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Celebrating 25 Years THANK YOU TO ALL THE DRIVERS, OWNER OPERATORS AND CARRIERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS.

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Peter Charboneau Publisher

Celebrating 25 Years!

I am happy to say that this is the 25th Anniversary edition of Over the Road magazine. My team and I are very proud of this accomplishment and we want to thank all our readers and our advertisers for their support over the past 25 years; we couldn’t have done it without you.

People often ask me how I got into the trucking magazine business, so I thought I would take this opportunity to tell you about it.

In 1993, Canada was just coming out of a major recession and I was looking for something different. My area of expertise was real estate and construction and I was working as a construction project manager, overseeing the construction of several townhouse projects in Ottawa. Sharing temporary office space with some start-up companies, I met a man from Atlanta, Georgia who owned two trucking magazines in the USA and was considering expansion into Canada. We got to know each other quite well and he invited me to join him at a truck show in Toronto. That was my first experience with trucking and my first truck show. I quickly became intrigued by the trucking industry.

My friend from Atlanta knew one person in Canada; Brian Harris, who worked for Frederick Transport in Dundas, Ontario (which eventually became FTI). Brian and I met at the truck show and Brian befriended me. He showed me around the show and he was the person I reached out to when I needed advice. My friend from Atlanta ultimately decided not to open a magazine in Canada but after some consideration, I took over his early research work and proceeded to publish my first magazine.

As the Canadian partner for USA based Randall Reilly’s Truck Stops Express, our delivery team also does on-site audits and merchandising for trucking service providers and other publications.

They also service our truck stop poster program.

Let me tell you about some of our team. First there is JC Arseneault from New Brunswick, who is one of our sales reps and delivers our magazines in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and eastern Quebec.

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So, what has changed in 25 years? In 1994 we bulk mailed all 50,000 magazines using Canada Post. Today, we have 7 people who hand deliver our magazines each month directly into truck stops in eight of the provinces (all except Newfoundland and PEI). By using a system that hand delivers the magazines directly into the truck stops, we can monitor each truck stop and deliver exactly what is required to each location, adjusting as needed from month to month. This minimizes the magazines to be recycled and allows us to ensure that the busiest truck stops get as many magazines as required.

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The first issue had one paid advertiser, which was Frederick (FTI) and I printed 50,000 magazines which we distributed to all ten Provinces. On the cover we featured a man named Gary McSweeney, an Owner Operator with Frederick Transport. You will meet Gary again on the next page as he is still driving truck for a living and, in my opinion, has not changed much in 25 years. I have also included a short interview with Brian Harris (recently retired from FTI) who helped me so much when I was getting started and who has been an advertiser for 25 years.

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2007 and manages the distribution for us in the three western provinces. In British Columbia, Roy Rihela began his delivery work for us in 2008. We also have Doug Douthwright who started with us in 2012 and Earle Madden and Ken Miller both of who started with us in 2014 covering the rest of Quebec and all of Ontario.

As you can see, there is very little turnover with the people who do this critical work for the magazine. They each drive many, many kilometers every month and they do an amazing job delivering the magazines and servicing the truck stops. For this, I sincerely thank them.

Conference business with Kelly Anderson (which we did for a dozen years) and my daughter Cathryn, an experienced event planner with a business background, joined me to organize and run these events. Fourteen years later, Cathryn is Director of Operations and Editor-in-Chief. Luke Zentil joined us in July 2009 and today focuses on advertising and business development. I have had only had two accountants in 25 years, Bob Liberty for many years and then since 2006, Estela Navarrete has done a wonderful job as the company Controller.

I am proud to say that Over the Road is a very stable company with a happy team who very much enjoy servicing our customers, Drivers and Owner Operators. And I cannot overlook the contribution of our four regular writers: Ray Haight who has been writing a monthly article since 2005, Robert Scheper who has been writing exclusively for us since 2010, Chris Harris who has be writing exclusively for us since 2005 and Ellen Voie who has been writing for us since she began the Woman in Trucking Association. All four contribute interesting, thought provoking articles and we are very grateful to have them as part of our team.

