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What does it take to become a Million Mile Safe Driver? One of our readers, Dean from Fargo, North Dakota asked if we had ever done an article about this subject.
Driving a Million Miles safely and without an incident is an amazing achievement. So how does a Professional Truck Driver obtain this lofty goal? If you average around 100,000 miles a year, it will still take 10 years to even drive 1 million miles.
I talked to several Professional Truck Drivers who have achieved...
PENNINGTON, NJ… “You must do two things if you want to work all the time – first, get involved helping others and learn from them and the second thing is to learn to drive a truck,” stated Frank Palecek, CEO of Palco Transportation. “Every job that I worked, I gained skill by learning from others. Once you get good at moving heavy equipment, people come to expect you do it.”
Frank started as a coal miner and bought his first truck 35 years ago, which he leased...
