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Caffeine use reduces crash risk for truck drivers, says study
A study done in New South Wales and Australia on about 1,000 truck drivers concludes that using caffeine reduces crash risk by about 63 percent.
March 28, 2013
Business
NATSO remembers Chuck Bosselman
The national truckstop organization, NATSO, honored the late Chuck Bosselman with the Hall of Fame award at its annual convention in Las Vegas. Bosselman, chairman of Bosselman Family of Companies, died in January at age 67. He was a second generation business owner. His father Fred opened the first Bosselman truckstop in 1948. Today, the [ā¦]
February 21, 2012
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Editor's Journal
Organization enlists truckers to help stop human trafficking.
November 1, 2011
Channel 19
A trucking ambassador: Interviewing āTruck Stop Missouriā star Joe Bechtold
The Truck Stop Missouri series on the Travel Channel has been running for a couple of months now, featuring the goings on in and around the 12 business that make up the Midway Travel Plaza between St. Louis and Kansas City in Missouri, I-70 exit 121. Midway General Manager Joe Bechtold (pictured) has seen his [ā¦]
October 5, 2011
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Truck stop app expands to Androids
Truck Stop Coupons has been introduced on the Android platform by Randall-Reilly Business Media and Information, publisher of Truckers News.
October 1, 2011
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Long-haul literary: Former owner-operatorās memoir of the life
Marc Mayfield (pictured) didnāt set out to write a book when, after a lot of college ā āsome of it was wasted time,ā he says ā and several less-than-successful, half-hearted career choices, he jumped into a job choice heād long ago entertained as a possibility. āI really enjoyed driving big trucks,ā he says, which is [ā¦]
August 20, 2011
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Smart Driving
Truckers use intuition, methodical practice to confront or avoid close spaces.
July 1, 2011
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New website aggregates links to free stuff
Ever wonder how you might get free coffee at McDonaldās, Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts?Ā Free Trucker Stuff, launched in May as a portal into free services useful to the American long-hauler, has the answer. Created by a truck stop manager to benefit drivers, the site aggregates various truck stop freebies, industry information, free entertainment and productivity [ā¦]
May 31, 2011
Channel 19
Channel 19 Monday: Fallen log hauler gets send-off; Court to Tiger Truckstop: āSet Tony freeā
Last ride for Maine log hauler āMackie,ā R.I.P. The Central Maine Morning-Sentinel news site reported late last week on the Skowhegan memorial-service convoy that was reportedly āone last rideā for area log-hauler Maxell C. āMackieā Moore. Around 20 trucks joined the ride, including Mackieās own, piloted by Tim Clements, best friend to Mooreās youngest son, [ā¦]
May 9, 2011
Channel 19
Freight on your smartphone: TransCore app on the way
Coming in just a couple weeks is the My DAT Truck Stop app (pictured) from freight matching service provider TransCore, operator of the oldest load-board service out there in the DAT boards. My DAT will be initially released for Android phones, providingĀ drivers and owner-operators up to 25 nearby loads per search from Transcoreās DAT network, [ā¦]
April 26, 2011
Channel 19
Truckster app āby and for driversā
From the Maine Morning Sentinel newspaper comes news of the former hauler, 42-year-old Leigh Gagnon, who created and launched in 2009 the Truckster app for the iPhone and Android phones. Available for $3.99 in the Android market and iTune App Store, the multifunction app provides a searchable platform to the majority of truckstops the nation [ā¦]
April 19, 2011
Channel 19
TA Petro: āFor drivers by designā
Last week when I wrote about my brief meet-up with expediters Phil and Diane Madsen, I mentioned the pairās assessment of updated showers at TravelCenters of American locations systemwide, with particularly high marks for the La Vergne, Tenn., location where we met. As I noted in that post, the improvements were begun last year, as [ā¦]
April 18, 2011
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