Drivers, carriers share solely one in all their high 5 issues, new examine exhibits

Truck drivers and firms share solely one in all their high 5 issues in accordance with this 12 months’s Business Points examine – gasoline costs. 

Whereas drivers and firms alike share a mutual concern over gasoline costs, of all the highest 10 issues listed for truck drivers and trucking corporations for 2022, truck drivers and trucking corporations share solely 4:

Gas costs – #2 for truckers, #3 for corporations. 

Financial system – #6 for truckers, #5 for corporations 

Detention/Delay at buyer amenities – #4 for truckers, #9 for corporations 

Truck parking – #1 for truckers, #10 for corporations 

The trade concern examine launched in 2021 revealed comparable discrepancies in driver and firm issues with solely 4 mutual issues listed within the high 10 lists for each teams. 

See the 2022 concern rankings for every group under:

2022 Prime 10 Considerations for Truck Drivers 

1. Truck parking 
2. Gas costs
3. Driver compensation
4. Detention/Delay at buyer amenities
5. Pace limiters
6. Financial system
7. HOS guidelines
8. ELD mandate
9. Driver coaching requirements
10. Transportation infrastructure/congestion/funding

2022 Prime 10 Considerations for Carriers

1. Driver scarcity
2. Driver retention
3. Gas costs
4. CSA
5. Financial system
6. Lawsuit abuse reform
7. Insurance coverage value/availability
8. Diesel technician scarcity 
9. Detention/Delay at buyer amenities
10. Truck parking 

2022 Prime Considerations for Trucking Business Total

1. Gas costs
2. Driver scarcity
3. Truck parking 
4. Driver compensation
5. Financial system
6. Detention/Delay
7. Driver retention
8. CSA
9. Pace limiters
10. Lawsuit abuse reform 

The examine surveyed 4,200 respondents between September sixth and October seventh of this 12 months. Respondents have been requested to pick out their high three decisions from a listing of 28 crucial points after which rank potential methods to fight every concern. Write-in responses have been accepted for every respondent’s high three points and techniques. 

The disparity between driver’s and provider’s high issues didn’t go unnoticed by panelists on the American Trucking Associations’ annual Administration Convention & Exhibition held on Saturday, October twenty second. 

“I harp on this on a regular basis, in case your No. 1 and No. 2 issues are discovering and retaining drivers, then you definitely’d higher perceive and care about what drivers say their high points are,” stated Rebecca Brewster, president and COO of ATRI, reported Transport Dive. 

“It’s good that truck parking made it on the general listing, however it made me marvel: Are we as trucking leaders out of contact with our drivers? Are we doing every part we must be?” added Dennis Dellinger, president and CEO of Cargo Transporters Inc.