With rising fuel prices, falling freight demand and other factors, truck drivers are leaving considerably more driving hours on the table than a year ago, according to data collected by freight matching platform FleetOps.
Using ELD data, FleetOps found a 12% year-over-year increase in unused driving hours in June. A follow-up survey of owner-operators, drivers and carriers found that more than 50% reported spending less time behind the wheel with rising fuel costs and the costs to operate a truck in general being the biggest reasons why.
Joining Jason and Matt this week on CCJ's 10-44 is Chris Atkinson, co-founder and CEO of FleetOps, who talks about the data the company collected and what drivers and carriers had to say about it.
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00:00 The trend of unused driving hours
02:11 Why are drivers leaving hours on the table?
03:22 Inflation, fuel prices, and detention time
