Protecting your vital organs

Wendy Parker | May 24, 2013

Warning: Inhalation of the product could cause respiratory distress. It has recently come to my attention that the children of today are delicate creatures made of silk and balsa wood. I came to this conclusion ...

George & Wendy Show

(Not) Making friends on the road

Wendy Parker | May 22, 2013

Big Spring, Texas, is hot and dusty. It's even hotter and dustier when you're stuck there for two days due to a diesel-exhaust-fluid-system issue. Here's a tip: just because the shop's sign and the truck ...

George & Wendy Show

Hurry up and wait or pay $500

Wendy Parker | May 19, 2013

This has been an extraordinary trip. I can't think of any other job in the world where you get to travel from the beautiful green fields of Ohio, to the incredible scenery of Utah, into ...

George & Wendy Show

Thrill-seeking, Vegas style

Wendy Parker | May 17, 2013

Something horrible happened and we got stuck in Vegas for three days. I know, right? ( Don't throw me in the briar patch, B'rer Bear!) I had never been to Vegas, and it was a ...

George & Wendy Show

The last topic safe from the PC cops

Wendy Parker | May 15, 2013

I recently wrote a very silly blog post about potholes in Oklahoma. I referenced tiny (imaginary) Mexican villages inside the potholes. Mind you, I was talking about something imaginary, and extremely silly, and meant absolutely ...

Diet

Organic or not?

Wendy Parker | May 14, 2013

Overdrive George and Wendy Show blogger Wendy Parker rides frequently with her owner-operator husband, George. This picture shows a few of the baggies of cut fruits and veggies she commonly prepares for the truck's ...

George & Wendy Show

A happy Mother’s Day to hard-nosed moms

Wendy Parker | May 13, 2013

Today is Mother's Day, and unless you were designed in an alien lab test tube, you have one. Not everyone likes, or even talks to, their Mother, but I am blessed to have one of ...

George & Wendy Show

Aggravation: Toothaches, heavy-duty toilet rolls, Costco…

Wendy Parker | May 10, 2013

I was so excited about this trip out, I spent two weeks getting ready for it. My home time is always busy, but this time was craziness. I even went to the dentist to have ...

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CSA'S DATA TRAIL

Crashes and interventions: CSA’s crash flaw

Independent owner-operators have the lowest rate of truck-involved crashes but are far more likely to be put out of service than drivers for carriers with 500 or more trucks, which have a higher crash rate.

Infographic: Owner-operators inspected four times more often than largest fleets

Wendy Parker

Wendy Parker rides with her husband, George Parker, an owner-operator who pulls dry van. She chronicles her adventures and observations as a newcomer to the trucking world at her website, thegeorgeandwendyshow.com. She has been published in Funny Times magazine, as well as the online magazines Out of the Gutter, Flash Fiction Offensive and Cracked.