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Channel 19
âIt just keeps happening in the Notchâ: Truckers, beware Vermont route 108
The notorious Smugglerâs Notch route continues to snare tractor-trailers blindly following GPS despite recent 20x fine increases â says a reader familiar withthe area: âAny large vehicleâ attempting the route, âespecially any tractor trailer, is doomed.â
October 30, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Presenting logs with ELDs at roadside
Running with an e-logs device is one thing. Communicating e-log data to an inspector is quite another. With five months to go, statesâ data transfer plans vary widely, and an ambitious federal program remains untested.
July 18, 2017
Channel 19
âWhen a truck was a truckâŚâ
Steve Hearneâs grandfatherâs old Ford AA âhad a hand throttle like a tractor, and another lever on the column to retard the timing for hand starting.â Hearne, who still lives on a portion of his familyâs old 120-acre farm in Vermont, remembers the unit wellâŚ
January 30, 2017
Business
Driver crashes truck while driving drunk, changing pants
The VSP report on the crash says Johnsonâs truck was traveling 63 mph when â⌠he stood up from his driverâs seat and was attempting to change his pants in the front cab. Johnson was standing up vertically between the two front cab seats while his truck was in motion.â
November 3, 2016
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