Articles tagged: #driver-fatigue

Trucking detention time is the additional time a truck driver spends at a shipper or receiver when loading or unloading takes longer than the time allowed or agreed for the shipment. A driver can arrive at the facility on time and check in, but the truck still stays there because they have to wait for freight, dock availability, or the loading process is just taking too long.

This is also not as easy as it sounds, since a commercial truck driver does not only drive trucks on the highway. Then there are the hours drivers have to wait at shippers, receivers, warehouses, distribution canters, and terminals loading or offloading goods. This duration is called detention time.

Truck accidents are a serious road safety issue in the USA. Commercial trucks, tractor-trailers, semi-trucks, and 18-wheelers are much heavier and larger than passenger vehicles. Therefore, when a large truck collides with a car, SUV, motorcycle, or other vehicle, the consequences of the crash can be very serious.