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Article: DOT proposes pilot program for younger drivers.
- Article from:
- Logistics Management & Distribution Report
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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For many years, the struggle to find and keep drivers has probably plagued the truckload business more than any other issue. Many carriers have to deal with annual turnover rates of 100 percent or more. The industry as a whole is some 80,000 drivers short of what's needed--and that number could increase by half again if proposed hours-of-service rules are imposed.
Carriers have used a number of strategies to attract and retain drivers--buying more comfortable tractors, increasing pay, and making greater efforts to get drivers home more often. They have lately begun to make appeals to non-traditional sources of drivers, including women and immigrant groups. But ...