement below it. Because it is so thin, it is often invisible to the human eye. Black ice can form in many ways but the most common way is from melt

A Mother and her 2 daughter lost their lives much too early at the hands of a dangerous trucker.When A Trucker Kills. When semi trucks hit a stopped car the damage level is normally higher than a mother passenger vehicle. Recently a mother and her two daughters, very young daughter were the victims of a bad truck driver. Bruce Pollard rear ended this precious young mother and ruined her family forever. Killed and leaving a family devastated with many questions and allot of healing ahead of them. The dangers of distracted driving is growing in America. Troy spoke about what he calls the timing of a distracted accident and how it can happen. He spoke of how many people have a habit of checking their emails or conducting a search while driving is a bad timing waiting to happen.For example, a trucker that drives 11 hours every day will come upon stopped traffic somewhere Onan interstate and there are many days where this happens several times. Now imagine if you will the amount of times one might check his emails

Diesel tells a Story of a HitchhikerDiesel a Truckers Story of a Hitchhiker. Do you all remember Diesel from TalkCDL? Well Diesel wanted to share a few stories with you so we thought why not. Diesel sat down in the studio and told TalkCDL how he had picked up a hitchhiker, against company policy. Running out of Dallas one night he would stop to help a hitchhiker out. https://www.truckdrivingjobs.com/faq/truckers-and-hitchhiking-tradition-or-danger.htmlhttp://talkcdl.com/trucker-sleeper-birth-pay/http://talkcdl.com/a-few-trucking-companies-to-avoid/http://talkcdl.com/big-carrier-stats-including-fatalities/http://talkcdl.com/how-cell-phone-tickets-effect-truckers/ Trucker and Hitchhikers Diesel a truckers story of a hitchhiker. Should truck drivers pick up hitch hikers? Is it worth it and can you be fired for it? Truckers normally have a big heart and when they see someone walking we might have a tendency to want to offer a ride. Especially when weather is not so good, we want to help even more. But d

Strength test for truckers Law SuitStrength Test for Truckers Law Suit. Is the strength test in trucking fair? Should a different test be given to women vs men? Recently a trucking company has has a law suit brought against them claiming the test decimates against women. Truck drivers at many carrier around the nation are given a test to see what kind of shape they are in. The test consists of lifting ex-amount of weights above their head repeatedly. It also calls for a driver to "duck walk" for a period. Perhaps running or walking fast in place. If you dont pass then you go home. https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/8-7-19d.cfmhttps://transportationnation.com/koch-truckings-strength-test-discriminates-against-women-new-lawsuit-alleges/http://talkcdl.com/how-cell-phone-tickets-effect-truckers/http://talkcdl.com/prime-inc-suing-amazon-prime/http://talkcdl.com/a-few-trucking-companies-to-avoid/http://talkcdl.com/trucker-sleeper-birth-pay/http://talkcdl.com/how-cell-phone-tickets-effect-truckers/ Wh

Trucking Company Sues Trucking CompanyTrucking Company Sues Trucking Company. CRST recently sued Swift Transportation and won. A court agree with CRST the Iowa based trucking company that Swift Transportation was poaching drivers. CRST like other big carriers will sign a contact with a potential truck driver agreeing to train them in exchange for the training for a Class A Commercial Drivers License. This agreement is normally minded by a 10 month agreement. Once the driver completes the agreement CRST is suppose to release the driver from any obligation allowing the driver to seek employment where he/she desires. Weather it is with another carrier or if they wish to stay with CRST, they are free to now choose. Swift was caught actively recruiting these drivers which were currently under the CRST contract. https://cdllife.com/2019/crst-sued-swift-over-driver-poaching-and-won-15-5-million/https://www.ccjdigital.com/swift-ordered-to-pay-crst-15-million-for-recruiting-drivers-under-contract/http://talkcdl.co

Cell Phone Tickets in TruckingHow Cell Phone Tickets Effect Truckers. Truck drivers have a new disease that has sprung up in the last ten years. Its called a "Cell Phone Ticket". This is a very damaging disease, unfortunately this disease is not passed on by others. Instead just like other diseases that come from bad living and habits such as diabetes, high blood pressure and other diseases that can be caused by lifestyle so can a cell phone ticket disease. If we choose to pick up a hand held device knowing it can kill our CDL, then we have made a bad choice. The effects that can come from this ticket are detrimental. One ticket like this and you eliminate 99% of any trucking company that will hire you. I Thats right, most carriers have insurance policies that will simply not allow them to hire a driver with a cell phone ticket. We recently spoke with a safety director about this issue and he told TalkCDL "if a driver chooses to use a cell phone in a commercial vehicle knowing the impact it can have on a truc

