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HDT Labor Day 2025: Honoring Drivers and Technicians
9/1/2025
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Humans are wired to sleep at night and be awake during the day. When schedules upset our sleep, sleep quality can suffer, along with safety and health. - Photo: Jim Park

Are Your Truck Drivers Getting Enough Sleep?

There's much more to preventing tired or drowsy driving than just complying with federal hours of service rules. A sleep expert and author offers a few tips on how to keep truck drivers awake and alert at the wheel.

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The motor carrier a driver works for is responsible for ensuring that driver is medically qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. - Image: HDT Graphic

Answers to 5 Frequently Asked Questions About Truck Driver Medical Exams

Interstate truck drivers are required to take a physical qualification examination and receive a Medical Examiner’s Certificate every other year to confirm that they are healthy enough to safely perform their job. What do their employers need to know?

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How can you get truck drivers invested in a culture of safety? - Image: HDT Graphic

5 Ways to Engage Drivers in Your Safety Culture

Drivers are a key part of a trucking company's safety efforts. Learn how HDT's 2024 Safety & Compliance Award finalists make their drivers the foundation of their safety culture.

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A competition such as the Rush Enterprises Tech Skills Rodeo is good for both technician satisfaction and rewarding skills. - Photo: Wayne Parham

Finding and Keeping Tomorrow's Truck Technicians

Industry leaders share what they see as industry trends related to diesel technicians, including recruiting and retention challenges, pay and benefits, and additional training for battery-electric powertrains.

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Each season holds it's own challenges, from rain and snow to heat and road construction. - Photo: Gettyimages.com/clintspencer

Weathering Storms, Traffic & More: Keeping Drivers Safe

Here’s what even the most experienced drivers need to remind themselves (and their fleet managers) of to remain as accident-free as possible.

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The Business Case for Diversity in Trucking

Find out how building and supporting a diverse workforce can help trucking companies attract and retain employees — and remain resilient in turbulent times.

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If you have to make a driver wait more than an hour a day on a load, in their mind, they’re not making money,” explains Sherri Garner-Brumbaugh, president and CEO of Findlay, Ohio-based Garner...

Driver Retention: Get Shippers on your Side

Find out the top four ways fleet managers can work with shippers to create a driver-friendly environment.

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Missy "DieselGirl" Albin is using her experience and online platform to help break stereotypes of what a diesel technician looks like. - Photo: 781 Photography via Missy Albin

Diesel Tech Advocates for Women in the Truck Shop

How Missy "DieselGirl" Albin is using her experience and platform to help break stereotypes of what a diesel technician looks like.

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A good maintenance manager needs the ability to understand and empathize with people, as their job entails taking on a varied of roles and interacting with a various set of people every day. -...

Grow Your Own Truck Fleet Maintenance Managers

Good maintenance managers are scarce on the ground, which is why more fleets are trying to promote talent from within their companies. But that’s easier said than done.

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How Recognizing Veteran Drivers Helps Leonard's Express

A Leonard's Express Kenworth T680 sporting U.S. Air Force colors is one of five trucks in the fleet honoring U.S. military veterans. - Photo: Leonard's Express

Honoring servicemen and women with attention-getting truck graphics helps this New York fleet find and keep top-quality drivers.

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