User talk:Driverpatriot

Future Plans
Here is an outline of the content related to OTR Truck Driver Compensation (US) that I think Wikipedia is missing.

Clean up OTR Truck Driver Compensation article

 * base rate (basically the existing article)
 * additional pay
 * dock pay
 * offload pay
 * detention pay (link to full article)
 * idle bonus
 * fuel surcharge
 * etc. (please recommend additional categories of pay)
 * per diem (link to full article)

Unpaid work time

 * short miles
 * layover
 * loading and unloading
 * chaining
 * breakdown

Household goods mileage article

 * insert redirect pages for common terms
 * How it's calculated
 * overview of the tools used (print book, software, etc.)
 * brief explanation...even rip and cite section of print guide or software explanation that illuminates methodology
 * history of this practice
 * lawsuits (Swift class action, etc....may need link to full article)

Regulation of Trucking Industry

 * this will be a mammoth article
 * history of regulations
 * pre 1980
 * 1980 deregulation (existing article def needs work, is written with blatant pro-regulation bias, short on verifiable fact)
 * post deregulation (including CSA 2010, which is a blurb on the FMCSA article, should be full article)
 * I'd need lots of time to research this, would rather reach out to folks to see if they will contribute

Lease-purchase programs

 * history (?)
 * create some sort of breakdown for understanding these contracts
 * thinking I will create a blog for people to scan in lease-purchase contracts and have other users breakdown/rate the contract...let readers rate these breakdowns for usefulness

Detention Pay

 * brief overview
 * examples of specific companies breakdown policies (just a few...I've heard that Wikipedia frowns on lists:)...I mean :(
 * section on Defazio bill (is this already an article?)

Per Diem

 * overview
 * detailed explanation
 * history?
 * per diem pay policies (link to full article with examples)

Driverpatriot (talk) 09:23, 7 January 2012 (UTC)