TalkCDL Trucking Podcast

Deadly Love Triangle In Trucking. This story is about a trucking company owner, his wife and his lover. Once upon a time, a man owned a trucking company. Eventually for reasons unknown, he took a lover. This would anger his wife. The wife would eventually, on a faithful day, kill the husband. Francis Hall (the wife) surrendered to authorities this past week and was charged with insurance fraud. Th...

Truck Stops Failing Truckers Plus AB5 Explained. Truck Stops have been losing their traditional feel for the last decade. What was once a family atmosphere of diners with friendly waitresses and truckers getting together for a meal. Has become a hurry up, pay for your fuel and order your McDonalds meal and get out of our way attitude. The American Truck Stop is quickly becoming an over sized 7 ele...

Lease Purchase & Fuel Surcharge Explained. Should a driver partake in a lease purchase in todays market? The answer in short is "yes" if you are getting a fuel legit surcharge and "no" if you are not. If you are not getting a surcharge, you are getting "ripped-off". In short a fuel surcharge is given to a driver for the high cost of fuel. The way it works is this. For every .06cpm the fuel climbs...

Survey Top 12 Annoying Driving Behaviors. There are many bad behaviors that drivers have on the road. One of those behaviors is driving in the left lane. Does this annoy you? If so then you agree with the number 3 spot, on today's survey. Drivers have a tendency of annoying one another. We have a list of the top 12 reasons, why you might be getting on someones nerves, just by the way you drive. He...

Top Ten States with Irresponsible Drivers

The Big Shut Down (Semi Trucks). In 1973 a truck driver named named J.W. Edwards shut his semi truck down on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania. His handle on the C.B. Radio was "River Rat". This would be the first time that the American Trucker got a national voice. Frustrated with an oil embargo Edwards had enough. With diesel jacked high in price and sanctions set on fuel supplies, he was sick of ba...

Something's Happening In the Trucking Industry. The perfect storm is happening right now in trucking. Freight rates are down, fuel prices are up not to mention the supply shortages. On top of all that, brokers are getting rich. A while back, truck drivers and assembly line workers, were paid to stay home. While they were sitting at home, a void was created. During this void, greedy men stepped in...

What Happened On Interstate 10. This past week on Wednesday 6/15/2022 we were traveling east on Interstate 10 in Florida. A digital sign warned motorists of an accident 26 miles ahead. It also said the right lane would be closed. When we arrived to the scene which was mile marker 111. We noticed a tractor trailer off the road laying on its side. Just ahead on the left side, another tractor trailer...

Trucker Going To Prison For 45 Years. A truck driver is going to prison for 45 years. A trucker was found guilty of driving under the influence after he struck and killed 4 children. Hear it on this weeks episode. A man is having trouble getting into trucking Recently we spoke with a man from Tampa Fl. He told us he could not get a job driving a truck. After further investigation, we found out the...

Safety Director Fired at Trucking Company. This past week a safety director at a mid-size carrier, got the boot! Let call him Bob. Bob thought he was all set and was just an ornery man when it came to the operations manager. Unfortunately for Bob, the ops guy was more valued than Bob. When working anywhere, one should know their value. Especially if your time at the workplace is much much shorter...

Tragedy After Trucker Failed To Move Over. The move over law is designed to protect emergency personnel from getting hurt on the side of a road. Heavy fines and a mark on your driving record could be the results of not moving over. Recently a trooper in New Hampshire was killed when a truck driver failed to move over. Jay Paul Medicos, 43, has been charged with negligent homicide and reckless cond...

Important Info For Truckers. If you are an Owner Operator or a Lease Purchase Driver, this podcast is for you. Right now most owners are suffering from the high cost of fuel and declining freight rates. Freight rates have been plummeting for the last 5 weeks and it is not showing signs of recovery. With the influx of drivers in the industry the demand for carriers to haul freight has made rates mo...

Stay Away From Cheap Trucking Companies. A report coming from California this week blames truck drivers for a higher percent of accidents than previous reports. The report says that truck drivers attribute to over 40% of "at fault" accidents on the highways. Previous articles from various groups have truck drivers at a much lower rate. In most reports, it is found that over 80% of all "at fault' a...

