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National ‘smart truck parking’ system in the works, will show real-time parking info
A system that will use road signs, smartphone apps, websites and in-cab messaging to allow drivers to find parking availability in real-time took a step toward nationwide deployment this week, according to the groups producing it.
September 11, 2014
Parking
Petition circulated on “right to carry” for driver self-defense
A new “right to carry” petition is being circulated by SBTC’s James Lamb. It’s collecting signatures in an attempt to demonstrate that there’s support for easing many interstate drivers’ ability to legally travel with firearms.
August 28, 2014
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Parking
Leave before you really have to go
“We were lucky to get the spot we did — it was relatively safe and at least had the benefit of lighting from inside the gates we were parked outside of. It did not, however, include toilet facilities.”
July 30, 2014
Parking
Trucking parking bans instituted in Washington state
Washington’s Pierce County just became the state’s second county this month to bar truck parking on residential streets in unincorporated areas. Truckers told commissioners, however, the ordinance does not consider the difficulty balancing HOS restrictions, insufficient parking and travel time between truck stops.
July 18, 2014
Channel 19
Engagement on parking safety, availability in the wake of driver’s murder
Catch a replay of a discussion spearheaded by Allen and Donna Smith Wed., July 16, with Hope Rivenburg and owner-operator Michael Boeglin’s widow, Ashley Boeglin, and father-in-law, former driver David Clark.
July 17, 2014
Parking
Murdered trucker’s family engages with drivers
David Clark will be among guests on the Truth About Trucking Live online radio program at 6 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 15.
July 15, 2014
Parking
Trucker found shot in truck in Detroit, rig burned
A truck driver was found in Detroit June 27 shot to death inside his truck, which had been set on fire, according to multiple news reports from local news stations.
July 7, 2014
Parking
Some people think driving in America is just ‘fantastic’
Meet former European haulers Martin Cassidy and Veronika Lengvarska in this profile of sorts by George & Wendy Show writer Wendy Parker.
June 16, 2014
Overdrive Extra
Forgetting a parking place and other highway goofups
If you’ve forgotten where your truck is parked, you’ve got something in common with most four-wheelers.
May 13, 2014
Custom Rigs
Rod Hannifey’s Australian ‘Industry Vehicle’
Australian owner-operator Rod Hannifey and his Kenworth K200 cabover and double curtainside flats run the roads down under hauling freight and promoting share-the-road-type initiatives as well as driver-advocacy over parking and other issues there.
May 12, 2014
Parking
Parking shortage: DOT looking for driver feedback
The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration wants to hear from drivers about the challenges they face in finding parking and when and where shortages occur.
April 24, 2014
Parking
Sometimes the delays are lifesavers
Near-disaster averted by the highway in Arkansas — and the Motel 6.5: “It’s a real place, with a hand-painted sign, swear it.”…
April 18, 2014
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Jason’s Law: Five years after the passing of its namesake
In conversation with Overdrive’s Wendy Parker, Hope Rivenburg, marking the fifth anniversary of the death of her husband, for whom the Jason’s Law truck parking legislation is named, stresses the need for drivers to continue to press their legislators on areas where truck parking is sorely lacking and/or unsafe.
March 18, 2014
Parking
Say it, don’t spray it
Confrontation in a truck stop parking lot yields this from George: “You can’t just scream at people, babe. I don’t like it either, but you never know when you’re going to run up on crazy.”
March 9, 2014
Parking
FLSA reform, parking, detention: MCSAC prioritizes reauthorization recommendations
Reforming employee-driver compensation by removing the FLSA overtime exemption was among top recommendations, likewise expanding truck-parking availability, sleep apnea, further New Entrant attention and more.
February 11, 2014
Channel 19
Reader: Parking enforcement in La Porte, Texas, gets tough
Clark Freight Lines Safety Director (and La Porte police officer) Jeffrey Tippit on city’s move to get tough enforcing a no-parking ordinance extending to retail parking lots.
January 28, 2014
Parking
Circle, circle, dot dot dot….
In which Wendy proposes a research project, and “someone’s sister-in-law needed a job, so they created the ‘Fund for Dumb Stuff’… Progress, people, progress.”
January 8, 2014
Parking
Added bonus at the W.Va. Tamarack
In 1996, Tamarack was opened by the West Virginia Parkways Authority at the Beckley Service Plaza on I-64 as an economic development project.
December 27, 2013
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