To get these trucks moving again, company officials were offering bonus pay to drivers willing and able to leave their own hurricane cleanups and get behind the wheel.
He is responsible for all maintenance and insurance, while the drivers pay for gas.
We even pay for bus drivers to take the kids home from school after practices.
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It was meant to ease congestion in the West End by making drivers pay for late night parking and parking at weekends.
The public debate over making drivers pay to use the roads has been as shallow in Chicago as in the rest of America.
Only by making drivers pay for the costs they impose on society can the demand for motoring be brought into line with restricted supply.
Every time I use my card to pay, the drivers ask if I would mind giving them cash, notwithstanding that just about every major cab company advertises that they gladly accept cards.
Indeed, Schneider National announced Thursday it is voluntarily slowing its fleet to 60 mph, though the company says it's not raising pay for its drivers, who are paid by the miles they run.
Alan Howard, a Los Angeles dentist who says he has only once been able to find a charging spot since he bought a Nissan Leaf last year, says making electric drivers pay for parking isn't the answer.
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The smaller teams, meanwhile, increasingly resort to hiring drivers who pay to drive.
And instead of asking drivers to pay commission, users will incur a small fee every time they book a cab.
Most of the 100, 000 drivers who pay the charge daily are satisfied.
Drivers can pay using their phones at 16 off-street car parks, five long-stay car parks and 34 on-street locations after registering their car and credit cards.
Drivers should pay close attention to this initiative.
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The newest generation of car share services, which allow drivers to pay as they go instead of paying by the day, is now a viable option for both travellers in the US and those in select countries around the world.
"This report will give only limited comfort to the UK's 35 million drivers who continue to pay near record prices at the pumps, but the OFT does identify the true cause of drivers' misery - the chancellor and crude oil prices, " said Prof Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation.
"EV drivers want to pay their fair share, " says Jay Friedland, legislative director of Plug-In America.
The drivers want extra pay and a day in lieu for working on 26 December.
Cornwall Council project manager Peter Swain said lanes had changed and drivers needed to pay attention.
But access to credit and sick pay do not top the drivers' agenda.
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So they spend their wages on gas stoves and canned food, and pay long-distance minibus drivers to deliver these to their families.
The numbers of drivers who do not pay the charge is now down to about 4, 000 a day.
And there is evidence that drivers are prepared to pay for add-ons that improve safety as well as convenience.
Drivers could order and pay in the McDonald's drive-through lane or synch a car's music system with a home computer.
Beyond keeping a close eye on the fundamentals of your business, it's also important to pay attention to all the overall drivers of the economy, from interest rates, inflation and unemployment to consumer indebtedness and currency values.
That would help restrain demand, would raise money to pay for increasing the capacity of Britain's stunted road network where this is necessary, and would show, through drivers' willingness to pay, where that capacity can most efficiently be added.
But there are at least two major obstacles hindering wider adoption of plug-in electric vehicles: the premium that drivers will have to pay for an electric car compared with a gas-powered vehicle and the limited number of electric car charging stations nationwide.
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In a nice touch, drivers age 21 to 24 don't pay additional fees to use Zipcar, On Demand or Car2go, while most traditional rental companies charge younger drivers a premium.
The pay-off for the unions was drivers were redeployed onto another line and were promoted.
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