ATADATA: ATA data continues to highlight rising driver turnover

ATA reported in its "Trucking Activity Report" that the annualized turnover rate at large truckload carriers headed up 4% in the second quarter to 98%, with the increase for carriers with revenue at $30 million and above now at its highest level going back to the fourth quarter of 2015. What's more, ATA noted that for the first half of 2018 the driver turnover average rate is at 96%, which currently puts 2018 on track to hit its highest annual level since 2013.