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| The Bureau of Labor Statistic's Occupational Outlook Handbook reports that truck driving is one of the fastest growing occupations with a large number of job openings each year. Truck driver jobs vary greatly in terms of earnings, weekly work hours, number of nights spent on the road, and quality of equipment operated, so, spend some time researching options. |
| Truck drivers and driver/sales workers held about 3.3 million jobs in 2000. This is expected to increase by 10% - 20% each year through 2010. Most truck drivers find employment in large metropolitan areas along major interstate roadways where major trucking, retail, and wholesale companies have distribution outlets. Some drivers work in rural areas, providing specialized services such as delivering newspapers to customers or coal to a railroad.
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| So you wanna be an Owner-Operator? |
| We receive a lot of mail here at highwaySTAR from people with questions. They ask the darnedset things sometimes, but many of the enquiries stem from an interest in switching gears from company driver to owner-operator: How much can I make? What kind of truck should I buy? Which are the best carriers to work for? How much vacation time can I expect to take each year? The questions run the gamut. |
| And as naive as some of those questions may seem, We'd rather answer a hundred like that than one asking if we know a good bankruptcy trustee. We're here to help with those issues because, frankly, there's nowhere else to go for answers. This month's Careers installment is a primer on setting up an owner-operator business.
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| Firms in the trucking and warehousing industry provide a link between manufacturers and consumers. Businesses, and occasionally individuals, contract with trucking and warehousing companies to pick up, transport, store, and deliver a variety of goods. This industry includes two segments, local and long-distance trucking and terminals and public warehousing and storage. However, the trend towards full-service logistical companies is blurring the distinction between trucking and warehousing.
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| Competition drives the trucking industry |
| The Nation’s freight bill hit an all-time low in 1996, with shipping costs accounting for only 6 percent of gross domestic product, compared with 7.6 percent in 1980.1 Nearly 75 percent of freight is transported by truck at some point in the distribution chain,2 and consumers have benefited from a myriad of factors that have improved service and lowered freight costs. The trucking industry has weathered many challenges, some of which emerged from within the industry, and others that sprang up in the economic environment |
| ATA Advocates Realistic Solution to Freight Transportation Challenges |
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- American Trucking Associations for Truck Driving today stood up for America's economy and against an assault on our roads and a state's ability to govern them. The assault occurred at a Capitol Hill press conference conducted by the railroad front-group "Coalition Against Bigger Trucks" calling for Congressional passage of the Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act.
"SHIPA is simply a railroad-backed effort to legislate a greater share of the freight transportation market for the railroad industry," said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. "We shouldn't be surprised that such a monopolistic industry would turn to Congress to regain the business that they have lost to trucks.
"All of the theatrics in the world won't change the fact that trucks have successfully boosted the American economy by allowing industries to cut inventories, streamline supply chains, lower costs, and improve customer service. And, we're doing it more safely than ever before," Graves said.
While overall highway traffic fatalities for 2002 increased, preliminary figures issued recently by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicate a drop in truck-involved fatalities. If the preliminary numbers remain unchanged, the 2002 truck-involved fatality toll of 4,902, a 3.5 percent decline over last year, will mark the trucking industry's best highway safety improvement in nearly a decade and the fifth year in a row this number has come down.
"SHIPA drives a wedge between the industries responsible for different modes of freight transportation and only serves to slow down production and increase regulations. In this intermodal age where the success of our economy and the transportation system depends on the ability of each mode to operate as efficiently and seamlessly as possible, the atmosphere CABT and the railroads are creating is counterproductive," said Graves.
SHIPA seeks to extend federal regulatory oversight to an additional 100,000 miles of state and local roads. This federal power grab increases regulatory burdens on states and takes state responsibilities that have been historically well-administered.
SHIPA's federalization has already drawn criticism from the National Academy of Sciences, who recommended against passage of SHIPA for its restrictions on states' rights. According to the NAS, overregulation has prevented states from making reforms to allow for safer, more pavement-friendly vehicles on the road.
Graves added, "While Congress and the administration have worked to help stabilize and stimulate the economy, SHIPA comes at its expense, hurting farmers, ranchers, miners, manufacturers and small business owners. We encourage a constructive debate on transportation efficiencies and productivity - a debate focused on delivering a stronger freight transportation network that will help drive a stronger economy."
ATA supports the 2002 Transportation Research Board Special Report 267 which outlines a clear path toward achieving transportation goals responsibly and with strong federal oversight. Giving states more flexibility as called for in the TRB report will allow them to adopt more sensible regulations that could result in fewer accidents, less congestion, less pollution, lower highway, maintenance costs and reduced freight transportation costs.
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