Experience and speed are likely related to driver turnover.
By the American Trucking Associations' count, annual driver turnover runs nearly 100% at so-called large truckload carriers, also known as long-haul truckers.
The company's driver turnover – 20% voluntary, 15% or so initiated by Paladin as it enforces lofty quality standards – sets it apart from the industry.
Big G Express, a Shelbyville, Tenn., carrier with about 500 trucks, reduced its annual driver turnover to 75% from 120% in just a year's time, as it learned to communicate the benefits of its 2009 ESOP transaction to drivers.
Some of these stories may even prove to be true, and the City Council should definitely be considering such factors as driver turnover on rideshare services and how to accommodate that in caps, or how to intelligently craft fee structures and wage minimums.
The company's driver turnover hovers around 17% in an industry where more than 90% is common.
Meanwhile, the system's drivers are among the lowest-paid public transit operators in the Washington region, and driver turnover is high.
One study suggests that larger companies with irregular routes, longer average lengths of hauls, and older equipment experience much higher rates of driver turnover.
