How much would you pay to learn how to drive a tractor trailer in a hurry?
There is many trucking schools to decide from, I understand this can be a daunting task. Not a day passes without at least 200 emails in my in box around 20 of them asking various questions about truck driver training [...]
I thought I was one tough trucker.
The American Trucker is often seen as the last American mountain man, a nomad of sorts traveling across America through some of the worst of conditions to deliver his freight. A way of life for most, a job for others but one thing is for certain. We’re a tough [...]
When was the last time you got your head cracked open for doing your job?
Clayton Agostini started off September 15, 2009 like it was any other day however this day would end with a beating and eating bad food at the hospital, which just totally disgust me! He just finished up a delivery in the [...]
The economy is strongly impacting the trucking industry
The blind spot radio talk show is a leader in trucking industry news and product information for the truck driving community. In this episode of the blind spot trucker talk show we talked with trucking industry experts and friends from around the world about the recent truck stop [...]
One young girl, one big heart, Ready to make a difference for the American Trucker.
Jasmine Jordan grew up in a trucking family environment, her parents own a small trucking and pilot car company out of Minnesota. Jasmine realizes the importance for truck drivers to stay healthy she says ” I do understand the need for [...]
Texting while driving a tractor trailer.
Recently Virginia Tech Transportation Institute completed a study claiming that truckers who text while driving are 23 times more likely to crash or get into a near-wreck than an undistracted driver, while car drivers face the greatest danger when dialing their cell phones.(read that full story here) First I want [...]
