Tag: trucking: Page 58

Channel 19

Animal magnetism, or lack thereof, on the road

Sarah Nielson, writer of the “That’s What She Said” entertainment/pop culture column at In Utah This Week claimed yesterday that she was, and I quote, a “Turn On for Truckers…”, right there in the title of her post about the perceived phenomenon. (Here‘s Nielson’s bio, with picture, at her home site.)  But I imagine the men among you might […]

April 27, 2010

Business

New Mexico may close 14 rest areas

Ten of the rest stops are along Interstates 10, 25 and 40, and the rest are on U.S. highways 64, 70 and 180.

April 27, 2010

Channel 19

Captain Kirk, owner-operator

The parallels between space travel and trucking have not gone unremarked-upon in recent times — you might recall a blog post from a year and more ago I made about an online video game whose concept was cargo hauling in deep space — and considering the decades-long phenomenon that has been the Star Trek TV series and movies, it was […]

April 26, 2010

Overdrive Extra

Let us now rant over the unfairness of safety technology

You wouldn’t normally equate a person’s economic status with the safety of their vehicle, but a recent study links them. The study, appearing in the April issue of Traffic Injury Prevention, is talking about four-wheelers. However, the same principle could apply to heavy trucks’ history with anti-lock brakes and slack adjusters, or to current trends […]

April 23, 2010

Channel 19

Flex time — ATA lays down support for sleeper berth/HOS flexibility in comments to feds

The latest wrinkle in the ongoing debate over potential changes to trucking hours-of-service regulations, for which so many drivers have offered various proposals for injecting flexibility into the system, is the biggest trucking-company organization in the nation’s support for codifying split rest in the sleeper berth. “Allowing shorter documented sleeper berth periods [other than the currently […]

April 22, 2010

Business

ATA: Modify sleeper berth rules for more flexibility

FMCSA should better address the true causes of fatigue in transportation.

April 22, 2010

Business

Kentucky bans texting behind the wheel

Kentucky became the 23rd state to ban texting for all drivers, following Nebraska last week.

April 22, 2010

Business

$48.8B in highway funds ready

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $48.8 billion in highway funds is available for federal projects.

April 21, 2010

Business

CVSA sets Roadcheck for June 8-10

Last year, the driver safety compliance rate of 95.7 percent was the highest ever.

April 20, 2010

Business

I-80 speed limit returned to 75 mph in Wyoming

A seasonal limit of 65 mph had been in force since Oct. 15 on a 52-mile stretch of the interstate.

April 20, 2010

Business

Spot market freight surges 259% in March

The high load volume in March contributed to the strongest first-quarter volume since 2004, according to TransCore.

April 20, 2010

Business

Diesel price up slightly

All regions remained above $3 a gallon, from the Lower Atlantic at $3.033 to California at $3.228.

April 19, 2010