Trucker Sleeper PayTrucker Sleeper Birth Pay is a big issue in trucking. Should a trucker be paid while he is in the sleeper and away from home? We sat down and talked about this subject in the studio. If a truck driver is away from his family, does he have the right to be paid for every hour is is gone? Recently a federal judge in Arkansas declared that truckers should be paid but the department of labor had a different opinion. When you really think about this subject you have to ask yourself this one question. Who is responsible for the truck? The answer of course is the driver. So, if a driver is responsible for that truck at all times then would it not make sense to pay the driver for the time he is responsible for it? Here is a scenario. A trucker is sleeping in the sleeper birth and about 3am another truck backs into his rig causing damage. Now according to the department of labor the trucker should not be paid for his time in the sleeper but then who should be responsible for calling in the accident a

A Few Trucking Companies to Avoid A Few Trucking Companies To Avoid. If you are in the market for a trucking job you might consider a few things. What kind of a carrier are you looking for. Many drivers think that the small carriers are the best because you are not a number but what are the negatives to working for the smaller outfits? Not all big carriers are bad just like not all small carriers are bad. We sat down and talked about what kind of small carriers you should avoid. Carriers for example that buy old equipment. This should tell you right away how much money the carrier has or does not have. Why is this important? Well if freight gets slow money can get tight. If a carrier does not have a decent size bank roll, your pay could be in jeopardy. When a carrier does not invest in their business then it is only a matter of time till an emergency comes up and the carrier may not be able to foot the bill. If a carrier pays you late one time, you might consider leaving that week. When a carrier ever gets be

Sleep Apnea Sleep Apnea does it even matter? We have heard so much about sleep apnea over the years but does it really even matter? For many year trucking companies have been telling truckers, of course through their doctors they have sleep apnea. They are also told that they are at a higher risk to be involved in a traffic accident. But where is the proof? All these years of hearing about it but where are the numbers? Where are the statistics showing that all the sleep apnea people are causing wrecks? You see we hear theories but we have yet to be given solid proof the the so called 'Sleep disease" called "sleep apnea" is making drivers wipe out. In fact if you think about it you would think that one has enough common sense to just pull over if they are drowsy. Think about that for a second. A driver gets real tired for whatever reason, should he have enough common sense to pull in to a rest stop and sleep? Sleep apnea is suppose to not allow you to get a good nights rest, causing you to be more tired on the

Big Carrier Stats Including FatalitiesBig Carrier Stats Including Fatalities. This week we reviewed many of the big boys in trucking. We sat down and talked about, how many trucks some of the biggest trucking companies in america, have. We also talked about the amount of drivers, these mega carriers employ. Imagine employing 3,000, 5,000 and even up to 20,000 plus drivers. Imagine what that is like. Keeping that many truckers moving every day. It must be a dispatch nightmare just making sure freight is delivered and delivered on time. Trucking companies in the United States have grown to mega proportions over the years and keeping them organized must be a task beyond measure. https://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/2019_top_50_trucking_companies_working_to_stay_on_tophttps://www.careersingear.com/blog/largest-trucking-companies-us-11940https://truckfreighter.com/top-10-trucking-companies/http://talkcdl.com/trucking-history-and-yesterdays-truckers/http://talkcdl.com/new-trucking-movie-jeb-duke-the-dukes-of-h

Prime inc. Suing Amazon Prime for name use. Prime inc. claims it has the rights to the word "Prime" in trucking. Stating Amazon has made irreparable damage they are now going to court. When 2 wealthy companies get together over money it gets real interesting and makes a great podcast. So we thank these two mega companies for the great upcoming bout. Haha, and now in this corner weighing in at 500 Gabillion dollars its Amazon the "Store killer" Prime haha. And in this corner weighing in at the 14th largest trucking company in the USA its Prime "18 wheels of fury" inc. Touch gloves if you want to lol. http://talkcdl.com/what-to-do-when-elds-fail/http://talkcdl.com/cameras-phone-interview-inward-facing-cameras-in-semi-trucks/https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/amazon-sued-trucking-prime-logohttps://statescoop.com/driverless-autonomous-trucks-semi-louisiana-law-2019/http://talkcdl.com/what-a-truckers-wife-thinks/ Louisiana approves autonomous semi trucks The state of Louisiana has written some rules

