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. bill homans
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Colorful codriver, trucking blues, health care reform and more in this month’s Truckers News
May 24, 2010
If you've missed the May edition of Truckers News on the racks out at the truckstops this month (I know copies in the more popular stops tend to go quickly), ...
Watermelon Slim’s on-the-road ‘Escape From the Chicken Coop’
March 8, 2010
Clarksdale, Miss., resident, longtime Oklahoman and North Carolina-reared blues musicmaker Bill "Watermelon Slim" Homans plays a mean slide guitar. And "I was an above-average harp player," he says of his early years making ...
Watermelon Slim performs the blues
March 8, 2010
Former trucker Bill Homans performed in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Watermelon Slim – on the road again with a killer sound
March 7, 2010
It’s not every day that we trucking editors get a private lunchtime concert, but such was the case Friday here at the offices of Overdrive and Truckers News. Former trucker ...
