A Survival Guide for Truck Drivers: Tips From the Trenches (Medium/Heavy Duty Truck) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Alice Adams, Andrew Ryder
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 810769
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 216
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 1401810624
Dewey Decimal Number: 388
EAN: 9781401810627
ASIN: 1401810624
Publication Date: October 2, 2002
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Product Description
An employers cost to replace a driver ranges from $5,000 to $8,000. Turnover can be prevented and retention increased by developing a driver with the life skills necessary to be successful in their daily working lives. A Survival Guide for Truck Drivers is the only book written for students or experienced drivers that offers, in a straightforward and nonpatronizing style, the practical tips for making life on the road more stress-free and comfortable both for the driver and his or her family. Until now, drivers usually entered the transportation industry armed with a Commercial Drivers License and perhaps stories and information from friends and family. This new guide not only provides valuable information and invaluable insights into the life of a professional driver, but also offers resources and encouragement for those who keep North Americas commerce moving down the highway. Topics range from Money Management and Professional Improvement to Staying Healthy and Dealing With Stress presenting advice to make the drivers life better and happier. This lifestyle guide has a universal application that will appeal to student drivers, company drivers, owner-operators, and also the drivers families. A driving school graduates chance of landing a good job partly depends on his or her possession of life skills. Good retention tools are needed for the experienced but problem driver. A Survival Guide for Truck Drivers is the one solution for successful drivers.
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 tittled incorrectly June 12, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
pitiful. this is a short intro to primitive psyc behavior on personal awareness for the road. if it has anything to do with trucking, i missed it.
 More BS from a "wanna be"....(who could'nt take it...) February 16, 2006
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
After reading this book (and surviving 29 years in the trucking industry) I am greatly inclined to agree with Mr. Pendergast's points of view. Too much is wasted on trying to fit in with a lifestyle that needs to change, not "be adjusted" to. Sweatshops on Wheels was the definitive book on the current "race to the bottom" of the trucking industry. Want poor wages (when you add up your TOTAL time put in) and NO life ? No real health benefeits or pension (if your non-union) ? Then by all means come join us in the trucking industry and completely throw your life away. Everyone TALKS about doing something to help the driver, but as usual nothing is ever done. Truck drivers are STILL the ONLY labor group in the United States NOT covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act. And this book still does'nt address that..
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