The Four Biggest Myths About Truckers

BIGGEST MYTHS ABOUT THE ZTRUCKERS ETE MYTH Truckers are dangerous drivers 1 & cause most accidents Trucks are 3 times less likely to be in an Commercial trucks are involved accident than a regular motor vehicle. in 2.4% of all car accidents. Trucks are times more likely to pass safety inspections than passenger vehicles. MYTH Truckers use a lot of drugs 2 Federal law mandates that at least 50% of all truck drivers take drug tests, compared to 0% of all passenger vehicles. A driver must NOT have been convicted of: X Felony involving the use of a motor vehicle X Crime involving drugs E Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol Police also now have the X Refusing to submit to an alcohol test required by a State or its Implied consent laws or regulations Trucking companies face fines of up to $825,000 power to carry out roadside drug tests on any truck driver without any X Leaving the scene of a crime if one of their drivers E Causing a fatality through negligent operation of a motor vehicle. degree of reasonable suspicion. fails a drug or alchohol test. 10,839 1.4 million Alcohol-impaired driving crashes in 2009 drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics in 2009 Less than 5% were the result of a 6% of those arrests truck driver being were truck drivers. under the influence of alcohol or drugs. MYTH 3 Men are better truck drivers than women 200,000 There are over female long haul truck drivers in America Female truck drivers are: times less likely to get in times less likely to violate times more likely to pass an accident than male truck safety regulations their CDL certification exam on drivers the first attempt than men. STOP MYTH Truck drivers are poor The national salary median for the U.S. is $44,389... The top 5 paying states for trucking are: Wyoming New York Mississippi $61,000 $60,000 $68,000 Massachusetts Washington D.C. $59,000 $59,000 Brought to you by: STRUCKEROTRUCKER.cOM www.TruckerToTrucker.com Sources: www.thetruckersreport.com www.bts.gov www.dot.gov www.fmsca.dot.gov %24