Tag: driver health: Page 3

Business

Prime expands on-site medical facility for drivers

The carrier now has a full-service medical facility at its terminal in Springfield.

May 24, 2011

Channel 19

Blood drive joins health walk among driver-led initiatives at MATS

“Give so that others may live” runs the tagline for the Friday blood drive (11 a.m. to 4 p.m., booth #91470 outdoors) to be held at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville this week. It’s an initiative led by the Driver Health Council of the Trucking Solutions Group, a crew of owner-operators initiating dialogue about […]

March 30, 2011

Channel 19

Latest distraction: Hauler takes on-highway health to new heights

Some truck drivers in Germany are on a health kick perhaps more extreme than that of their U.S. counterparts. Near the western city of Munster, the website of Germany’s English-language daily the Local reported, a hauler was spotted on the autobahn weaving as he overtook vehicles ahead. As police gave chase, the unmistakable glint of […]

March 25, 2011

Channel 19

Skydiving to the ark: A Channel 19 2010 ‘Year in Review’

It’s been a banner year for dramatic, contentious, weird and/or humorous trucking news here on the Channel 19 blog. I can’t possibly predict how 2010 will be remembered years down the line, but read through the lens of this blog, well, it was nothing short of tumultuous, containing the highest of highs and the lowest […]

December 31, 2010

Channel 19

CSA 2010 Driver’s Handbook now live

You may have seen it out at the truckstops already, but if not, I thought I’d take a moment today to alert you to our CSA 2010 Driver’s Handbook, now online in an interactive digital version. Combining reporting from Overdrive and Truckers News editors (from myself to Overdrive Managing Editor Lucinda Coulter and others) with […]

November 17, 2010

Business

Truckers discuss real-world health problems

Truckers reviewed health problems and challenges of coping with them at an international conference on driver health in Baltimore.

November 10, 2010

Business

Meeting to focus on driver health, wellness

International Conference on Commercial Driver Health and Wellness will be Nov. 8-10 in Baltimore.

June 17, 2010

Overdrive Extra

More bad news about your lifestyle

Trucking’s lifestyle has always gotten a bad rap for its impact on health because of driver inactivity, stress and poor diet, among other things. New studies bring even more bad news, and you don’t want to take this sitting down: Staying seated for prolonged periods, even when combined with regular exercise, could be bad for […]

January 21, 2010