While on the topic of truck stops, we would like to thank the approximately 300 truck stops across Canada that have worked with us for the past 25 years. A special thank you to the Pilot/Flying J Truck Stops for their exclusive distribution of our magazine, products and services.

Most of the people working internally for Over the Road have been here a very long time as well. In 25 years, I have had 4 graphic artists.

My first one worked for several years and left to fulfill her dream of running a Bed and Breakfast. She was replaced by Cindy Morris (MorrGraphics) who worked for us for several years. Our third Designer, David Bean died tragically while on vacation in 2015 which was very hard on all of us. David worked with us for eight years and we miss him very much. As we worked to deal with the loss of David, we were very fortunate to be introduced to our presentday Designer Lenny Kuiper of LKDesign. Lenny knew we were grieving David but needed to keep the business moving forward and she very gracefully jumped in to help us. Lenny quickly proved to be an amazing fit with the OTR team and she is an incredibly talented Designer. We are very lucky to have her as part of our team.

One of the most interesting things I’ve learned from being in this industry is that trucking is one of the leading indicators for the economy.

Insurance companies have known this for some time and this is a factor they consider when forecasting. What should we make of organized trucking today and expect in the future? First, the economy is red hot with lots of loads, but you should be forewarned, a market correction is coming. It is a good time to save some money and make sure you are driving with a company that can weather the bad times.

Insurance will continue to be a significant expense due to the overall cost of equipment In May of 1998, 20 years ago, I advertised for a and the various technologies that are expensive part time person to assist me with clerical work. to purchase and to maintain. The frequency of I hired Ed Novoa who is now the General incidents has declined with a focus F SER O V RS Manager. In August 2004, we decided on training and safety practices; to go into the Recruiting and Retention however, the cost per incident has YE

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risen significantly. Soon we will have Electronic Log Books in Canada.

Recruitment and Retention will continue to be the number one factor affecting a company’s growth.

You will see more acquisitions and consolidations and the manner in which drivers are recruited will continue to digitize and automate. For our part, we will continue to grow our digital presence; our website, our digital magazine and social media platforms. Feel free to look us up and follow us!

As the company celebrates its 25 years of publishing, my wife Mary and I will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary. Mary has worked with me on the magazine each and every day of

its existence and the magazine probably would not exist without her help, support and care for all our employees. We are blessed to have three kids, their spouses and three beautiful grandchildren, all of whom add to the fullness of our life.

Mary and I want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all our readers, our advertisers and everyone on the Over the Road team for an incredible 25 years. We look forward to all that the future has to offer and we wish everyone a happy 2019 and a very, Merry Christmas.

Best regards, Peter Charboneau Publisher, Over the Road Magazine

25 Years with Brian Harris & FTI 25 years ago, Canada’s annual truck show was held in the fall; I believe October. It was the same format and location as today’s Truck World which is held every other April. That was where I met Brian Harris. At that time, he was operations manager for then Frederick Transport. Two months later, I published the first issue of Over the Road Magazine with Gary McSweeney on the cover and inside we featured a carrier profile on Frederick Transport (now FTI) with interviews highlighting both Gary McSweeney and Brian Harris. A lot of rubber has met the road since that first issue in December 1993 and FTI have appeared in about 300 issues and have been featured in five editorials and on many covers.

The relationship between myself and FTI is more than business. Over these past 25 years, Brian has advised me on trucking issues, had

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Brian’s son Cody still works at FTI and his other son Kyle has his own drag racing team www.kyleharrisracing.com which Brian follows with a high level of interest. Brian concluded our conversation by saying he will continue to read

about and be interested in all things trucking including this story about our great 25-year relationship. We wish you all the best in your retirement Brian! And a big thank you to the FTI team for 25 years of support.

