Driving may just be the first step in a long and productive career. There are many more opportunities available to women today than in just a few years past. Women have the opportunity to be involved in dispatch, sales, marketing, recruiting, management, and owning their own fleet. The concerns of women drivers are not much different than male. Safety, working conditions, pay and home time are just a few of the issues concerning all drivers.
Driver safety is an issue now being addressed by most companies.
They are working hard to assure that everything that can be done is being done. Many of today's trucking companies are trying to improve the conditions under which their drivers must work. Although we still need improvements, we have come a long way since trucking first began. Companies realize that families are very important to drivers and are working hard to get women home on a regular basis. New faces Not only are we seeing more female drivers, we are also seeing more retired military personnel, college graduates, husband and wife teams, and those who have lost their jobs to downsizing or companies moving overseas.