{"id":6532,"date":"2015-02-25T08:37:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T13:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drivercheck.net\/wp\/?p=6532"},"modified":"2021-11-09T12:31:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:31:20","slug":"seven-driving-tips-truckers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/seven-driving-tips-truckers","title":{"rendered":"Seven Driving Tips for Truckers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trucking is one of the most challenging jobs in America today, given that thousands of accidents and collisions in the US each year are trucking related.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6416\" src=\"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_121178299sm-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_121178299sm\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_121178299sm-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_121178299sm-1024x637.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_121178299sm.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>So here are seven tips for trucking drivers:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Keep a watch for blind spots<\/li>\n<li>Decrease your speed in work areas<\/li>\n<li>Keep your truck serviced and maintained<\/li>\n<li>Decrease driving speeds when reaching curves<\/li>\n<li>Always load cargo onto the truck carefully<\/li>\n<li>Adapt your driving habits in bad weather<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that you are well rested before getting behind the wheel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Trucking requires even more attention to detail and situational awareness than piloting a passenger vehicle. Threats vary from other motorists and dangerous weather conditions to\u00a0nomadic wildlife and construction sites. Ensuring that your drivers are familiar with these tips will go a long way toward improving fleet safety. Every accident avoided is effectively money in the bank, and can even serve to bolster your reputation as a safe transportation business.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about our services and how we can help protect your company,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/?page_id=5035\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trucking is one of the most challenging jobs in America today, given that thousands of accidents and collisions in the US each year are trucking related. So here are seven tips for trucking drivers: Keep a watch for blind spots Decrease your speed in work areas Keep your truck serviced and maintained Decrease driving speeds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,35],"tags":[77,78,38,34,76],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6532"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8128,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6532\/revisions\/8128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}