Can you imagine working in an industry where “highest turnover level on record was 134 percent [was] set in the fourth quarter of 2005” and today is at 89 percent?

To go above 100% turnover means that the trucking industry replaced some drivers more than once in the quarter. In fact it stands to reason that there would be some quantity of drivers who stayed, there was probably a pretty good rate of new drivers getting replaced within one quarter.

I never wanted to be a truck driver, but it is hard to imagine what a last-resort job it must be if your turnover casually exceeds 50% and can pass 100 percent.

Friday Evening Reading on Europe

Newsflash: Pipelines Are Everywhere

Left out of some headlines

Niacin’s Unexpected Flop

The Fed’s secret giveaway to European banks

The final moments of Air France flight AF447 and

Phonetic Clues Hint Language Is Africa-Born

Disaster Strikes The Welding Industry

Now is not a good time to buy a car. Ignore everything except the first few paragraphs after the “Steve Answers” mark.