25 Years with Gary McSweeney Gary appeared on the first cover of Over the Road Magazine in December of 1993. He was then 50 years old and had been driving for 25 years. It is easy arithmetic but when I recently spoke to him his first words were: “I am 75 and still driving truck!” On the telephone, Gary is still full of life; he laughs a lot and tells me his C.B. handle is still ‘Mother Goose’ – a name given to him by fellow truckers after he hatched some Canada Geese in his tractor many years ago.

Gary laughs over the telephone and exclaims, “I am still here and having a good time! I am still with my wife Marg after 46 years of marriage, still live in Bowmanville and I have a pool in my backyard for exercise”. Gary states that he had just renewed his driving licence. “I had to do the test and all the stuff that new drivers have to do, and I know I will have to do it all again in another 5 years”.

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Gary told me that while he is still smoking (15 a day), he is in good health and his heart is great.

“I am happy and enjoy what I do. I still have my motor home and we will be heading to Florida soon for the winter. I still have double sugar in my coffee and ice cream and pie at night so while my cholesterol is a ‘touch high’, I think I have a few good years left in me”. Then Gary laughs again and says, “Check back with me in another five years”.

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MAKING YOUR MILES COUNT Robert D. Scheper

Building Your Career As an accountant, I constantly receive the following questions: How do you advance in the workplace? How do you grow in your career?

What should employees do to get a raise, promotion or both?

Building a career is little different than building a business. Keeping your customers happy is very similar to keeping your boss satisfied. In the end it all becomes a matter of managing satisfaction. We all need to know who to keep happy.

If a customer is too difficult to deal with, we let them go and replace them with a new customer.

If our boss is too difficult to deal with, we should “fire them” and find a new replacement (preferably finding a good boss before leaving the bad one).

However, assuming you like your boss, how do you advance in your career? If you don’t want to move out, how can you move up? The easiest way to describe it is: “have the value you bring to the company be noticed”. What you do should be recognized by your boss as indispensable.

When you do it, you should be seen as invaluable (valuable beyond estimation).

I have consulted with many operators and drivers. I have often met drivers who say they just can’t seem to make a living. One excuse is: there are never enough miles. After a few questions I find out that they won’t drive into Quebec, New York, New Jersey, BC, California etc. They won’t leave Sunday evening or cross boarders, they must know their entire trip before 16 • OVER THE ROAD

they leave, refuse to fuel at certain approved locations, restrict communication with shippers/ receivers/dispatch, leave only when they want to leave, return only when it suites them, book time off without notice and come up with some of the most ridiculous excuses known to North American society. This type of behavior is called operational narcissism.

Many years ago, I hired a young man and paid him by the hour (with his team) to unload boxes from a truck. He literally RAN back to the truck to get more boxes. He also demanded his team to run back as well… even if I was watching or not. This man later built a great service business… and no wonder, he hustled when nobody was watching!

Advancing in your career requires sacrifice and commitment. Your boss should know your name and you as a fixer, a problem solver, the guy who gets it done and reduces the level of operational stress. Your boss must view you as a competent person, a person of value and a resource.

Once the reputation of job competence is established... kick it up a notch. Find out what your boss does not like to deal with and then do that in the way he/she wants it done. Make his/her job easier. In order to do that you have to start thinking like your boss, see things from their perspective and make their work easier.

Two things will come from that type of action.

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because a good boss will keep his/her eye on your consistent performance. You are being “watched” over time. Promoting someone just because they have had a good week, month or even year isn’t the quality of a good boss. He/ she needs to be shown consistent, long term, higher level behavior and character. Make sure the boss sees your character saturating your abilities. A good boss hires character first, ability next.

person is a bad boss, one who should be fired or replaced. Just because a temper is “tolerated” due to a serious shortage of drivers does not mean it’s good for your career.

