- Business conditions again declined in December compared to November. The business conditions index for respondents with more than 100 power units dropped from 7.2 to 6.7 while it rose to 6.2 from 6.1 for respondents with up to 100 power units.
- Overall, 22.5% of respondents said business was better or much better in December vs. November and 60.6% said it was the same.
- 61.9% of all respondents said December business conditions were better than December 2013 (including 70.6% of larger fleet respondents), and 63.4% expect business to be better or much better in the next six months, adjusting for seasonality.
- Driver availability again comes in as the top concern at 71.8% for all respondents, followed by freight pricing (8.5%) and the political climate in Washington (7.0%) and freight volume (also 7.0%).
- In-cab camera usage is more prevalent in large fleets: 25.5% of large fleet respondents said they are currently using them in their fleet equipment vs. only 5.5% of respondents from small fleets. Overall, 47.9% of respondents that aren’t currently using in-cab cameras are considering it in the future.
December 2014
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