The trucking industry recently got some attention in the New York Times. In an opinion piece titled "Long-Haul Sweatshops," authors Anne Balay and Mona Shattel argue that low driver wages and poor working conditions have created a crisis for the trucking industry.

Getting held up at the dock is expensive. The more time you spend waiting to get loaded or unloaded, the less you spend driving. And no detention fee is going to make up for running out of hours or missing your next load.