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Kenny Capell’s obstruction of justice case at the scale house, in his own words

Capell hopes it becomes common practice in law enforcement to better respect the job trucking professionals do by refraining from waking sleeping codrivers absent reasonable suspicion.

March 23, 2015

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Health haps at MATS include walk, cook-in-the-truck summit

The two key driver-led health events — a 1.5-mile walk followed by the new Cooking in the Truck Summit — are in the offing Thursday evening, March 26, at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.

March 23, 2015

Road Tested Living founder and driver Tom Kyrk, hard at work on a recipe challenge during a September 2014 stop of the Rolling Strong Driver Wellness Tour at the Petro in Carlisle, Pa. “The recipe I was cooking,” Kyrk says, “was based on a challenge given to me to make a meal with ingredients found solely in a truck stop. It was a beef-jerky stir fry, with veggies from the salad bar.”

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Ready, set … Go to MATS!

Sometimes, beauty is hard…. Things get weird as Wendy coordinates the outfits for her son’s senior pictures, likewise her own for MATS.

March 23, 2015

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Podcast: A look back at Watermelon Slim’s trucking blues live in Nashville, Tuscaloosa

Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans in 2010, upon release of his “Escape from the Chicken Coop” record of trucking blues, playing his solo slide at Carol Ann’s in Nashville and at Overdrive HQ in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

March 21, 2015

Watermelon Slim, live in Nashville

Prime driver gives life to save co-driver, cousin

TCA recently named Boyd Miles, a former drive for Prime Inc., a TCA Highway Angel after he rescued his cousin from being hit by an oncoming car. Tragically, however, Miles died in the rescue attempt.

March 20, 2015

It’s the little things, like Google

Not rocket science: Allow small things to go faster than large things… they’ll explode into stardust when they hit the large things.

March 20, 2015

Danny can drive it

Meet Auto DriveAway contract driver Danny Murdock and several of the specially-equipped vocational trucks that are his rolling freight.

March 19, 2015

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‘Cheap diesel’ makes my eye twitch

“I think the FMCSA should implement a rule that says if anyone uses the argument that ‘diesel is cheap'” to justify low rates “they are rendered a swift and brutal throat punch.”

March 18, 2015

Learning the support ropes: D’Ann Shapiro-Landman

How Shapiro-Landman transitioned to “glove-box office” manager for her husband’s soon-to-be-minted owner-operator business after a law enforcement career.

March 17, 2015

Shapiro-Landman and her husband, Randy, on well-deserved R&R.

The devil on wheels: Doc film in the making about classic ‘Duel’ flick

VIDEO: Steven Spielberg’s first success, Duel, will get documentary treatment by a crew of Great Britain-based filmmakers if funding campaign is successful. More on a British Duel-truck replica Pete 281/tank combo here.

March 17, 2015

JRBM fund looking for MATS auction items toward philanthropic ends

JRBM Fund’s auction will be held on Saturday, March 28, at MATS in booth #72105. The org reports “we really welcome and need more items to make this year’s auction even more successful” than it already has been in planning.

March 16, 2015

JRBM Fund banner

Jeff Clark is a good egg

Dust-up over an eating contest at MATS and the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ prototypical driver yields insights: “I’m not a troublemaker, I’m a concerned citizen. Most of the time.”

March 15, 2015

Double Coin bringing ‘Ice Road Truckers’ star to MATS

Double Coin and CMA, a tire manufacturer and marketer, announced a celebrity appearance by Alex Debogorski of History Channel’s “Ice Road Truckers” at this year’s Mid-America Trucking Show, set for March 26-28 in Louisville, Ky. Debogorski will be signing autographs on Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27, from 2 to 5 p.m., and Saturday, […]

March 13, 2015

CDC: Hundreds of truckers die annually from not wearing seatbelt

33 percent of truckers who died in 2012 crashes had skipped seat belts, but up to 40 percent would have lived if they had buckled up.

March 13, 2015

FMCSA Seat Belt Program brochure from 2008

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Podcast: Music, new advocacy project from independent Howard Salmon

The owner-operator/songwriter hear tells the story of his “Who Would They Look Up To?” track, newly being offered as a free download to encourage parents and truckers around the nation to hew to its message, and more.

March 13, 2015

Howard Salmon with guitar in-cab

I’m not crazy, just a product of the 70s

Wendy talks to a long-failing computer: “There’s a distinct possibility we’ll be having a Best Buy Intervention when we get home, and if I get arrested for talking to a vacuum cleaner, I blame Sid and Marty Crofft.”

March 13, 2015

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Keith Sampson’s Trucker Talent Search ditty

The 2014 Trucker Talent Search winner, songwriter and Landstar owner-operator encourages truckers to take part in this year’s TTS with a new song and video.

March 12, 2015

Keith Sampson performing (800x639)

Crash that shut down I-95 charged to four-wheeler; more vids from Chris Fiffie

“Every once in a while they get it right in the end,” says a reader. Also: new Rolling CB Interviews from Chris Fiffie in our updated playlist.

March 12, 2015

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FMCSA's new National Consumer Complaint Database page has nine categories of complaints to file, including one for freight brokers.

FMCSA makes it easier to call out bad brokers with National Consumer Complaint Database update

FMCSA gives its National Consumer Complaint Database whistleblower portal an "overdue tech upgrade" it's calling "a win" for truck drivers and carriers as it gets easier to report bad brokers.

Oberman Logistics owner Wes Oberman's personal truck is this Kenworth T680 -- purchased to replace a lower-fuel-mileage 2020 389 that powered his maiden voyage in trucking as an owner-operator. He's getting 10 mpg now, and providing a reliable home for leased owners has the fleet up to 11 trucks as of August.

Skin in the leased owner's game: Oberman Logistics' simple, transparent plan for expansion

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Sleeper berth: Will truckers be able to split as they see fit?

It's taken less than a decade for small fleet owner Derrick Wolfe to grow his New York-based food grade tanker-haul business from one truck to 21 company drivers, seven owner-operators and 10 non-driving employees.

Derrick Wolfe has built a 'sweet' business in New York's Finger Lakes region

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Sleeper berth: Will truckers be able to split as they see fit?

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