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Sleep apnea: Problems with one-year medical certification
The Medical Review Boardâs preliminary apnea recommendations would enshrine a practice thatâs increasingly common with truckers being treated successfully for sleep apnea: a one-year medical certification.
October 20, 2016
Custom Rigs
âBlack Outâ veterans-tribute Freightliner owner Chuck Timbrook bounces back from heart surgery
W.Va. owner-operator Timbrookâs off his regular run for the next six-seven months, but it wonât keep him from making good on the Christmas-season parade schedule heâd planned with his increasingly popular working truck.
October 20, 2016
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Business
Debatable accuracy of hard-fast sleep-apnea screening protocol
Overdrive research suggests that false-positive and -negative screening for apnea has been the case for more than a third of readers whoâve experienced the screening.
October 19, 2016
Business
Navigating the intricate levels of trucking BS
There are several distinct levels. âAll can be somewhat entertaining, but the gold standard club membership is running with (or behind) a pack of crusty old Nebraska livestock haulers, swapping CB stories in the middle of the night.â
October 19, 2016
Business
Apneaâs wakeup call: Survey results show growing testing incidence, potential impacts of new protocol
A new Overdrive analysis suggests at least one in four owner-operators would be screened for sleep apnea testing under proposed guidelines.
October 18, 2016
Voices
Thomas Ivie presents âFlying Tire Incidentâ
âI was driving in Kansas City, Mo., when the wheel and tire of a car ahead of me came off. It rolled into the left lanes and out of my sight. ⌠All of a sudden, the tire was in the air, heading straight for me. âŚâ
October 17, 2016
Business
Only those with voices in their head need apply
Consider the internal conversation one may have while doing a little internet research on trucking. âAfter three hours of Googling, I still donât know if I want to be a trucker.â
October 17, 2016
Business
Truckers for Truckers and TruckersFinalMile.org unite
Truckers for Truckers, founded by Michael Suson as a mental health support group, is getting a head start on nonprofit status with the new partnership with Truckers Final Mile.
October 14, 2016
Business
Court rules overweight truckers can be ordered for sleep apnea screening by carrier
A federal court has ruled that Crete Carrier Corp. is within its legal boundaries to require truckers at the company to be tested for sleep apnea if their body mass index is greater than 35.
October 14, 2016
Business
Truckers asked to participate in ATRI survey on medical examiners
ATRI asks drivers in the survey about information regarding average length of haul, time with a CDL, any chronic conditions diagnosed by a physician or clinic, where the driver obtained his or her medical certificate and more about the medical exam process.
October 13, 2016
Business
Peach State Freightliner gives big in cancer-benefit 5K
Peach State Freightliner, the Winship Cancer Instituteâs annual Atlanta 5Kâs Hope Sponsor, brought out more 50 employees and partners who participated in the race, a record number for the company.
October 13, 2016
Business
Mortality is no longer a lawful option
âWe as a Nation are safe and we must strive to be safer. In order to prove how safe we are, we are introducing legislation that makes dying a federal offense, punishable by a frownie face on your CIA dossier and up to ten years in the pen.â
October 12, 2016
Business
Sharing the road: Ariz. funding education for teens around trucks
The Arizona Transportation Education Foundation announced the completion of a grant from the Governorâs Office of Highway Safety for its mission to advocate through its âShare the Roadâ and âTeens and Trucksâ programs.
October 11, 2016
Business
Notes on parking lot pet etiquette
âPlease be cautious and respectful enough to ask if you can pet the baby monkey before you run up on the poor thing and put your big human hands all over it. No wonder people get bit. Iâd bite you, too, if I was on a chain, couldnât get away and you tried to pet me. Just ask George.â
October 10, 2016
Business
Weaver of tales, some of them true
Anybody familiar with an olâ boy running out of Arkansas, name of Bill Weaver? Heâs usually got a guitar with him, and last I saw him, he was hauling Ranger boats with a Freightliner cabover, in and out of Flippin, Arkansas.
October 7, 2016
Voices
âSlow Downâ: More near misses caught on dashcam
A video compilation of near misses from the truck drivers field of view, from the folks at the âReal American Truckerâ Facebook page.
October 6, 2016
Business
If you canât say something nice, come sit beside me
âApparently the people designing these autonomous vehicles and proselytizing their imminent takeover of the world have never been on an American highway, inside a big truck outside of a parking lot, or used brain power for anything other than putting the wagon before the wheel.â
October 5, 2016
Custom Rigs
Behind the âStars, Stripes and White Linesâ music video shoot
Run through some of the scenes last week Sunday, September 25, out at the Joplin, Mo., Petro, where one special convoy was staged for what is a special song from trucker/singer-songwriter Tony Justice. And meet many of the 14 drivers, many military veterans, who participated.
October 5, 2016
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