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Parking
Arkansas matters, and so do the truckers
Latest media foul well apparent from this headline: âTruckers Use Walmart Parking Lot as a Truck Stop; Customers Feel Unsafeâ â actually, just one customer. . .
February 18, 2015
Business
Pushing back with positive press
âThere are as many good trucking stories as there are bad, and while there will always be bad press, it would be nice if we could get just a little more recognition of the countless dollars raised for numerous charities by the truckers.â
October 29, 2014
Channel 19
When the road leads nowhere
Hotshot hauler Jeff Ward crosses a road to nowhere; And mainstream media â helped along by the Uber ride-sharing service â works to turn âindependent contractorâ into a dirty word.
October 16, 2014
Voices
Trucking far from âunder-regulatedâ: Reactions to CNBCâs âCollision courseâ series
The CNBC series itself wondered why there is not a ânational outcryâ for more trucking regulations. As reader Dianne Vranesic put it quite simply, ââUnder-regulatedâ? Are you kidding?â
August 1, 2014
Voices
Four-wheelers, too: Highway safety should be a widely shared aim
âWhy would lawmakers discourage (for all intents and purposes) tired drivers from taking a nap/ safety break?â reader Rick Blatter asks in this opinion in response to an opinion piece in a New Jersey newspaper.
July 9, 2014
Channel 19
âPerfect stormâ for driver issues afoot?
In the words of driver Allen Smith: âwith all that has just happened in just the last 3 weeks, we have the momentum and leverage needed to encourage the FMCSA to listen intently, while everything is out on the table from all sides.â
June 28, 2014
Business
Wendy rants back
In which Wendy responds to Whoopi Golderbergâs recent trucking-related YouTube rant with one of her own. . .
June 22, 2014
Channel 19
Restart watch: Whoopi doesnât get it either
âAttention mainstream media: There are a lot of people out here who think the changes that have been proposed in draft legislation may actually, on the contrary, âstrengthen safety rules,'â contrary to what NYT editorial board thinks is going on in Congress.
June 17, 2014
Channel 19
âRestartâ hits the mainstream; rhyming couplets for the road
As with Anne Ferroâs now-infamous blog post about the Congressional efforts relative to the restart, NPRâs report on hours makes it sound like an attack on the entire rule is at issue.
June 14, 2014
Business
Why the general public should also know what âbarratryâ means
A full-page ad in Maxim magazine equating truckers with serial killers spawns an effort to get the magazines removed from retail outlets. A little kudos goes to some truck stops whoâve joined the effort.
June 4, 2014
Business
Attention seeking at its finest
Wendy responds to an editorial in the news recently that heaped scorn on truckers and the industry.
January 31, 2014
Business
Truck haters and Mother freakinâ Nature
âJust another day in trucking. A crappy one. But thatâs OK because it still beats night shift at a nursing home, and we both woke up breathing again. So thereâs that.â
January 29, 2014
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