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Tag: Dick McCorkle
Channel 19
Remembering 9/11 as anniversary approaches: A truckerâs story from ground zero
This monthâs issue of Truckers News commemorates the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a look at how the trucking business has changed as a result of the disaster. The areas impacted largely include load security and driver background scrutiny, but also camaraderie, drivers looking out for one another, pay, and other factors. A [âŚ]
September 9, 2011
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Skydiving to the ark: A Channel 19 2010 âYear in Reviewâ
Itâs been a banner year for dramatic, contentious, weird and/or humorous trucking news here on the Channel 19 blog. I canât possibly predict how 2010 will be remembered years down the line, but read through the lens of this blog, well, it was nothing short of tumultuous, containing the highest of highs and the lowest [âŚ]
December 31, 2010
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âNever forgetâ: 9/11 remembered by owner-operator Dick McCorkle
Perkins Specialized leased owner-operator Dick McCorkle (pictured) was there, or at least within a few miles of there, when jet airliners were flown into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center complex on Sept. 11, 2001. Specifically, heâd just delivered to a trade show at 42nd St. and 7th Ave., near Times [âŚ]
September 10, 2010
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Driver-led health walk at MATS; video interview with O/O Dick McCorkle
At the âItâs a Teams Lifeâ blog home of expediters Bob and Linda Caffee, youâll find all manner of good information about the business of trucking, from the singular point of view of this versatile and experienced couple. But a recent item caught my attention, as it reminded me of three fairly recent conversations Iâve had with [âŚ]
March 11, 2010
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FMCSA finally listening to drivers?
On the subject of the hours of service, my entire time covering the trucking industry has been to the ever-more-visible backdrop curtain of calls (to really mix metaphors) to introduce some sort of flexibility into the current, rigid 14-hour window for drivers to take short sleeper berth periods and not risk losing valuable driving hours. The [âŚ]
February 9, 2010
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