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Channel 19

News flash: Owner-operator likes electronic logs

Jeffersonville, Ind.-based owner-operator Perry Famularo says he “was one of those guys who said, ‘If you make me go to electronic logs, I’m out of here.’” Leased to Dart Transit, though, he was presented with the opportunity a couple years ago to try out one of the PeopleNet eLogs units the mostly owner-operator carrier was beginning to test and offer its […]

July 16, 2010

Business

Freight index drops

Freight TSI has risen 4.4 percent from June 2009 through May, after declining 15.3 percent in the previous 10 months.

July 15, 2010

Channel 19

Former trucker walloped by ‘double rainbow’

It was probably only a matter of time before a driver produced one of those viral videos that tickles the funny bones of million of users worldwide — Paul Vasquez, described as a “former trucker” (according the Vasquez interview in the Merced Sun Star, he drove until about 2004, when his weight forced him off […]

July 15, 2010

Channel 19

SuperShowRigs.com documents truck show stars — the rigs

If you missed it, get over to Overdrive sister magazine Custom Rigs‘ website for John Riccio’s story about the recent Transport for Christ Truck Rally at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center in Lebanon, Pa., which “has rocked Lebanon for the past 29 years,” Riccio wrote, himself the proprietor over at SuperShowRigs.com, a veritable treasure of […]

July 13, 2010

Business

Diesel prices drop again

The national average retail price of a gallon of diesel dropped for a third straight week.

July 13, 2010

Channel 19

‘No Parking’ — another day in the trucking headlines

As the folks with AsktheTrucker.com report a soon-to-be-released musical paean to the truck parking legislation known as Jason’s Law, there are at least two new blows to truck parking availability worldwide: The first comes from Arnold, Mo., where state rep and former truck driver Tim Meadows was on record supporting an aggressive local ban on truck […]

July 12, 2010

Business

Hours rule proposal advanced

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sent its proposed hours-of-service rule to the Secretary of Transportation.

July 12, 2010

Business

Transportation guide offered

State Transporation Statistics consists of 112 tables of state data on infrastructure, safety and freight transportation.

July 12, 2010

Business

Jacksonville project started

State Road 9B project has been stalled since the mid-1970s.

July 12, 2010

Business

Report: Class 8 production projected to increase 26%

ACT projects full-year production of Class 8 vehicles will be up 26 percent compared to 2009.

July 12, 2010

Business

Federal agency to discuss medical issues

The first of two stops will be from 8-11 a.m. July 21 at the Pilot Flying J Travel Plaza in Indianapolis.

July 9, 2010

Business

Report: Transport funds needed

The report warned of highway gridlock and a shortage of train trackage in the future.

July 9, 2010