FMCSA group eyes sleep apnea regs
One recommendation would require all drivers with a body mass index measurement of 35 or higher to be tested for sleep apnea.02.07.12
| Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks were using the same brake component that affected production of Navistar and Volvo Group trucks. 02.07.12
| The reopened lane of I-40 West is near the Tennessee-North Carolina border. 02.07.12
| The Peterbilt 587 SmartWay conventional tractor won in the heavy-duty division. 02.07.12
| The state is seeking to get approval for tolling under a pilot program administered by the Federal Highway Administration. advocacy
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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 ...

