The Trucker Newspaper - October 15, 2018

thetrucker.com Perspective October 15-31, 2018 • 17
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— got a share of some type of payment, even
money paid out from Pilot Flying J’s pocket.
We felt it will soon enough be just like the
bigger trucking companies thinking they won’t
lose business to other companies — even mom
and pop [places].
It’s a new day in the industry: Look hard for
who you want to drive for; don’t be fooled by
what they tell you. Get information.
I did, and I’m doing good with a smaller
[company], less than a thousand truck units.
Good luck to all [the ones under] house arrest.
Come on.
— Mario Alberto Garza
EROAD’s ELD data is not really
violation data; just flagged by system
[Regarding EROAD providing FMCSA
with ELD data for their comments on more
flexible HOS, they] should note that their ‘violation
data’ has nothing to do with actual violations.
It refers to violations flagged by their
system.
The sharp curves seen in their actual report
is really only saying that people did not know
how to use our system so they got a lot of false
positive violations; now they are better … .
— Samuel Duval
Only way to get lawmakers’ attention
about HOS is to impact bottom line
As to FMCSA wanting comments about
making the Hours of Service more flexible, yes
something needs to be done, but also it starts
with the driver.
If drivers would pull together just one
day, that’s company drivers, owner-operators,
[those who are] lease-to- own and don’t pull
freight, it will hurt the economy.
I as a driver right now am saying I’ve got to
work. I know no one is out here for their health;
we all have to work. But this is the only way
you get Congress’ attention — the bottom line.
— Leroy Minter
Driver, technician shortages can be filled
with youth from depressed Ala. cities
According to a September article, the
“technician shortage may be because of a
lack of training by carriers. But the trucking
industry is not only suffering from a looming
driver shortage; it is also facing a crippling
technician shortage as well. …”
However, the eye-opening report failed
to say these two critical shortages are most
severe in Alabama, a key manufacturing
state that is becoming more globalized,
more economically competitive and more
reliant on trucks to transport freight to market.
…
The Afro-American Truckers Association’s
(AATA) own fact-finding report
shows that Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery
and Mobile are in dire need of mass
resource allocation.
These four underserved markets rank
well below the national average in terms
of truck-specific infrastructure and support
systems.
The AATA strongly recommends more
trucks, more national service providers and
truck driver training schools for these cities
immediately.
This includes more national service
providers and truck driver training schools
complete with expansive, high-tech onsite
facilities to properly train young unemployed
Afro-Americans in both office and
mechanical engineering for the growing
number of driving and non-driving sector
jobs.
It takes a whole battery of highly qualified
specialists to effectively run a truck, a
business and an industry successfully.
Now is the time to increase investment
and build more truck support systems in
depressed inner-city areas of Huntsville,
Montgomery, Mobile and Birmingham, the
future home of an elaborate 21st century Afrocentric
theme truck museum.
It is these untapped labor markets where
supply is lowest and demand is highest.
— Shakir Muhammad 8
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