From pet policies and panic buttons to sign language and management diversity, trucking fleets are finding new ways to support a changing professional truck driver population. Join host Deborah Lockridge and guest Mark Murrell of the Best Fleets to Drive For program as they unpack what successful fleets are doing right to retain a more diverse driver workforce -- and how you can apply it to your operation.🔗 RESOURCES & LINKSCarriersEdge Announces 2025 Best Fleets to Drive ForHow Can Trucking Fleets Keep the Best Drivers?ATRI's New Strategies to Attract Women Drivers📰 Subscribe to our newsletter & magazine: https://www.truckinginfo.com/page/subscribe

Tammie Dean has an advantage when recruiting and mentoring women drivers at Lily Transportation: She’s experienced life on the road as a female driver.

On this episode of HDT Talks Trucking, HDT's Deborah Lockridge talks to Tammie about an initiative she started to help recruit and support women drivers, called Lily Ladies.

Learn More About Attracting and Retaining Women Truck Drivers

• Lily Ladies Steer Women Truck Drivers to Success
• Q&A: NTI's Leah Shaver on What's Keeping Women Out of Trucking (Or watch the video interview with Leah Shaver)
• ATRI's New Strategies to Attract Women Drivers

How is a new Volvo heavy-duty truck like your smartphone? After Volvo Trucks North America launched the all-new Volvo VNR regional truck, HDT's Deborah Lockridge chatted with Johann Agebrand, director of product marketing, about the newest Volvo Connect updates.​What you'll learn in this episode of HDT Talks Trucking:

• How Volvo Trucks' new VNR and VNL models use automatic over-the-air software updates to boost uptime
• How fleets can schedule software updates just like on a smartphone—during breaks or overnight
• Ways the Volvo Connect portal helps fleets customize and manage vehicle parameters remotely
• The most commonly updated parameters