Many times in my career, after spending many hours in meetings and on telephone conversations, a solution to the problem or opportunity being discussed would hit me.
When it did, I would say, “Here’s all we have to do.”
I next outline the solution and propose an implementation plan.
Truck driver security has been in the news lately due to budget cuts and the infrastructure bill being debated in Congress. As a life member of OOIDA, I get the monthly Landline Magazine. This fine publication covers the trucking industry from the owner operators’ and independent drivers’ prospective.
As a retired Silver Spark Plug, I am a life member of the ATA/TMC and get my weekly copy of Transport Topics, which covers the trucking industry from most business angles. Between CCJ, Landline and Transport Topics, I read a lot, then think a lot, then write a little.
Between these three publications and my extensive trucking industry background, I have come up with a “Here’s all we have to do” about truck driver security.
Most of the reporting about truck driver security has focused on secure truck parking. There is no money in the new bill for secure truck parking. From what I have read there is no money to reopen rest areas that were closed due to budget constraints. Truck cargo and truckers are at their most vulnerable when parked, hence the focus on secure parking.