Things You Should Know About Speed Limiters. The FMCSA is moving forward with speed limiters. This will include all vehicle with a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or more. The proposed speed will be either 60, 65 or 68mph. Many advocates have stated that speed limiters are a danger. Citing that split speeds cause people to interact more and thus increasing the odds of an accident. For example. When...

When Drivers Burn Trucking Companies. Recently a trucker filled out several applications for employment. The problem is, he accepted the job from all of them. When it came time for orientation, he failed to show up for every one of them. This same driver is now black listed by many companies. Dont make the same mistake. Each and every company that he burned, will never give him another chance. Bec...

8 Things Truckers Want You To Know. There are things you may not know about the trucking industry. There are also things you may not know about truckers and they're semi trucks. For starters, did you know it takes a semi truck 2 football fields to come to a complete stop? The motoring public is sometimes blind to the safety facts in trucking. Truckers only want you to know to keep your day safer a...

Trucker Fired For Lying Hear Why. Truck Driver Johnnie Acid recently ran into trouble at his workplace. He was accused of damaging a rig. Tune in and hear how Johnnie Acid almost got fired. Instead, another trucker was terminated from host job. Trucker Fired For Lying Hear Why Abandoned Trucks Have you ever abandoned a tractor trailer? Did you know that you decrease your odds of getting "good truc...

Trucking Company With A Stinky Truck. Have you ever gotten a truck assigned to you that you could not bare to drive? Recently a trucking company had a truck that smelled so bad, no driver would drive it more than a few days before turning it in. Every time the carrier would assign it to a driver, it was only sa matter of days. The driver would call in and threaten to quit if not given another truc...

Truckers Choice The 5 Best Scenic Routes. Will you agree with a group of truckers on their choice ofnthe 5 best routes in the country? Let us know what you favorite roads are in the United States. Truckers Trucker claims He had a tire blow out A truck driver that was in an accident told authorities his front tire had a blow out. The unmentioned trucker hit two parked cars on the side of a highway...

When Truck Drivers Go Postal. A truck driver walked into a trucking company and killed his boss with a gun. He then went to another trucking company and shot a female. Unbelievable he went to a third trucking company and inquired about a third person. That person was not there at the time. Jeremy Spicer then walked to another business and hid in the bathroom. Eventually he turned the gun on himsel...

Distracted For 8 Seconds A Truckers Horror Story. At any given time on any given day experts estimate there are about 660,000 that are texting and driving. An article by Edgar Snyder outlined the many dangers and statistic of texting and driving. A semi-truck traveling at 55mph, travels approximately the length of a football field in 5 seconds. This includes the goals. Sam Hicks took his eyes off...

A Sad Letter From A Truck Driver. Shawn Dirkson, a trucker from Washington recently wrote a letter about an encounter he had with an old school trucker. He explained how they met at a truck stop and had dinner together. This old school trucker just let it all out over a plate of food at a truck stop diner. Tune into the latest podcast and hear the story of what this trucker went through over his l...

When Truckers Die Away From Home. Truck drivers are killed at a rate of 800 to 1000 times a year. That's an average of 2.7 truckers per day. In many cases, family members are abandoned by the trucking company that offers no help in retrieving the body. We recently heard of a trucker that was killed while on the road. His wife attempted to contact the company for help bringing him home. She did not...

In Love With A Trucker & The Convoy. We recently came across a story of love and excitement on the road. Esther Liner wrote how she met a truck driver online. A long haul trucker as she puts it, stole her heart. They met online and only one time in person before they moved in together, in his semi truck that is. She wrote how they had been talking for two months before she realized that, there is...

Top Reasons Truckers At Fault Accidents. Before I write some of this article, let me start off by saying, car drivers cause more accidents than big trucks. But that's not what this story is about. This is about, the main reason truckers are at fault when in an accident. Statistics from the study indicate that trucks or truck drivers are more likely to cause a crash because of the trucker’s aggress...