Classic Thinking vs Trucking Women
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Classic Thinking & Trucking Women We like to think that as a society we have come a long way. As much as we protest about racism and the lack of gender equality, you must admit that we’ve advanced since the 50’s and 60’s. Back then, it was assumed that women were expected to stay home and be a “housewife” and the “man of the house” went to work. On the face of it, there is nothing wrong with that arrangement, as long as both parties are happy. Unfortunately, that family model grew to be imposed on women. You know, “stay home…barefoot and pregnant.”...
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Kim and the School Rules
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Kim and the School Rules Remember MELT. Kim Richardson says it MELT has MELTED. A few weeks ago, I talked to Andy Roberts, the owner at Mountain Lake Transport Institute about the their problems attracting driver students in a world where some questionable schools are offering driving courses at half price or less and graduating them in half the time, which allows dramatically poorly trained people behind the wheel of an 80,000 pound vehicle on our highways…and in western Canada, that could mean on icy mountain roads. Nowhere is this as big a problem as in southern Ontario…the epicenter of...
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Donald, the Prophesy & Good Crap
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Donald, the Prophesy & Crap Okay, there is no simple way to describe this TNT podcast. It begins with a prophesy then segues to an interview with trucking journalist and driver, Jim Park about Music City, the Trump tariffs and saving trucking costs and the earth with cow crap. Yes, we are all over the map on this one. You just have to listen.
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Fabiana-Rescue Lady
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Fabiana – The Rescue Lady “Disaster and Pandemonium on the highway.” Big rigs off the road and trailers upside down. Who you gonna call? Rescue 51 and Fabiana! It can be a mess out there and it’s not getting better. Much of the carnage is due to the growing number of unsafe poorly trained drivers released onto our highways. Some drivers churned out by crappy driving schools have never driven on ice and snow….so, they end up in the woods, sometimes rolled over and in worst case scenario, injured or killed, not to mention the damage and/or loss of the vehicle and cargo. So who is...
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Bon School-Bad School
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Bon School-Bad School There has been a lot of talk and deep concern within the trucking industry about the rapid growth of quickie cut rate trucking schools releasing poorly trained drivers onto our highways. It is not only a concern to the trucking industry, but it should be a concern to every driver whether a trucker or four-wheeler. Those poorly trained drivers are often hired by equally shady trucking companies operating unsafe equipment and therefore offering rates far below standing rates…meaning unfair competition. Some shippers and receivers don’t care as long as they get...
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50% Female Truckers - Pink Power
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50% FEMALE TRUCKERS – PINK POWER! Every once in a blue moon someone comes along that gets you fired up and excited. They are forward thinking creative people to break the “we’ve always done it this way” mold in the very conservative trucking industry. In a search for someone to talk to me about the crooked truck driving schools, I connected with a lady who sounded excited to be in the trucking industry but also hell bent of changing attitudes and killing stereotypes. Her name is Isabelle Fournier. She works for the huge Contrans Group as a Recruitment & Marketing Specialist…but...
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Lucky Chuck's School of Trucking
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LUCKY CHUCK’S SCHOOL OF TRUCKING Are you impressed by that unbelievable chance to drive a tractor trailer up and down our highways without having to deal with all those pesky rules and regulations? And safety? What’s the big deal with safety when the load just has to be there, and you make a decent dollar. Okay, maybe I am being a little over dramatic…or maybe not. Back when we produced the Trucker Radio Show, we invented a bogus crooked driving school, we called, “Lucky Chucks School of Trucking.” Well, it might have been a make-believe trucking school, but it was...
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The Ghosts of Trucker Radio
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THE GHOSTS OF TRUCKER RADIO The Trucker Radio Show was a syndicated program that combined music, news, information, interviews, and entertainment, airing for 17 years on radio stations across Canada and the USA. What was its mission? Did it truly benefit truck drivers and the trucking industry, or was there a strategy that was misunderstood? Did we waste our time? Absolutely not! Above all, we enjoyed ourselves for most of those 17 years. Our guests included truckers, fleet owners, critics, and supporters, each bringing their unique perspectives. In this TNT Podcast, we will showcase some of...
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The Sex Investors
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Sex Investors. Want to end sex trafficking? Stop investing in this multi-billion-dollar illegal industry. It’s simple. No buyer means no victim which means no sex trafficking. Yes, it’s simple, but it’s not easy. Most sex buyers are men, yet only six percent of men purchase sex. That means that there is an opportunity for the other 94 percents of us men who do not buy sex to speak up. sychology. He has spoken to groups all over North America on the subject of human trafficking.On this podcast, we focus not so much on identifying victims and traffickers, but the men who provide the...
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Seven Brave Women in a Man's World
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SEVEN BRAVE WOMEN IN A MAN’S WORLD There appears to be a symbiotic relationship between adventuruous women looking for a challenging career and an industry that needs them…and for reasons that I won’t go into here, they can’t seem to connect. Women make up about 50% of our population yet in the US, only 9% are professional drivers and in Canada, that percentage is even lower at about 4%. When you consider that there is an alleged pro driver shortage, doesn’t it make you wonder, why isn’t there are a huge recruiting strategy to attract women? They’re not just going to...
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