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Prime Inc.'s Robert Low on why driver health must be a priority

Mike

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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- The only safe driver is a healthy driver. That’s the mantra of Prime Inc. president and founder Rob Low, who spoke at the most recent Driving for Profit seminar.

This is more than just lip service at Prime Inc., which has built a 40,000 sq.-ft. Millennium Center that offers an on-site doctor, personal trainer, exercise equipment and one-on-one assistance in achieving health-related goals such as giving up smoking.

Low, who is currently chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association, has seen some benefits from the investment. His company won the first annual TCA Trucking’s Weight Loss Showdown competition. A team of a dozen Prime drivers and staffers shed 353 lbs during the competition.

Low believes the trucking industry will never shed its image problem until it presents a healthier workforce.

“Our image is never going to be solid, unless we address this issue,” Low said of driver health and wellness. “We have to have the courage to bring up the issue.”

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I don't think he's too worried about the image of truck drivers when he has all of his drivers brainwashed into thinking it's safe to get out on the interstate & poke along at 50 mph.

Most people in 4 wheelers just see trucks as these big things that get in the way & go slow.
 

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