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About The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers 
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Inspiring, Informing, and Supporting Trucking Professionals Across North America

 

The Lead Pedal Podcast is your trusted source for trucking industry news, career guidance, business insights, trucking lifestyle content, and in-depth interviews with top professionals from across the transportation sector. Whether you’re a new driver, experienced operator, owner-operator, fleet professional, or someone who loves the trucking lifestyle, our podcast delivers the information you need to succeed.

Hosted by Bruce Outridge, industry veteran, author, speaker, and creative professional, the Lead Pedal Podcast releases three episodes per week, offering:

• Career & Training Guidance
• Industry News & Safety Tips
• Business, Entrepreneurship & Leadership Content
• Trucking Lifestyle Stories
• Trucking Events & Community Highlights

Our mission is simple: Promote positive image, opportunity, and education in the trucking industry.

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Why not join us in the studio by watching the show on The Lead Pedal Podcast YouTube Channel. Click here to check out the channel by clicking here.

Show voice over bumpers provided by Brad Hails of the Killin’ Time Band at www.killintimeband.com  . Background music provided by the The Thompson Band with their song Miles and Miles. Learn more about the band at www.dannythompsonband.com

The Lead Pedal Podcast is an official media sponsor for the Truck Convoy for Special Olympics, you can learn more about this special cause at Truck Ride for Special Olympics. The organization helps athletes with special needs raise funds for uniforms, competition, and more.

About Producer / Host – Bruce Outridge

Bruce Outridge is a transportation industry veteran, author, speaker, radio host, and creative professional with over 40 years in the trucking, media, and arts industries. As a former professional truck driver and fleet supervisor, Bruce brings firsthand knowledge, authenticity, and passion to every broadcast.

His background includes:

• Over 25 years in professional trucking operations
• Author of several industry and creative books
• Host of multiple radio and podcast shows
• Professional illustrator and media producer
• Active supporter of transportation charities, youth training programs, and driver education

Bruce’s unique experience allows Lead Pedal Media to create content that is both professional and relatable to the people of the trucking industry.

Bruce is a well respected individual in the trucking, podcast, and truck driver markets. The professionalism he is known for in his 40 year history in the transportation industry from driver and owner operator to fleet supervisor is common knowledge to those that know Bruce on a personal level. He began his career in the household furniture industry working for some of the major van lines, became an owner operator and was regularly requested by clients due to his exceptional customer service skills. He decided to move to the freight side of the transportation industry and began moving his career forward as a dependable professional driver excelling due to his leadership qualities promoting him to fleet supervisor for a major chemical company.

Deciding to follow his entrepreneurial spirit due to personal reasons Bruce began to focus on his illustration business that he had started in 2003 on a part time basis. He now specializes in illustrating for the public, trade magazines, and corporate clients within the trucking industry. His personal work is based upon his messages of leadership that he speaks about today on his podcast. In 2009 Bruce decided he wanted to share the many leadership values he had experienced throughout his career as a truck driver and launched his consulting business for the transportation industry.

Bruce has developed programs for new owner operators helping create successful businesses and shows the same dedication to his clients as he does to his own projects. He was awarded the Road Today Trucking Ambassador of the Year Award for his extraordinary service and dedication to the trucking industry in 2011. He is a regular columnist with trade magazines in the transportation industry and is regularly followed on his own blogs, industry publications and newsletters as a guest author. He has released a number of books for the transportation industry including Driven to Drive, Running By The Mile, and the Hammer Down Cartoon Series. You can learn more about Bruce on his website at www.bruceoutridge.com

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Effective Date: [January 26th 2026]

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