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rookietrucker · **^ Top** #1 4 Weeks Ago

Dan Rather blasts trucking, industry blasts back

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Dan Rather took the trucking industry head-on Oct. 20 during his weekly program on HDNet, especially blasting driver recruiting and competency.

And it didn’t take industry officials long to take Rather head-on.

Rather used three primary sources to build his case that a lot of men and women become drivers as a last resort, and that drivers are basically put in a cab and sent out on the highway.

“Their sources were suspect, a disgruntled trucking company employee, a disgruntled driver who presented rumor as fact, the Americans for Highway and Auto Safety with its routine recitation of erroneous stats. I do not trust any one of them,” Clayton Boyce, the American Trucking Associations’ vice president of public affairs, said the day after the episode aired. “They indicted hundreds of truck driving schools based on one person’s recollection of her experience at one school.

“The trucking industry was falsely portrayed as unsafe. They repeatedly said that unsafe drivers were being put on the roads every day because of a driver shortage despite the fact that I told them over and over again there is no driver shortage.”

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nwcountry · **^ Top** #2 4 Weeks Ago

99%(literally)of the un-safe drivers I see(let's say it like it is IN-SANE)are driving passenger vehicles

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Dan Rather blasts trucking, industry blasts back

rookietrucker · **^ Top** #3 4 Weeks Ago

This is the actual transcript of the show

Queen of the Road

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TONIGHT, TRUCKING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. OUT OF A JOB ELSEWHERE, THOUSANDS TAKE TO TRUCKING AND THE LURE OF THE OPEN ROAD. BUT ARE THEY READY TO BE SEMI-TOUGH? THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THE KEYS AND YOU'RE GONNA START DRIVING. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE. I NEVER DROVE BEFORE. I ONLY DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK.

PLUS, THIS MAN SPEAKS OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT SAFETY AND HIS EXPERIENCES TRAINING TRUCKER WANNA-BE'S. THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD, PRODUCTIVE, SOLID PEOPLE OUT THERE DRIVING TRUCKS. BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO TRUCK DRIVING BECAUSE IT'S THEIR LAST RESORT. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE TRUCK, THEY WOULD BE HOMELESS.

AND FROM THE DEEP...THE SEARCH FOR HEALTHY CORAL REEFS IN THE CARIBBEAN. THE DEEPER REEFS THAT WE'RE STUDYING COULD BE A RESERVOIR OF BIODIVERSITY IN TIMES OF- OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. WE'LL BRING YOU THE NEWS, NEXT ON DAN RATHER REPORTS.

GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT, AN INVESTIGATION INTO TRUCKERS AND WHO'S TRAINING THEM TO DRIVE BIG RIGS. EVERY YEAR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW TRUCKERS HIT THE ROAD...AND YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IT BUT THOSE RIGS YOU PASS ON THE HIGHWAY CAN WEIGH UP TO 80-THOUSAND POUNDS...OR MORE THAN 20 CARS. SO YOU WOULD HOPE THAT WHOEVER'S IN COMMAND OF THE 18-WHEELER IS AN EXPERIENCED, WELL-TRAINED DRIVER. OUR REPORTING HAS FOUND THAT MANY TIMES THAT'S NOT THE CASE. A CONTINUAL DRIVER SHORTAGE HAS LED COMPANIES TO RECRUIT AND EMPLOY A WIDE RANGE OF CANDIDATES... ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE YOU'D NEVER EXPECT -- FORMER FACTORY WORKERS AND BANKERS, RETIREES AND HOUSEWIVES -- ARE LURED WITH PROMISES OF FREE TRAINING, A STEADY PAYCHECK, AND A CHANCE FOR A NEW LIFE ON THE OPEN ROAD.

TRUCKING WAS A ONCE A DOMAIN RULED BY A CAVALRY OF BOOT-KICKIN, JERKY-CHEWIN' MARLBORO MEN. YOU DIDN'T USE TO SEE TOO MANY WOMEN MANHANDLING THE INNARDS OF A BIG RIG.

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kajidono · **^ Top** #4 4 Weeks Ago

"Manhandling the innards," heh. Who was dan rather again?

dieselbear · **^ Top** #5 4 Weeks Ago

Does anything surprise you with Dan Rather. Sounds like he doing the same stuff that CBS fired him for a few years ago. He has always been and will always be a pompous a z z hole, period.

rookietrucker · **^ Top** #6 4 Weeks Ago

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Does anything surprise you with Dan Rather. Sounds like he doing the same stuff that CBS fired him for a few years ago. He has always been and will always be a pompous a z z hole, period.

Wow, that's kinda harsh, eh ? that's your opinion and I respect that but I give him credit for standing up and saying something that is happening everyday in this industry. Like so many company DAC stories on this site, not all can be lies.......

dieselbear · **^ Top** #7 4 Weeks Ago

Harsh, no just the way I see it. The liberal media paints the picture they want everyone to see, the views and political views. I know that is the free speech that is his god given right, however, when you report something it should all be the truth, not some half truths or in this case one disgruntled employee and her experiences.

kajidono · **^ Top** #8 4 Weeks Ago

And the last thing we need right now is more bad press.

Hardlyevr · **^ Top** #9 4 Weeks Ago

Perhaps all of the reporting about Mr Dan should start with "What's the Frequency Kenneth?" When he can answer that question, then we'll take him seriously.

bullhaulerswife · **^ Top** #10 4 Weeks Ago

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Wow, that's kinda harsh, eh ? that's your opinion and I respect that but I give him credit for standing up and saying something that is happening everyday in this industry. Like so many company DAC stories on this site, not all can be lies.......

I agree, Rookie. This industry, or should I say the subsidized CDL mills need to be exposed for the bottom feeders they are.

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