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Feeling the itch to get back on the road

February 3, 2012

As nice as our Florida vacation days have been, Diane and I are feeling the itch to get back on the road.

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February 1, 2012

Three compete for Owner-Operator of the Year, cross-border program lawsuits advance, turnpike rates rise, Baltimore bridge tolls rising and many more industry news items are featured.

Operator to train in CNN’s Fit Nation program this year

January 28, 2012

“I was on my way back to Texas and didn’t have a webcam," says Roadrunner Transportation Services contractor Glenn Keller about the circumstances in which he filmed what has become ...

Trucking fruit in Obama’s energy, manufacturing messages

January 25, 2012

If you missed last night's State of the Union address, the President followed in predecessors' footsteps by detailing a veritable laundry list of election-year policy initiatives with no small measure ...

Enter winter trucking photo competition, win cash

January 12, 2012

While Truckers News' monthly photo contests have gone on hiatus, the folks at job placement organization Truckers America have picked up the torch and are offering a cash incentive for ...

FMCSA’s hours rule justification includes, well, guess who…

December 29, 2011

You can imagine my surprise yesterday when, just as I'm perusing portions of the new hours rule's full text in preparation for a story or two I'm putting together for ...

A turn in the road for owner-operator R.C. Barnes

December 18, 2011

Since I shared his "Old Glory" video here on the blog, I've had the opportunity to learn more about the man behind the vid: R.C. Barnes ultimately might have more ...

Operation Roger, Susanne Spirit get some national ink

November 28, 2011

Growing for a long moment, the Operation Roger network of volunteer haulers making themselves available to connect adopted pets with new caretakers -- or to reunite lost pets with their ...

Driver action on sleep apnea, CSA, EOBRs, cross-border trucking

November 23, 2011

Regular readers will recall my post from last month following the first annual Truck Driver Social Media Convention, which spurred on driver advocate Frederick Schaffner to be a presence in ...

Heads-up: NY Times on truckers’ health

November 22, 2011

The U.S. newspaper of record, the New York Times, devoted significant ink to many truck drivers' moves toward improving their health in their Monday edition. The primary feature, by Abby ...
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