Secondly, be PREPARED for growth, opportunity and promotion. Far too many competent people arrange their lives in such a way that they cannot take advantage of opportunities. Opportunities sometimes mean taking a cut in pay or even making a required investment. That means you must get your personal financial life in order. When an opportunity arises, you must be prepared to take advantage of it. Coming off the road (or any type of promotion) sometimes means an increase in responsibilities of time/effort. Be PREPARED to sacrifice.

Hiring a good boss requires some research and investigation. It hardly advances your position if you replace one bad boss for another bad one. If that happens, you are just spinning your wheels, you just wasted a year of your life and put a demerit on your resume as a potential carrier hopper. To compare what is out there if you are changing carriers; learn to discern a good boss from a bad one.

All this investment in your boss’s responsibilities should produce a return.

However, if you see that your boss is not a good boss… consider letting him go, provided of course you have a GOOD BOSS available to replace him/her.

About the Author: Robert D. Scheper is a leading Accountant and Consultant to the Lease/Owner operator industry in Canada. His first book in the Making Your Miles Count series “taxes, taxes, taxes” was released in 2007. His firm exclusively serves Lease/Owner Operators across Canada. His second book “Choosing a Trucking company” is the most in-depth analysis of the operator industry available today. He has a Master degree (MBA) in financial management and has been serving the industry since he and his wife came off the road in 1993. His dedication, commitment and strong opinions can be read and heard in many articles and seminars.

If you wish for an opportunity to grow ON THE ROAD, keep your eyes open for ways to serve your company (Boss) with things that help him/her and the company. I have seen many operators help build their carrier by finding new freight opportunities that have been overlooked or are unknown by the carrier sales team. There are literally hundreds of situations to help the carrier that others simply will not do or think of. Prove your value to the company.

Finally, but certainly not the least important, don’t produce a negative value. Emotional “blowing up”, whining or just plain ornery behavior is almost universally repulsive.

Showing a temper or exposing a critical attitude is simply not tolerated long term. The only type of boss who promotes an irritated DECEMBER 2018

You can find him at www.making yourmilescount.com or 1-877-987-9787.

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SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE Ray J. Haight

My First Article – Same Advice Then & Now Hello All, The article below is a repeat of the first article that I wrote for Pete and the good folks at Over the Road some twelve and a half years ago (2005) and from what I can see, it still has some teeth. Congrats on the 25th anniversary folks. I hope there are many more to come.

It is my intent over the next number of issues to speak to some of the common-sense trucking facts that I have learned over the years. I hope that I can offer a new paradigm for you to consider as you go down the road. Hopefully, there is some value in this for you and if so, I would appreciate your feedback.

As a young Owner Operator, what I wished for was a shiny truck that didn’t break down and some extra cash when I got some downtime. I accomplished what I wanted, but it was more out of good luck than having planned for success.

I got lucky, but you don’t need to depend on luck. You can put a solid business plan in place very quickly; a plan that will tell you if you are a good fit for the company you currently are at and if not, you will have a business model that will help you find the right company for your next move. It will also tell you your likelihood of being profitable or frustrated.

I am going to discuss the old mantra of fail to plan or plan to fail. It is not difficult; in fact, it is quite straightforward. I have a simple cash flow exercise for you to do that shouldn’t take long to fill in – if you would like a copy please email the folks at Over the Road at otr@otrgroup.ca and they will be happy to send you a copy. The key to it is being factual when doing the exercise. I can’t stress this enough. You must know exactly 28 • OVER THE ROAD

what your monthly needs are both personally and as a small business if you are going to be successful. When I was in management at MacKinnon Transport, I could tell the type of Owner Operator I was dealing with by asking one quick question: “What is your fuel cost per mile?” Quite often I would get a blank stare and then a guess. Well, I’ve been at this for a while and there is little future in BS’ing an old BS’er.

What was interesting was talking to Owner Operators who knew precisely what their MPG was going west and south and then short haul.

