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‘Leave Tony alone’ — An owner-operator on the truck stop tiger

January 27, 2012

Animal rights advocates are a vocal bunch, as I've found out over the course of the last several years. Write word one about Tony, the tiger at the Tiger Truck ...

Tony the Truck Stop Tiger: Legal limbo

January 15, 2012

There have been so many back-and-forth motions in the battle over the fate of the Siberian/Bengal tiger, Tony (pictured), at the Tiger Truck Stop in Gross Tete, La., it would ...

Jason’s Law: Time for action is now

November 10, 2011

Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unanimously approved a two-year transportation authorization bill (S. 1813, or MAP-21) extending current funding levels and making other enhancements that could ...

Two calls this week highlight driver advocacy efforts in D.C.

November 2, 2011

Scott Grenerth with Trucking Solutions Group today Those of you who've read this blog with any regularity are probably well familiar with Fikes-leased owner-operator Scott Grenerth (pictured with a new ...

The limits of social media: More drivers needed in Washington meeting rooms

October 21, 2011

The final moments of the panel discussion between attendees and presenters during the Truck Driver Social Media Convention in Tunica, Miss., Oct. 15, brought the point of the whole enterprise ...

Jason’s Law national call-in day June 23; drivers urge action

June 16, 2011

Last year it came on the heels of calls for passage from often at-odds constituencies in the industry, and this year, drivers and other industry parties are following similar unity ...

4 State’s Bryan Martin on Joplin rebuilding efforts in All Drivers Together conference call

June 15, 2011

In a conference call last week put together by the All Drivers Together group, a collaboration of owner-operators and drivers opening up a free conference line to drivers and others ...

Making your voice heard on roads, hours

January 20, 2011

ROADS | The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), a group whose name pretty well describes it, is calling on highway users to add input to their ...

Former Arrow Trucking driver advocate Donna Creekmore needs your help

September 21, 2010

At the collapse of her employer, Arrow Trucking, just days prior to Christmas in 2009, she was there when stranded drivers the nation over needed her help getting home -- ...

Con-way Truckload driver pens ‘Semi Aware’ book for teen drivers

July 27, 2010

But it's not just for teens, Toby Bogard says. The Crossville, Tenn., resident and seven-year Con-way Truckload company driver was approached in a truckstop not so long ago by a ...
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