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Voices

Dan Lagoon presents four-wheeler’s full 360 in ‘Black ice in Missouri’

“A car did a 360 on the freeway next to me” in January, noted Dan Lagoon in this upload to Overdrive’s Dashcam Central repository for reader-submitted vids. Follow the link below to add your own.

April 1, 2016

Business

Dad does the driving

“If you happened to see a big, burly trucker-looking guy driving a teeny tiny blue Toyota down I-75 toward Cincinnati today, be advised he isn’t really 1HotNurse. He’s a dad who loves his girl enough to drive her around in her tiny car.”

March 14, 2016

Business

Things four-wheelers believe

“I’ve written several articles about things four-wheelers don’t know about trucking and truckers, but there are some things I think they don’t know about themselves that bear to be mentioned.” …

March 11, 2016

Channel 19

‘How’s my driving’? Call-in complaints, scams and another argument for dashcams

When a motorist’s call-in complaint rises to another level entirely — to an extortion scam: “This is why I strongly believe in cameras on your tractor and trailer to prevent fake lawsuits!” says a reader.

February 16, 2016

Voices

POLL: How often do motorists call in to complain about truckers’ driving?

“How’s my driving?” Whether solicited on the truck or not, have you ever been the subject of a call-in complaint from a motorist or other trucker relative to your on-highway performance?

February 10, 2016

Business

David Stout presents ‘Car loses control in front of my 18-wheeler in Ky.’

Looks like safe speeds in wet conditions saved operator Stout from a potential collision as a four-wheeler lost traction and ended up with its headlights pointed in Stout’s direction in the lane ahead.

January 25, 2016

Business

Michael Kimball presents ‘Another impatient four-wheeler.’

A view from Kimball’s dashcam of yet another “impatient four-wheeler passing me on the shoulder in Columbia, Mo.”

January 22, 2016

Business

Anthony Johnson presents ‘Crazy four wheeler’

Trucker Anthony Johnson notes he was running southbound in New Jersey on route 55 when the “crazy four wheeler tried to get me to run into the back of them” after passing on the right.

December 15, 2015

Business

Trucking contributions to the English language

Of “bumblebunnies” and “jerkoids” and other creative four-wheeler classifications — “Screaming expletives all day gets old, even for me. There’s only so many times you can yell the word before it loses effectiveness.”

November 9, 2015

Channel 19

Surly Long-Haul Trucker spotted, and: How many ‘professional’ scare quotes can you get in a letter?

Some two-wheeled transport on the long road. And: How many 'professional' scare quotes can a four-wheeler get in a single letter?

October 26, 2015

Channel 19

‘Trucker lives matter’: Voices following tanker driver’s death in New Jersey last week

A bevy of truck drivers speak out following Dalip Kumar's death after evasive action in the New Jersey tanker crash caused by mattresses breaking loose ahead.

October 16, 2015

Voices

Pat Finley on catastrophic California accident: ‘A Monday I should have stayed in bed’

Trucker Pat Finley tells the story of an accident in California whose aftermath was video’d by a reporter: “I didn’t have a dashcam, but if I did it would have been destroyed with the brand-new 2015 Peterbilt.”…

October 8, 2015