Through a team effort between fleet managers and truck drivers, truck driver health issues can be drastically reduced and health and wellness can be improved. It won\u2019t be easy to change the culture of an industry, but it is possible if, like with any wellness program, the participants keep at it. Neither drivers nor fleet managers can give up on the program if they want to be successful in boosting truck driver health and wellness. Start small, if needed, and work up to the complete lifestyle and culture changes necessary to promote good health. It is possible for truck drivers to get healthy; all it takes is the same perseverance that they have on the long haul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Driver health is a major problem for fleet managers and companies as a whole because drivers who are unhealthy are more likely to lose their Medical Examiner\u2019s Certificate (which, in turn, would cause them to lose their CDLs). They are also more likely to be involved in motor vehicle accidents, have heart attacks or other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n