But I would suggest that they were measuring only half of what they should be looking at. MPG is good for talking to your service provider or the engine manufacturer to ensure you are getting what you’re supposed to from your iron. But the correct business answer is a cost per mile, not MPG. You can have the most fuel-efficient vehicle made and buy your fuel all wrong and still have a higher than average fuel cost. MPG is a measure of equipment efficiency; cost per mile is a measure of a business expense for an Owner Operator. Know your cost!

The cash flow document that Over the Road can email to you was designed with Owner Operators in mind but can easily be used for Company Drivers also. The thought behind it is DECEMBER 2018

This exercise is good for many applications, not just seeing if you’re at the right carrier. Thinking of buying a new truck, house or pickup? Plug your new payment numbers in and see what it does to the number of miles you need. If you are cruising at a higher than posted speed, try slowing down a little and then look what it does for your fuel cost and see how it affects your miles required. Before you commit to a new carrier, plug their net number into your cash flow. Is it any different than what you have now?

Making educated business decisions based on the facts will have you win over good luck 99.9% of the time.

to determine precisely how many miles it takes for an Owner Operator to break even.

The simple equation is: what is your monthly cash requirement including truck payments, maintenance, mortgage payments, car payments etc. You simply total all these and divide them by the net revenue per mile that you are being paid by your carrier, or the income you receive after any standard deductions that the carrier may make for plates, insurance etc. and net of your fuel cost. Now divide the net revenue per mile by your cash required and you now know how many miles per month you need to drive to break even.

I feel very fortunate to have been able to work my entire adult life in this industry, whether behind the wheel or behind a desk. The diversity of the people, the places to see and the excitement of it all has fueled my enthusiasm decade after decade. Over the Road Magazine has offered me this platform to share some of my thoughts and experiences and I thank them for that. My only concern is that in this space I am taking up the time of you the reader. So please let me know what your thoughts are and until next month, take good care.

This is your benchmark number. This little bit of information will tell the whole story for you. If this number is around 8-9,000 miles and you’re driving for a long-haul carrier who is offering up to 12,000 miles per month, and you want to run those types of miles, you’re probably in pretty good shape. On the other hand, if you need 11,000 to break even and your carrier is offering only 10,000, guess what? You are slowly sinking.

You will need to do one of two things. Either you take a hard look at what you can do without to lower your cash requirement, or you try and find a carrier who is paying more and offering the miles you need to succeed.

Safe Trucking!

Ray J. Haight Ray Haight TCA Retention Coach ray@tcaingauge.com www.tcaingauge.com

Before you jump ship from the carrier you are with now, I urge you to do this exercise. It’s a good reality check. If in fact, you are your own problem because your expenses are too top heavy, you can go to as many carriers as there are out there and you will never be successful.

Know the facts of your business before you leave and share them with your carrier. If they are reasonable business people, they will appreciate knowing where you stand and what your numbers are. If they are not interested, then they probably are not the right fit for you anyway.

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SAFETY DAWG Chris Harris

New Challenges in the Insurance Industry Congratulations to everyone on the Over the Road team! 25 years is an incredible achievement. I have been a writing contributor to the magazine since 2005 but long before that, I was a reader and purchaser of advertisements in Over the Road. In my previous career I worked for TNT Logistics and OTR was my magazine of choice. It’s hard for me to believe I have been doing these articles now for almost 13 years.

It has been several months since my last article as I have been blessed with work, lots of work. The reason for all the new work is that the insurance industry is now making things very tough for trucking companies.

If you, as a carrier or Owner Operator, have any blemish on your record, your insurance renewal this year will be tough; very hard and tough.

Why is the Insurance Industry so strict this year? The industry answer is that they are not making a profit.

