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Tony Justice among performers Saturday at driver convention
I’m excited about seeing East Tennessee-based B&B Transport driver and songwriter Tony Justice make his driver-event debut Saturday at the Truck Driver Social Media Convention in Tunica, Miss., on Saturday. I’ve heard him play before, as the vids below are evidence of, but at the show he’ll be with a full band of seasoned Nashville […]
October 13, 2011
Business
Oct. 15: Truck Driver Social Media Convention
The first Truck Driver Social Media Convention will be held Saturday in Tunica, Miss.
October 13, 2011
Channel 19
Channel 19 news round-up: flooding, radio, TSE, petition…
Vid tour through I-680 flood damage As Missouri River floodwaters receded from flood stage this month after a long summer of high water, Iowa DOT officials finally got a look at I-680 at the I-29 interchange, and the damage done to both roadways is just stunning (pictured courtesy of Iowa DOT; more info on detours/outlook […]
September 1, 2011
Channel 19
Electrification of truck stop spaces revives
As fuel prices spiked in 2007-08, a large majority of truckers’ anti-idling interest was focused on dedicated auxiliary power units, which market expanded dramatically with a profusion of new manufacturers. This time around, with the economy still somewhat shaky, owner-operator and fleet interest in up-front investment in full-function APU technology may be taking a back […]
August 30, 2011
Business
Overdrive editor to discuss electrification
Truth About Trucking Live show will focus on trend to power up at truck stops Sept. 1.
August 23, 2011
Channel 19
Bank robbery: The things some will do for health care
Perhaps you’ve heard this story already — desperate for something he thinks is totally out of his financial range, man does something over-the-top, creating a national media circus along the way. The latest variant comes from Gaston County in North Carolina in the form of a former beverage delivery driver feeling so much in need […]
June 23, 2011
Channel 19
‘Medically certified’ — join us for radio show Wednesday to probe driver health regs
At 7 p.m. Eastern time tomorrow evening (Wed., June 22) I’ll join Truth About Trucking Live hosts Allen & Donna Smith as well as my colleague Max Kvidera for a special show probing the issues raised by the current, June Truckers News cover story Kvidera and I penned about state and federal regs for driver […]
June 21, 2011
Channel 19
Jason’s Law national call-in day June 23; drivers urge action
Last year it came on the heels of calls for passage from often at-odds constituencies in the industry, and this year, drivers and other industry parties are following similar unity after Jason’s Law’s May reintroduction to the 112th U.S. Congress by New York Congressman Paul Tonko to urge drivers to make vocal their support next […]
June 16, 2011
Channel 19
Rhetoric on Tony the Truckstop Tiger boils over into truckstop villification
It’s been a little while since I checked in on the efforts by animal-rights activists and others — including a large coterie of truck drivers — to force owners of the Tiger Truck Stop in Gross Tete, La., to give up their caged Bengal tiger, Tony. The latest efforts including a lawsuit filed this week […]
April 15, 2011
Business
Show to focus on personal safety
“Crime Against Truckers – Protection on the Road” airs April 14 online.
April 12, 2011
Business
Overdrive 50th Anniversary
Disc jockeys have entertained, informed and consoled truckers on lonely long-haul runs.
April 3, 2011
Channel 19
Tools for trucking career, issues advocacy at social media meeting
Making the wider world work to your particular advantage, whatever you choose that to mean, has always been the goal of the more ambitious among us — in today’s world, the tools toward making that a reality are multiplicitous and downright confusing in the pace at which the written and unwritten rules for their use […]
March 28, 2011
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