Alec Costerus

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A leading advocate for professional drivers with more than a million miles under his wheels throughout North America, Alec Costerus is Vice President of Alpha Drivers Transportation. Additionally, he is co-founder and director of Alpha Drivers Testing & Consulting, a transportation industry educational provider, technical advisory, and business consulting firm, in which capacity he is an Administrator of the industry-leading Volvo Truck Masters and Mack Anthem Truck Masters, and related Facebook groups. He holds dual B.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering and Geology from Tufts University and completed an Executive Program in Finance at University of Virginia’s Darden Business School.

Growth strategies
Methods of measuring fuel economy
In a tight margin business environment with low rates and higher fuel costs, one’s operational efficiency is the key to business survival, let alone thriving.
September 20, 2023
truck driver fueling is cabover truck
Regulations
Speed limiters won't solve the root problem
The lack of enforcement on posted speed limits and drivers incentivized to drive longer and faster are problems that won't be solved by speed limiters.
July 22, 2022
Speeding truck on the highway
Workforce
How the government stole $4.8 trillion from truck drivers
Drivers are missing out on $95 billion of income each year that could be injected into the economy at a grassroots level.
June 13, 2022
time clock and time cards
Workforce
All roads lead to pay
If the "driver shortage" has taught us anything it's that insufficient remuneration will cause driver retention problems.
May 25, 2022
we're hiring truck drivers sign
Business
What's up with diesel prices?
Real businesspeople understand the economic benefits of becoming the low-cost producer of freight capacity.
May 10, 2022
trucks and fuel pumps
Workforce
Supply Chain and national security vulnerabilities rooted in driver pay methods
Over the past 40 years, truck drivers have increased productivity by two fold while earning about half the pay.
January 18, 2022
truck driver holding cash after getting paid
Workforce
Financial incentives almost always overrule safety instincts
Paper Transport driver Jeff Clark parked his rig and avoided a massive pile up whole countless others just like him didn't.
December 27, 2021
Jeff Clark, a seasoned veteran driver for De Pere, Wisconsin-based Paper Transport, was on eastbound Interstate-94 near Osseo. Jeff felt his tractor break traction at the 80-mile marker.
Workforce
Why we need to eliminate the overtime exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act to solve the driver shortage
When a driver is paid by the mile yet regulated by hour, there will be a natural disconnect as the financial incentives are constrained by the clock.
December 6, 2021
driver at sunset
Workforce
Lack of overtime pay a contributor to the driver shortage
The Fair Labor Standards Act guarantees overtime pay but it doesn't apply to motor carriers.
November 15, 2021
employee time sheet
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