What types of blemishes are causing problems and issues? The crash ratio is always a concern but this is easy to understand. If you have had too many collisions that are causing the insurance company to lose money on your account, then renewal is questionable. But that is not the only blemish or problem causing this

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tight market. Companies “Safety Scores” are very much a concern. Your SMS scores (USA DOT scores) and your Provincial Profiles scores (in Ontario we call this the company CVOR) are always being reviewed and scrutinized. If these scores are high, then you can expect a problematic renewal process.

I can understand high safety scores. As you likely know, every time that you have an event such as an inspection, a conviction for a ticket or a crash, it gets recorded on the companies safety score. If the inspection has any “X”s, it is putting points onto the profile. If a crash has indications of the O/O or carrier being at fault or not legally on the road (Impropriety), then the crash is going to have points associated with it. Safety scores are essential.

When you as a Driver or Owner Operator apply for work, you have the right to ask about the company’s safety scores. Why should you? Well, they significantly affect you as well. If the company has high scores, then you will be subject to more scale inspections. It is simply as simple as that.

During these more inspections, since we are all human, we are capable of making a mistake and therefore we can quickly get a ticket.

To demonstrate just how problematic the insurance market is right now, I have a new

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In this insurance market, the insurance providers are looking at individual drivers and denying insurance coverage for those that they think don’t deserve to be in our great trucking industry.

client that was refused its insurance renewal.

For ten years the insurance company has made a profit with this client. The client has never had a money-losing year for the insurance provider. But this year, the current insurer refused to offer renewal.

Generally this year, if one company refuses to provide insurance, then all the others tend to back away as well. The reason the insurance was declined was not ‘loss ratio’ and it was not ‘safety scores’ but it was because fourteen years ago the trucking company failed an MTO Audit. This failure left a record of a ‘conditional’ rating, even though the company had a very low and very good safety score and record for years. A conditional rating means a difficult renewal.

I was able to help this company get its renewal by proving that they had requested a voluntary MTO Audit.

So be safe out there!

Chris Harris Top Dawg, Safety Dawg Inc. 905-973-7056 chris@safetydawg.com @safety_dawg (twitter)

So there are a few things to remember. First, everything that you do while driving your commercial truck matters. A clean inspection helps the company CVOR or SMS and it also goes onto your personal CVOR record. If you were to seek employment, the new company that you are applying to will be asking for a copy of your Driver CVOR abstract. Clean inspections on this record will help you get a new job. Of course, if your inspections are speckled with blemishes, it could very well stop them from considering hiring you. The same is true for everything that shows on the CVOR.

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WOMEN IN TRUCKING Ellen Voie

Shouldn’t We Stick Together To Support A Greater Cause?

Every day the admin people on the Women In Trucking Association Facebook Page scan the posts for negativity, profanity and just plain nastiness. Every day someone is banned from the site because they can’t seem to keep his or her comments civil.

Why do you think they make these comments? Why can’t we show more kindness, empathy and just be nice?

Research shows that there are biological reasons why our brains lean toward negativity. It goes back to the Stone Age times and our tendency to be more concerned about survival than kindness.

Avoiding a predator was crucial so staying away from a tiger was more critical than petting a friendly dog.

Another study found that we are less likely to be mean toward someone who is physically close to us and, since the internet separates us physically, we do not think of the targeted victim of our abuse as someone nearby. There is also research suggesting that communication without the nonverbal components (gestures, body language, etc.) increases an adverse 40 • OVER THE ROAD

reaction to the ‘perceived threat’ from another person.

I cannot handle mean people. I refuse to tolerate people who call someone names or make threats or just post unkind things about a person’s inherent traits instead of focusing on a behavior.

We’ve all been taught to ‘fight fair’ which means we should address what the other person has said or did and NOT who they are. Instead of saying ‘you’re a jerk’ which only puts them on the defensive, how about saying, ‘I don’t appreciate the comment you just made about me’.

On the internet, people attack one another’s character, not their comments.

When this happens, there is no chance of working through the dissention. How do you defend yourself from an assault on your character? You can’t.

