Here we are in 2024… we in the trucking industry are hoping for a freight recovery and reduced recession fees so we can all get back to making money. But while we have been in a freight slowdown, the federal government has not. They have been very vocal about big regulatory changes, no matter the […]

Now listen… we hear it all the time, “I need help fixing a bad ‘score’, what do I need to do?” Basically, “can you wave that magic wand and make things disappear!” The problem is the carrier doesn’t understand that there are different scores, they are based on different factors, and there are different ways […]

Hey everyone and welcome to the podcast, Caution: Wide Right! I’m Luke, your host, and today… shortly after Veteran’s Day, we are going to talk about one vet’s perspective, Ted Danowski, who is on the journey of getting his CDL and starting his owner-operator business. We will discuss his time in the military, why he […]

Today we are going to talk about the race for fully autonomous trucking to become reality with hopes to transform the $4 trillion global freight industry. The aim is Level 4 autonomy, meaning full automation without human intervention. If the technology is nailed, then peak hours of travel can be circumnavigated to provide greater assurance […]

We all know that in 2018, ELDs were pushed across the trucking industry… but, did you know, that the technology goes back to AOBRDs since 1988! Since then, the telematic and vehicle tracking hardware and software has improved dramatically, helping both truckers manage their time and equipment; as well as carriers manage fleet efficiency and […]

With me today is the one and only founder of the Women In Trucking organization, Ellen Voie. Ellen is an internationally recognized speaker and authority on gender diversity and inclusion for women in transportation. She started WIT in 2007 after decades in the transportation industry and saw it grow from hundreds to now over 8,000 […]

Today we are going to talk about how we can disagree about really important things (theology, politics, even moral issues) and still be in relationship, in conversation, and in loving community together. To help me are the authors of their new book ‘Loving Disagreement’: Kathy Khang and Matt Mikalatos… as well as someone who can […]

Today we are going to talk about an old 1992 Freightliner semi-truck turned simulator sitting at an old Oregon museum that need a lot of tender love and care so it can run a truck driving simulation again. To talk about this project, I have Stephen Hodges… not only a friend of mine, but a […]

BREAKING NEWS: In Pennsylvania, there will be no CDL Tests from Aug 24-27 because of upcoming changes. If you take a test and don’t finish before August 24th, you will have to: – Receive a new CDL permit – Pass another driver instruction permit test – Take knowledge theory test again, and – Take the […]

For over 70 years Peters Brothers has been hauling freight from livestock in the 1950s to refrigerated loads hauling food coast to coast. They are a family owned company that started with Brothers George and William Peters in Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania to George’s son Gerald Peters, and now Gerald’s nephew Brian. Today, Brian manages 72 trucks, […]