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Caffeine use reduces crash risk for truck drivers, says study
A study done in New South Wales and Australia on about 1,000 truck drivers concludes that using caffeine reduces crash risk by about 63 percent.
March 28, 2013
Voices
Coffee, costs, photos, repairing CSA: Reader roundup
Rounding up reader views both serious and whimsical as 2013 heats up ā or cools down, as the case may be.
January 4, 2013
Channel 19
Chatting with Aaron Tippin at Uncle Peteās
I bet you I-40 regulars know Uncle Peteās ā formerly Tennessee 40 ā at 1210 Sparta Pike in Lebanon, Tenn., at I-40. It might well give any stop east of the Mississippi a run for the money for the āmost distinctiveā honor. Adorning its walls is a collection of more than ā4,875 coffee cups,ā says [ā¦]
May 15, 2012
Channel 19
Owner-operatorsā road trip guide from Atlas
Atlas Van Linesā King of the Road operator survey, conducted earlier this year, garnered close to a couple hundred responses to questions running the gamut of operational details and preferences for various businesses delivering services to drivers the nation over. Favorite coffee? Dunkin Donuts. Best fast food? Subway. Biggest difficulty on the road? Eating right, [ā¦]
April 10, 2012
Channel 19
Truckstops = Coffeehouses with copious rig parking?
A new index tracking sales of goods and services at highway truckstops, the McLane-NATSO quarterly index, recently tracked an interesting rise in the sale of hot beverages like coffees, cappucinos and teas at truckstops. That category of sales jumped 34 percent in 2010 compared to the previous year, suggesting to me at least a little [ā¦]
March 2, 2011
Channel 19
āAmerican Truckerā rebroadcasts; my interview with the host
If you missed the debut episodes of the āAmerican Truckerā series last Thursday on the Speed Channel, itās being rebroadcast tonight at 8 and 11 p.m. ET, and 8 a.m. tomorrow. The next new episodes follow on Thursday, with āBandit and the Snowmanā and āRobb and the Bear,ā the latter likely to include sneak-peek material [ā¦]
March 1, 2011
Channel 19
A coffee for St. Christopher
What says trucking more than a good cup of coffee? Though I havenāt done much coffee-related reporting since the March 2008 Truckers News story probing haulersā coffee preferences, I suspect that with the turmoil weāve all seen in the economy since that time, the 16 percent of drivers reporting they made their own brew on [ā¦]
October 4, 2010
Channel 19
Best coffee on the road?
The Knoxville News-Sentinel newspaper reports that Pilot Travel Centers is launching several new marketing campaigns in our new year, including not only a new Facebook fan page but an extension of the one suggested by the image included here. As News-Sentinel reporters put it, āThe companyās fleet of 325 tanker trucks now display the message āBest Coffee on the Interstateā on the back panel of their trailers, a nod to recent recognition from the readers of Truckers News magazine.ā
January 4, 2010
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