As I write this, we are approaching the mid-term elections in the United States and the attack ads are very disturbing.

Why can’t the candidates focus on how they are different from their competitors and what they will do if elected? Instead, DECEMBER 2018

they smear their opponents and in the process, offend us, the voters. Apparently, attack ads work because they tell a story and create empathy. Every story needs a component of conflict and the attack on the other person gives voters the conflict they need so they can empathize with the ‘hero’ in the attack ad. However, if the attacks are found to be false, it doesn’t allow the victim to be a hero but rather a liar, which will backfire on them instead.

lifespan. Is it worth it? Many studies have connected longevity to personal happiness and a positive outlook.

So, let’s go back to why we can’t seem to get along. Wouldn’t it make more sense to stick together and support a greater cause than to intensify the conflict between ourselves? In the trucking industry, we have Company Drivers versus OwnerOperators, Teamsters versus non-union drivers, one carrier against another, private fleets versus for-hire fleets and the list goes on. Drivers often feel that their counterparts get a better break; maybe they earn more or have better loads or preferential treatment at a shipper. Or they have any other number of reasons to resent a fellow driver.

My mom always reminded me to, ‘consider the source’ which meant that a comment from someone I didn’t admire wasn’t worth contemplating.

You’ve probably heard the adage, “If you can’t say something nice, say nothing at all.” I have, and although it prompts me to bite my tongue often, I’ve learned just to let it go. It’s not worth my time or energy to respond to negative people and it’s not worth yours either.

Think about this the next time someone posts a negative or nasty comment on social media. They are NOT worth your time or attention, and happier people will ignore them and go on to live longer. That works for me!

Ellen Voie President/CEO/Founder of Women In Trucking, Inc. ellen@womenintrucking.org www.womenintrucking.org

For every person out there who drives a truck, you have so much more in common than you realize. You are all doing the same job, for the same reason. Can we start there?

Mission: Women In Trucking was established to encourage the employment of women in the trucking industry, promote their accomplishments and minimize obstacles faced by women working in the trucking industry.

Try a little kindness. Try some empathy and maybe your life will change. In fact, your life could be longer. A negative outlook has been proven to shorten your

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Index Arnold Bros. Transport . . . . . . . . . . 46

JBT Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

TCA InGuage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

AYR Motor Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

K-DAC Expedite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Thompson Emergency . . . . . . . . . . 5

BTC Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Kelsey Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Total Logistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Carmen Transportation Group . . . 38

Kleysen Group Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Trailwood Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chris Harris – Safety Dawg Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 34,35

Kriska Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . 4

TRANSAM Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Liberty Linehaul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Trans-frt McNamara . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Client Transport / Diversco . . . . . . 31

Light Speed Logistics . . . . . . . . . . 45

Transpro Freight Systems . . . . . . . 47

CNTL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Mill Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

TransX Group of Companies . . . . 11

Darcol International . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Pival Expedite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Travelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Eassons/CDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Primex Transource . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Truckdriver.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

FTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Robert Scheper Article . . . . . . 16,17

VeeBoards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,27,47

Genesis Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Rosedale Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Walmart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

H8 Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Scotlynn Commodities . . . . . . . . . 37

Women in Trucking Article . . . 40,41

Highlight Motor Freight . . . . . . . . 25

SGT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Hyndman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Skelton Truck Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Icon Transportation Logistics . . . . 13

Speaking from Experience . . . 28,29

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CNTL is CN’s Trucking Subsidiary, the continuing growth of Intermodal freight means we always have the moves available that meet or exceed your revenue objectives.

Ask about our Safety Bonus, and Safety Awards!

Keep more of your earnings with your fuel price capped at 35 cents per litre. Take advantage of our Tire, Bunk and Engine Heater programs, and Group Truck Insurance.

If you would like to talk about joining our team please contact us Phone 1-866-239-9889 Email cntljobs@cn.ca Fax 1-866-803-2702

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