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Quote of the Day

Judging from the following famous quotes, the sweet smell of success involves a lot of sweat:

• The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
-- Vince Lombardi (NFL Hall of Fame coach)

• Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
-- General George Patton

• Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
-- Albert Einstein

• The road to success runs uphill.
-- Willie Davis (NFL Hall of Fame player under Lombardi)

Time to get serious about drivers' health

Allen Herndon

"Truckers would never knowingly run bad fuel through their engines, let them idle for days at a time or stress them beyond their reasonable limits," says Chelle Pfiffner, founder and managing partner of J&K Health Consulting, LLC. "But too often, they do similar things to their bodies, and the consequences can be both startling and tragic."

Wellness programs reach more people in more workplaces.

Health Promotion Advocates, a non-profit grass roots advocacy organization, announced that provisions in the health care reform bill signed by President Obama will address the underlying causes of poor health habits by exploring how wellness concepts can be integrated into federal policy for transportation and other areas. The provisions are expected to increase the number of businesses that offer wellness programs, increase the number of employees who participate, improve overall program effectiveness and better track programs.

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Risky business: driving and calling

The National Safety Council recently released a white paper describing the risks of using a cell phone while driving. The paper, “Understanding the distracted brain: Why driving while using hands-free cell phones is risky behavior,” addresses the lack of understanding about the dangers of cell phones and hands-free devices.

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Fast Fact

While each vehicle reaches its optimal fuel economy at a different speed (or range of speeds), gas mileage usually decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph. You can assume that each 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like paying an additional $0.24 per gallon for gas.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy

My Point: Driver shortage: Back to the future

Marvin Shefsky
- Publisher

An old adage maintains that the trucking industry is the first sector to feel the negative impact of an economic downturn and the first to spring back when the economy begins to rebound. Anyone involved with the trucking industry knows how quickly freight, miles and money dried up when the Great Recession first took hold in the winter of 2007/2008. Now, as the struggling economy appears to be finally turning around, the trucking industry is right where it's supposed to be, leading the way forward.

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Drivers Sound Off

Is the troubled economy turning around or going in circles? Is the Obama administration getting the job done or overwhelmed by circumstances both within and beyond its control? What can or should we do about our leaky borders and illegal immigration? Are we winning the war on terrorism? Was the health care bill a step forward or back? What about the financial bailouts and deficits?

In short: Is the country heading in the right direction?

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ATA economist optimistic about recovery

The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.4 percent in March, following a revised 0.3 percent decrease in February. The latest improvement put the SA index at 109.2 (2000=100), which is the highest level since November 2008. The not seasonally adjusted index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by the fleets before any seasonal adjustment, equaled 116.4 in March, up 19.1 percent from the previous month.

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