Driver Wellness: Personal Choice or Requirement?

By Rob Newell

There has been much discussion about driver health over the last several months, and for good reason. Walk through any truck show, truck stop or your own driver’s room. It is not hard to recognize that a large percentage of our professional drivers have opportunities to improve their health. These folks generate the revenue that feeds our industry, and they are also parents, spouses, siblings and co-workers who bring great value to those personal lives.

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Why Isn't It Called A Driver Company?

By Bill Kistner

Picture this in your mind. A trucking company has a beautiful corporate office building, a profitable group of customers, a staff of experienced associates in operations, sales, maintenance and administration, a fleet of one- to four-year-old trucks, so all is wonderful, right?

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Health and Wellness News Your Company Can Use

The New York Times recently reported that Congress is “considering proposals to provide tax credits or other subsidies to employers who offer wellness programs that meet federal criteria. In addition, lawmakers said they would make it easier for employers to use financial rewards or penalties to promote healthy behavior among employees.”

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Remember to Recognize Excellence

Elsewhere in this issue of Inside Trucking Online, we report on the results of a driver survey Ramp Publishing – publishers of this newsletter as well as Over the Road and Pro Trucker – conducted in conjunction with the consulting firm Trincon Group. Among the many findings of the survey was this nugget:

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My Point: On the Road Toward Better Driver HEALTH

Marvin Shefsky
- Publisher

In 1981, RAMP Media Group identified a need in the trucking industry to connect carriers with cabs to fill with drivers looking for employment opportunities. We responded by creating the industry’s first digest-sized recruitment magazine. The concept was a huge success and widely copied.

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Drivers Sound Off

Like everyone else, perhaps more so, over-the-road drivers are worried about the economy. They’re also concerned about rising health care costs, illegal immigration, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the cost of fuel, the billions of dollars allocated to bail out the banking and auto industries and all the other issues – big and small – that anyone would be concerned with.
With that in mind, Over the Road and Pro Trucker magazines recently asked a handful of truckers the following question:

Is the country going in the right direction?

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Nominations Sought for Best Fleets to Drive For Contest

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) recently announced the opening of the 2010 Best Fleets to Drive For contest. The annual survey and contest will be administered by CarriersEdge, a leading provider of online driver improvement programs, with support from official media partners Ramp Media Group (publisher of Over the Road and Pro Trucker and the soon-to-debut Driver HEALTH magazine), and Over the Road magazine in Canada.

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