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June 15, 2022

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Diesel: It’s in the price of everything

Peak travel season is upon us and gasoline prices continue to soar. Americans are rightfully concerned as the cost of filling up their tank keeps going up at the pump. And while most may not pay as much thought to the price of diesel, the reality is that number weighs even heavier on their pocketbooks.

Virtually every good you can think of travels by truck before it’s in your reach. And today’s trucks, by and large, run on diesel. The price of diesel is baked into the price of everything else, gasoline included.

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Poll Results

Are you in favor of the Supreme Court overturning Roe-v-Wade?

Yes - 53%

No - 47%

Total Replies : 140

Operation Safe Driver Week is July 10-16 with Focus on Speeding

This year’s Operation Safe Driver Week is scheduled for July 10-16. Law enforcement personnel in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. will be on roadways throughout that week issuing warnings and citations to commercial motor vehicle and passenger vehicle drivers engaging in unsafe driving behaviors, such as speeding, distracted driving, following too closely, improper lane change, drunk or drugged driving, etc.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) released its latest annual traffic crash report, showing that 38,824 lives were lost in traffic crashes nationwide in 2020 – the highest number of fatalities since 2007. And while the number of crashes and traffic injuries declined overall, fatal crashes increased by 6.8%.

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Women In Trucking Association Publishes Whitepaper

Addressing Gender Bias and Harassment Toward Professional Drivers

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has published a new whitepaper, “Addressing Gender Bias and Harassment in the Trucking Industry.” Gender bias and harassment have been primary concerns of current and prospective female professional drivers and is deserving of all stakeholders’ time and attention.

While a majority of respondents (55 percent) indicated that that the trucking industry overall is a safe one for women to be employed within, many report instances of being the recipient of verbally offensive comments or verbal threats within the last five years:

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Latest Survey

Results of the TruckDriver.com Big Controversy Survey are in and we’d say they run pretty much along the same lines of many of the more legitimate surveys we’ve seen.
Are you in favor of the Supreme Court overturning Roe-v-Wade?

Yes - 53%
No - 47%

Based on the margin of error (which we know absolutely nothing about) we’d say that’s pretty much down the middle.

Next up, the TruckDriver.com Other Controversy Survey.

Have a safe and fun-filled Canada Day and a safe and fun-filled 4th of July!

Until next time, keep on truckin’ and please drive safely.

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