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Where do the trucks sleep at night?
âWhere Do Diggers Sleep at Night?â is the first childrenâs book by Brianna Caplan Sayres.
August 13, 2012
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Photo: Face of a longtime driver damaged by sunlight
A stunning photo from the New England Journal of Medicine shows the damaging effects of ultraviolet sunlight on the left side of a 69-year-old longtime truck driverâs face.
June 5, 2012
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Sleep apnea reg recommendations: Comments closed?
If youâve missed the news as yet, the recommendations put forward by the joint meeting of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee and Medical Review Board to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on sleep apnea entered a 30-day comment period late last week. Or did they? The agency sent out updates to various media [âŚ]
April 24, 2012
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Operators pitch in to foil suicide attempt, take two
It was truckers to the rescue again Monday in Minneapolis as a suicidal man stood poised to jump, hanging onto nothing more than the outside of a chain-link fence at the edge of a 25-foot-high bridge over I-94. A trooper on the scene, Carl Hoffman, took a page from the Tuscaloosa, Ala., policeâs handbook and [âŚ]
April 18, 2012
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The debate over fighting broker fraud
The high-profile case of fraudulent broker Kulwant Singh Gill, who last week was sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution to his carrier victims, has owner-operators and industry watchers debating just how to solve the problem of fraud in transportation for once and all. A big part of that debate is [âŚ]
April 12, 2012
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Go Guy âpocket urinalâ pitchman âGo Cousin Vinnyâ
âAs spring approaches,â runs the latest press release from the makers of the Go Guy pocket urinal (motto: âWhen there is nowhere to go, go where you areâ), âmore truckers will be heading out onto the open road to haul their wares from state to stateâ â a pretty blanket statement, but likely valid considering [âŚ]
February 26, 2012
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Divine intervention at its best: A truck accident in Guam
What happens when a loaded straight dump loses its brakes on a downhill run and collides head-on with a tanker truck loaded with jet fuel? Not what you might expect. Reporter Brett Kelman, writing in the Pacific Daily News, reports that Guam Governor Eddie Calvo (pictured) was proclaiming the relatively ho-hum aftermath, with mostly minor [âŚ]
January 23, 2012
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Kicking the habit: Why a blanket cell-phone ban wonât work
As if hearing the plethora of truck driversâ objections to the prohibitions on handheld cell use in-cab while driving, minus any similar prohibition for the motoring public and given the wide problem of motorist distraction on the highways, the National Transportation Safety Board formally recommended that all personal electronic devices be banned from use while [âŚ]
December 15, 2011
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About truckinâ time: Tony Justice record in stores Dec. 6
âItâs about truckinâ time,â says Tony Justice, East Tennessee-based B&B Transport driver and the songwriter behind the upcoming âOn the Roadâ album (I wrote about it last month here). Itâs due out in all Pilot Flying J stores Dec. 6. Itâs a trucking album by a trucker and for truckers, Justice notes, and stay tuned on [âŚ]
November 26, 2011
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Two calls this week highlight driver advocacy efforts in D.C.
Scott Grenerth with Trucking Solutions Group today Those of you whoâve read this blog with any regularity are probably well familiar with Fikes-leased owner-operator Scott Grenerth (pictured with a new custom-designed bike at the Great American Trucking Show this past August â Grenerth is also coproprietor of the rideandroll.me site cataloging biking trails in proximity [âŚ]
November 2, 2011
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