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Life: Page 210

Channel 19
‘Restart’ hits the mainstream; rhyming couplets for the road
As with Anne Ferro’s now-infamous blog post about the Congressional efforts relative to the restart, NPR’s report on hours makes it sound like an attack on the entire rule is at issue.
June 14, 2014
Ferro resignation poll capture
Life
Checking in with Alex Debogorski: Ice Road Truckers season 8 premieres this summer
Season 9 of the History Channel’s Ice Road Truckers franchise will debut this summer; Overdrive’s exclusive interview with Alex Debogorski here.
June 13, 2014
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Business
Following the three-legged cricket
“I’m going to leave this one where it belongs, which is probably in the darkest corners of the internet. It’s one story I won’t be researching, based solely on gut reaction…”
June 13, 2014
Field-Cricket
Channel 19
Trainer James on trucking: ‘It’s a hard life’
The latest in YTTrucking.com’s Tex Crowley’s Life of a Trucker video series.
June 12, 2014
On a “vacation from hell” in Galveston, Texas, “I saw this truck parked at the beach,” notes the YTTrucking Facebook page administrator, “and thought to myself, ‘this is what it’s all about.’ Being able to drive and deliver to coastal locations and take 10 hours to check out the beach is the best.”
Business
Finalist Anna Sosnina: ‘Respect everyone. There is no room for an attitude’
Sosnina never planned to be a truck driver; she saw an ad for trucking driving school, enrolled in it and loved it.
June 12, 2014
Anna Sosnina crop
Business
It finally happened
Wendy on the recent accident in North Carolina, where she and George were rear-ended: “I keep telling him only one wreck in driving (all kinds of vehicles) for 29 years is a fine run.”
June 11, 2014
The Accident
Voices
Reader: Truck drivers essential to American way of life
This letter and salute to the American driver came in from Elberta Bocock, administrator of a Facebook page that is itself something of a salute.
June 11, 2014
trucks on highway
Business
Driver braves 14-degree temps to help family in bad crash
Robert Sutton, a driver out of Meridian, Idaho, has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association after he came to the aid of a family of four that had been involved in a crash on an icy road.
June 10, 2014
Robert Sutton
Business
Finalist Michele Pruitt: ‘I think beauty is within’
Pruitt is a self-described “country girl.” She’s usually found wearing her boots, hats and jeans.
June 9, 2014
Pruitt, Michele crop
Business
Eating my way South
What happens after a night of boiled peanuts, hush puppies and crab legs drenched in butter — when you’re supposed to be on a weight-loss program…
June 8, 2014
Boiled peanuts and crab legs on the same night?! You shall suffer the wrath!
Channel 19
Flying OTR with owner-operator Joe Czmiel
Introducing owner-operator Joe Czmiel’s FlyOTR.com, offering 12-by-18-inch flags meant to fly from the lock bars on van doors.
June 6, 2014
Find pre-designed items, including U.S. and state flags among others, via the FlyOTR.com store page.
Business
Finalist Kimberly Myers: ‘I am always looking for new challenges’
Myers says she came into trucking later in life, and she is proud of herself and who she has become.
June 6, 2014
Myers, Kimberly crop
Business
Who says truckers can’t agree?
In the wake of the scandal over the Maxim ad, Wendy says, “let congress know how much of a target the trucking industry will be if the insurance minimums are raised from $750,000 to $4 million,” as some have proposed.
June 6, 2014
OOIDA’s “Fighting for Truckers” website includes this linked form facilitating drivers’ letters to their Congressional reps over the issue of a proposed insurance-minimum hike for carriers.
Business
Truck stop chains pull Maxims with truck ‘serial killer’ ad, TCA encouraging responses
Maxim continued to take heat from the trucking industry over an ad in its current issue that features a truck with the words ‘Serial Killer’ above it. Maxim has apologized and is giving free ad space for a pro-trucking ad.
June 5, 2014
Serial Killer
Channel 19
Trucking through the contestants: Trucker Talent Search
Here find a handy way to stream the lot of our Trucker Talent Search contestants’ entries consecutively.
June 5, 2014
Vote now for your favorite among competitors in the Truck Talent Search via this link.
Business
Why the general public should also know what ‘barratry’ means
A full-page ad in Maxim magazine equating truckers with serial killers spawns an effort to get the magazines removed from retail outlets. A little kudos goes to some truck stops who’ve joined the effort.
June 4, 2014
Serial Killer
Business
The Highway 69 blues
In Oklahoma, “enjoy the view, if you can concentrate after having your brain slammed around in your cranium.”
June 4, 2014
Lake Eufaula, Okla.
Business
OOIDA, Western Star ‘Spirit of American Trucker’ tour hits the road
After building a truck from the ground up through fan votes, the Western Star “Design Our Star” show truck is now on the road, pulling the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association “Spirit of the American Trucker” tour trailer to truck shows, conferences and truck stops throughout the United States, Daimler announced this week.  The truck is being […]
June 4, 2014
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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.
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