{"id":11484,"date":"2023-03-17T08:40:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T14:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englandlogistics.com\/?p=11484"},"modified":"2023-09-22T12:32:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T18:32:22","slug":"ethics-in-trucking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englandlogistics.com\/ethics-in-trucking\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes a Good Trucker? Ethics in Trucking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nConsider this situation:<\/p>\n

You are just minutes away from making your load on time. It\u2019s late in the evening and raining, making it considerably hard to see. To your dismay, you notice that the exit for your stop is coming up in a few moments. You could make the exit by merging immediately, but it will require you to cut off the driver on your right.<\/p>\n

Do you make the merge? It could be risky, but what about your load? Don\u2019t you have an obligation to keep the supply chain moving in a timely manner?<\/p>\n

Truckers face these kinds of ethical questions all the time. Most questions like these need to be made in a split-second with little time for weighing your options.<\/p>\n

To help you be prepared to make difficult decisions on your freight journey, here are a few ethical trucker essentials.<\/p>\n

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Driving Safe\u2014Even When Others Aren\u2019t<\/u><\/h4>\n

Every trucker knows the frustration of having your 5-ton rig cut off by a sedan with a Rudolph nose.<\/p>\n

No matter how discourteous the public can be, it is a trucker\u2019s duty<\/a> to keep other drivers, and themselves, safe.<\/p>\n

Some even refer to truckers as the \u201cknights of the road<\/a>\u201d for their civility and respect, even in the face of being cut off by the most aloof of mini-vans.<\/p>\n

To be an ethical trucker is to be an advocate for the safety of all drivers. Truckers share the road, give their fellow motorists space, and stay vigilant for signs of neglect in other drivers.<\/p>\n

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Trucker Etiquette<\/u><\/h4>\n

Spoken or unspoken, there are rules that truckers live by.<\/p>\n

When a 6-year-old bends their arm in a pumping motion, it is required by trucker code and the universe to let a long, resonant honk loose, for example.<\/p>\n

There are other pieces of etiquette that are interesting though. Here are a few we picked up from some prominent trucking sites.<\/a><\/p>\n

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