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News & Resources for American Truck Drivers

Advice Every New Truck Driver Needs to Hear

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Tasha Bowman
Safety advocate and CDL instructor based in Tennessee. Tasha writes about roadside inspections, CVSA compliance, HOS violations, and the real-world gap between what the rulebook says and what happens at the scale house.