Ten Safety Lessons: #4 Hire the Right Drivers
Safety pioneer H.W. Heinrich introduced his domino theory of accident causation in 1932 in his breakthrough paper, Industrial Accident Prevention. The...
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Ten Safety Lessons: #3 Install a Safety Resource Center
You need a place for all things safety. This home makes it clear that you are serious about the durability of the safety initiative. It’s a process no...
Ten Safety Lessons: #2 Post No Bills
In the old days, a big part of communication was via posters. That’s how Billboard, the company that ranks top music hits in a plethora of categories,...
Our Business On Hold?-Trucking Tales Ep11
The deadline for finalizing yearly budgets for Bright Mountain Trucking has come and gone yet little progress has been made.
A Cosa Nostra Pundit Explains CSA–Trucking Tales Ep10
Fritz ate a late dinner with his wife, Mollie, after spending all day at a CSA conference and driving home for two hours. Watching an old Godfather re...
Great Conference – Great People
Wow! Just got back from the ATA Management Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas and it was nothing if not impressive.
Lower Standards to Meet The Driver Shortage?–Trucking Tales Ep9
Hiring and retaining drivers has become much easier for Bright Mountain Trucking since it began employing a systematic approach to hiring and retentio...
What’s Really Going On In The Trucking Business? | AvatarFleet
Change blindness is an amazing phenomenon that demonstrates our perceptual limitations. It refers to incidents in which people fail to notice seemingl...
Plumb the Depths of Youthful Brains to End Driver Shortage?
Bud was perplexed. “What does this mean: ‘Research the cognitive functioning and behavior of 18-25 years-olds that could serve as the basis for gradua...
Sorting Out Health Care Options–Trucking Tales Ep7
Belinda is presenting her findings on health care options to the management team at Bright Mountain Trucking:
CSA: Promises to Keep and Miles To Go
In our 2010 White Paper, The Perversion of Safety in the Transportation Industry, we shared a model for how government intervention causes negative ef...
Roadside Checks: One Down, One To Go
As we predicted in our post below, government roadside checks took a toll on busing companies. "Earlier this month, FMCSA and its state and local law ...
Spring: Roadside Inspection Season Blossoms
It’s Spring. And along with the colorful blooming of azaleas and rhododendrons, it’s that time of year for roadside commercial vehicle inspections to ...
Doubt Cast On Regulator's Effectiveness in Cutting Accidents
We’ve asserted all along that regulations have little if any impact on the frequency of accidents in the transportation sector. Now, researchers at We...
Tax Day Causes More Driving Accidents! | AvatarFleet
You've heard the Kinks song: "The tax mans taken all my dough And left me in my stately home Lazing on a sunny afternoon"
50,000 Motor Carriers Get CSA Warnings...And Counting
When we wrote our White Paper, "CSA 2010: Pain and Suffering", in Summer, 2010, little did we know how predictive it would be.
All of a Sudden: Success-Trucking Tales Ep6
All of a sudden, Bright Mountain’s truck driver staffing problems are getting better. Naturally, this is a prominent topic at the weekly staff meeting...
The Brainstorming Conference-Trucking Tales Ep5
“Okay, let’s review where we’re at.” Jack, head of Bright Mountain Trucking, stood beside a flip chart pad. Several more sheets torn from the pad clun...
Advice From the Presidents-Trucking Tales Ep4
Jack is anxious to get his management going after returning from his monthly Presidents’ Council meeting, a voluntary business group where improvement...
Enlightenment at Annette's Diner-Trucking Tales Ep3
Every Friday, Jack and his management team from Bright Mountain Trucking head to Annette’s for lunch. The food is always top-notch, service is fast an...
So What’s the Problem–Trucking Tales Ep2
Suffering from hiring and turnover problems with truckers, Bright Mountain Trucking has decided to dig deeper. Cary gives his report to the management...
Tractors & Trailers Doing Nothing–Trucking Tales Ep1
“We got tractors and trailers sitting around doing nothing.” Jack, head of Bright Mountain Trucking, reflected on what Fritz told him this morning. It...
Fleets Boost Retention Efforts
The age-old driver shortage has once again become a spotlight issue for the industry. Experts, and others purporting to be experts, are ramping up the...