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Do you know what the PSP is? If not, you may want to learn, because it can directly affect whether trucking companies will want to hire you. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has instituted the Pre-Employment Screening Program for all truck drivers going forward. The PSP offers employers a snapshot of your driving record to make a hiring determination. The PSP assigns points to safety violations a driver has made during his time as a driver. Speeding tickets, reckless driving convictions, or inspection failures will 鈥渄ing鈥� a driver, adding points to his PSP. On the other hand, good…

You鈥檙e not becoming a truck driver until you get through trucking school. That鈥檚 a given, right? You know there is this large obstacle between you and your ability to make a living as a truck driver. However, that obstacle can actually turn into a friend if you can get through it. Of course trucking school teaches you much of what you need to know in terms of trucking basics, but it is easy to come to view trucking school as a frantic albatross around your neck, something that is holding you down and holding you back rather than keeping you…

If you are looking to get into the trucking industry, chances are good that you鈥檝e heard that there is a driver shortage. The trucking industry is facing a 100% usage rate among its drivers, which means they are all more or less operating at capacity. The average age of a truck driver according to recent data is approaching 50 years of age. That means that the current shortfall is only going to get worse over the next 10-15 years, as the 鈥渁verage鈥� driver reaches retirement age. The current tide of onboarding drivers鈥攖hat is, the drivers graduating from trucking school and…

Autonomous trucks are coming closer to reality, and some truck drivers are (quite understandably) frightened by the idea of a self-driving truck. After all, if big rigs can literally rive themselves, what need is there for a truck driver? Technology is in almost every sense a good thing. It provides us opportunities to replace the tasks we used to toil in and makes them simpler, faster, and more efficient to complete, leaving us time to explore other endeavors. But with technology comes uncertainty as to some of the practical applications of the technology. In years past factory workers feared automation…