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There’s a lizard in the truck
Teams: What have you learned about yourself from your on-the-truck partners? As for Wendy — that she talks about monsters while sleeping, hums while eating and … “Sometimes, learning things about yourself on the road is hard.”
November 4, 2016
“Hey, guess what! Wendy talks in her sleep.”
Life
North Carolina driver named Highway Angel for helping elderly man after rollover accident
Debehnke crawled into the van through the sliding door on the passenger side, checked the driver’s vitals and loosened the seat belt to relieve the pressure on the man’s shoulder.
November 2, 2016
Carl Debehnke (Photo: TCA)
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Truck stop offering drivers free turkey dinner on Thanksgiving
Boise Stage Stop says it hosts a Driver Appreciation Day every year on Thanksgiving Day as a “thank you” to truckers.
November 2, 2016
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Business
Certified air, finale
A Half-Chip’s remnants of humanity revealed. There’s hope yet for trucker LaRonda and her human and animal brethren beyond Certified Air …
November 1, 2016
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Business
Certified air, part 2
Part 2 in Wendy Parker’s annual Halloween fiction sees the zombie apocalypse’s version of a scale house visited upon LaRonda Pettibone and her tractor, business and life … and the zombie at the wheel, of course.
October 31, 2016
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Channel 19
Of personal bests, the St. Christopher fund and truckin’, writin’ and runnin’
The competitive spirit of the Truckin’ Runners Virtual 5K, benefiting the St. Christopher fund, yields a personal best, and an update: To date, the “Truckers Fund” has “given out more than $1.4 million on behalf of 1,653 drivers” in medical dire straits, for more than just medical expenses, too.
October 28, 2016
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Two winners with attitude
A 1972 needle-nose Pete and Overdrive’s Most Beautiful
October 28, 2016
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Certified air, part 1
Wendy’s annual Halloween fiction begins. LaRonda finds a Zombie codriver: “Enforcement chow kept them from decomposing any further, and she’d found Dash pretty fresh. He was wandering aimlessly at the Last Stand Fuel Stop in the Peterbilt show truck graveyard. …”
October 28, 2016
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Business
‘Be prepared to stop’: Documentary on need for U.S. infrastructure investment centers on trucking
On Nov. 10, the “Be prepared to stop” documentary film about deteriorating interstate highways and the truckers who spent large portions of their lives on them will be unveiled in St. Paul, Minn. Find details about the film, and how to attend the screening, here.
October 27, 2016
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Business
‘WB 70 shoulder: An expressway of one’s own’ — from the dashcam of Colin Young
Colin Young was westbound on I-70 “coming down Floyd Hill in Colorado.” Traffic was creeping along, and a pickup-truck driver decided to take matters into his own hands, safety be … well, you know.
October 27, 2016
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Channel 19
Thursday roundup: Chiropractors and sleep apnea tests, Rhode Island throws parking bone to truckers
Road report from owner-operator Joe Bielucki on a recently-reopened Rhode Island truck rest area on I-95, and a view on the Medical Review Board’s recent apnea screening/testing recommendation: Should chiropractors be able to order retesting?
October 27, 2016
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Voices
Truckers with high BMI would be forced into apnea screening under FMCSA committee recommendations, drivers respond
The committees recommend FMCSA require certain truckers to be screened for sleep apnea based on their BMI and other risk factors. Truckers with a BMI of 33 or higher would also be subject to screening if they meet three other qualifiers, a list that includes being male and being older than 42 — a large demographic among truckers.
October 26, 2016
A trucker being treated for obstructive sleep apnea with a CPAP machine.
Business
Things that aren’t funny
“This week, a member of our trucking family, John Duggins, got the news no one wants to get when they’re a thousand miles from home. His wife was in bad shape in the hospital, and before John made it home, Deborah passed. Our thoughts are with him.”
October 26, 2016
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Voices
Dashcam to the rescue: Trucker assists law enforcement twice — in two days — with video evidence
Two days, two near-fatalities with plenty of motorist impatience at fault caught on the dashcam of independent owner-operator Howard Salmon. In both incidents, Salmon provided a principle piece of evidence to local law enforcement in Sarasota and Palmetto, Fla.
October 25, 2016
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Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Paul Marhoefer’s ‘Old Black Epiphone’ record — stories behind the songs
Moeller Trucking driver and songwriter Paul Marhoefer’s master stroke on the new “Old Black Epiphone” record — sample songs and the stories behind them via this latest Overdrive Radio podcast interview.
October 24, 2016
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Business
Sleep apnea guidelines quiz: Find out if you would be referred for apnea testing
If you didn’t take this quiz/survey prior to Overdrive’s recent reporting on results relative to the Medical Review Board’s draft sleep apnea screening protocol, answer the questions to find out whether or not you would be screened for testing if the protocol was in place.
October 24, 2016
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Business
Trucking, professional wrestling, and music
David Nelson has a love for all three. The past pro wrestler as Dave “Thunder” Nelson and small fleet owner-operator has now launched festival that combines wrestling and music in the West Virginia Weekend in the Countryshow set for summer 2017.
October 24, 2016
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Business
Let’s go truckin’
“Who wouldn’t want to hit the wide open road for a few weeks? All the freedom and glamor, not to mention making tons of money while traveling. But first, you gotta get legal … Just make sure you’ve got enough left over to pay the lumpers.”
October 21, 2016
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