Shippers to drivers: What’s your health and travel history?

Mar 12, 2020 at 08:14 AM CST
As the coronavirus spreads, shippers are implementing new procedures for truck drivers making deliveries and arriving for pickups. Numerous shippers contacted for this story either declined to comment on their current practices or did not respond, but social media has been abuzz in recent days with stories from drivers detailing their experiences. Some drivers have stated that shippers are asking them to sign documents declaring their past international travel. “I picked up a preloaded trailer yesterday. Had to sign a sheet that said I haven’t been to China and some other countries or haven’t knowingly been in contact with anyone who had been,” wrote one user.

Mar 12, 2020 at 08:14 AM CST

As the coronavirus spreads, shippers are implementing new procedures for truck drivers making deliveries and arriving for pickups. Numerous shippers contacted for this story either declined to comment on their current practices or did not respond, but social media has been abuzz in recent days with stories from drivers detailing their experiences. Some drivers have stated that shippers are asking them to sign documents declaring their past international travel. “I picked up a preloaded trailer yesterday. Had to sign a sheet that said I haven’t been to China and some other countries or haven’t knowingly been in contact with anyone who had been,” wrote one user.