Tag: truck-related fatalities

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Fuel’s Gold
Owner-operators find big money and good schedules working the oil and gas services boom.
July 2, 2012
Kristin Stump says her typical day, if starting empty, begins with a run to a rail yard where sand is loaded into her pneumatic dry-bulk trailer. Driving small roads, typically, in West Virginia, she’s escorted to the well site, where sand is loaded into a storage bin. In a five-day work week, “I doubt if we do much more than 800 miles,” she says.
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Speakout
Truckers weigh in on the pay scale model, sleep apnea, hours of service regulations and other issues.
August 7, 2011
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Roadside Attractions
Trucking oddities and interesting features along with Overdrive’s Truck Gallery and Channel 19 are featured.
May 1, 2011
The CT660, built in partnership with Navistar, is primarily for vocational/severe service operators.
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LogBook
Engine problems worsen, FedEx Ground wins key case, APU grants offered to OOIDA, truck-related fatalities drop and more industry issues are featured.
October 1, 2010
Heavy-truck owners report almost twice as many problems with 2004 and newer engines compared to engines built earlier.
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Deaths from large truck crashes drop
Fatalities of large truck occupants dropped from 682 in 2008 to 503 in 2009, a 26 percent decline.
September 9, 2010
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Truck-related deaths decline
The truck-involved fatality rate in 2008 declined 12.3 percent to 1.86 per 100 million miles.
January 21, 2010
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