Truckers Dead GrandmotherTruckers stop killing your Grandmother. Every week trucking companies have a small percent of truckers not show up for orientation. The one thing they all have in common? Dead grandmothers! Each week when a truck driver decides he does not want to show up at the job he committed to he looks for an excuse the company will be sure to understand by. "I know I'll tell them I have a family emergency". Most trucking companies are used to the fact that drivers will say anything to get our of going to a trucking company to work when they really found something better. They will say anything of course but the truth. https://www.smart-trucking.com/liars-in-trucking-companies/http://trucker no shows companyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/28/america-has-a-massive-truck-driver-shortage-heres-why-few-want-an-80000-job/?utm_term=.4bcc4c000823http://talkcdl.com/cameras-phone-interview-inward-facing-cameras-in-semi-trucks/http://talkcdl.com/trucking-history-and-yesterdays-trucke

Trucker Crash Stats & HOSTrucker Crash Stats & HOS. Join us as we discuss Crash Stats in the trucking industry and Hours of service rules. The dead line is coming up and truckers will have their chance to weigh in on the new proposed hours of service. You will be able to go to www.fmcsa.org and give your opinion after July 31st roles around. Also semi trailer theft is increasing, not only in the United States but globally It is becoming a big problem. What you can do to not become a victim is very simple. Park in well lit areas, dont tell anyone what you are hauling and never leave you keys in a parked truck. Tune in this week and catch what the hosts are talking about after a short time away from the studio. Troy and Ruthann are back recording podcasts after a 2 week break. http://talkcdl.com/what-to-do-when-elds-fail/https://www.jjkeller.com/learn/hours-of-service-faqshttps://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hours-of-servicehttp://bit.ly/HOScdl1http://talkcdl.com/s2e27-truckers-face-off-with-protesters/htt

What a Truckers Wife ThinksWhat a Truckers Wife Thinks. Many wives will spend many days alone worrying about her husband while he is out running up and down Americas Highways. She will go through many emotions and thoughts. Will he return? Will he be hurt? Is he cheating on me? These and many more questions will race through most trucking wives minds while waiting for his return. A trucking family is a very unique situation. The trucking family must function on all cylinders while being thousands of miles apart. Poppa must keep that rig in the wind earning the bread and butter while momma keeps the family together from the home front. She must keep the kids encouraged while keeping herself strong. Trucking has a way of testing families like no other families. Wives will go though many emotions, sadness, anger, confusion while questioning what they got themselves into. Good trucker wife has the ability to keep a sound mind and keep her family on track while keeping her husband mentally going. With out a strong

Perverts Trafficking TruckingPerverts Trafficking Trucking, can you spot trouble? Many children, women and even men will be targeted this year for the sex trade. Can you spot someone in trouble going down the road? Alabama and many states are now educating truckers to spot potential kidnapped victims. By learning the signs and habits of the perverts that are growing americas highways you can prevent a serious crime. Even if you suspect a crime happening in a car we encourage you to call 911 and report any suspicious activity you see as you travel the roads. What to look for Lets start by making sure we are aware of our surroundings. Get in the habit of looking at peoples behaviors. Maybe something as little as an argument or a look on someones face can be asking for help. Watch for someone with their hand on someones arm trying to escort them into a car or even a semi truck. Some people will freeze and might be afraid to yell out. Watch for something that does not fit in. Maybe a house wife being pushe

New Trucking Movie Jeb Duke The Duke of Hazzard A New Trucking Movie is due out soon. This movie will be the next great trucking movie since Smokey and The Bandit. We sat down with Chris Hensel and talked about his new movie he is making. Chris is one of the stars from the Dukes of Hazzard which makes him no stranger to the movie business. Chris played cousin Jeb back in the day and has been in plenty of films as an actor. Now he is wanting to take on the title Writer, Producer and maybe even director. He has some big name stars ready to start this move but. Thats right there is always a "but". Chris is looking for investors to finance this new trucking action packed movie. His goal is to have a carrier that is wanting to not only invest in this movie but also to have their own story to be added in to this movie. On top of that Chris is wanting to shoot production on scene at the main terminal of the trucking company that is wanting to be all in. "All in" meaning the trucking company must come up with one thi

When ELD's FailWhat to do when ELD's fail. Electronic Logs can and will fail for some. What should you do if this happens? Many things can go wrong with electronics. Number one you can lose power or maybe your ELD is on your phone. If it is on your phone many things can happen there too. First and foremost if you don't pay the phone bill you will lose your ability to use your ELD. Bottom line is ELDs can fail. So what can you do legally. The FMCSA suggests that you write your drive time, Sleeper and hours on duty down. They say that a driver must get their ELD fixed as soon as they can. If a driver goes past 8 days without fixing their logging system the driver will be endanger of being shut down. Troy's Suggestion What to do when ELD's Fail. On this weeks show Troy suggested before you attempt to drive make sure you notify your company. Ask them to send you a message giving permission to continue driving. If your carrier is not willing to put that in writing you might think twice about moving that rig.