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THE LAZY TRUCKERS OF AMERICA. America is hurting right now and truck drivers that refuse to work are no help. A high percentage of Truckers are still at home collecting money while their brothers and sisters are out on the long road delivering freight across America. This is not only a trucker problem but also…
STATES WITH THE RUDEST DRIVERS. This week on TalkCDL Trucking Podcast we discussed the top 10 states with the rudest drivers. These were based on drivers that failed to yield, failed to stop at a stop sign and most of the very preventable tickets one gets when blatantly ignoring a traffic sign. Which state was…
RIPPING OFF YOUR OWN COMPANY. There is a growing rate of drivers that are stealing from their own company. Some are doing whats called "Padding the fuel card"! The way the scam works is, a driver finds a small truck stop that will work the scam with them. The clerk behind the counter runs an…
TRUCKING BACK IN THE DAY. There was a time when trucking meant something to everyone at every trucking company. When a new employee was hired, they were required to go on a trip with a trucker. The plan was to make everyone appreciate what the trucker had to go through on a daily basis. If…
TWO TRUCKING DUI STORIES. In Nevada a Trucker received 2 DUI's in just 12 days. The worse part of this story, is, That the truck driver was in a commercial vehicle, both times. Julio Perea Ayala a Class CDL holder was arrested twice for a DWI (Driving While Intoxicated), of which he was behind the…
TRUCKERS BECOMING HUMAN TRAFFIC. In a recent article by Freightwaves, they ran a report in a trucker that was lured from a foreign country to work in the USA. Once here the trucker alleges he was forced to work illegal hours, ultimately risking his safety and others not he road. The trucker also stated that…
JOHNNY ACID & MARRIED TO A TRUCKER. We sat down with Johnny Acid this week to talk about his search for a new job. Johnny was suppose to be hired by a very popular tank company but in the end, he was not. As we talked further we discovered that Johnny is getting screwed around…
18 YEAR OLD TRUCKERS & ELECTRIC SEMI'S. There is now proposed legislation that would allow 18 to 20 year old CDL holder cross state lines.There has been for a long time, 49 states that allow an 18 yearly man or woman, to get their CDL (Commercial drivers license) and driver intrastate only. But with the…
UPSTAGING TRUCKING FOR ROCK & COUNTRY INDUSTRY. We sat down with Upstaging Inc. and talked about everything from all the rock and roll plus country stars they have hauled for. What it's like and the perks of being a driver for Upstaging. How long a driver has to be on the road when on tour.…
BAD RECRUITING CALL AND TRUCKING NEWS. Ever wonder how goofy a recruiting call sounds when a recruiter tells a driver everything he wants to hear. Check out the recruiting call from Johnny Acid and how ridiculous the entire conversation sounded. We hope you enjoy this comic stint. Trucking News with Ruthann and Troy Check out…
Trucking Stuff and Amazon. It looks like Amazon is trying to create its own trucking company by increasing their Owner Operators. Amazon plans to ad hundred's of independent contractors in the hopes they will in turn create their own small trucking companies with in Amazon. Amazon is hoping and banking on a larger trucking business…
Trucker Concerns. Truck drivers concerns are on the rise in the industry. Truck drivers are concerned about a few things above the rest. One of those concerns is autonomous trucks. Truckers are starting to fear for their futures and rightly so. Self driving trucks are reported to be coming along faster than originally thought. A…