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Business

Jeff Clark is a good egg

Dust-up over an eating contest at MATS and the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ prototypical driver yields insights: “I’m not a troublemaker, I’m a concerned citizen. Most of the time.”

March 15, 2015

Business

All hail Brooks

When a media foul results in a salute. A Columbus journalist gets one right in the wake of his “Reckless Rigs” initial report.

March 1, 2015

Business

Driver training: Observations from the peanut gallery

Entry level driver training standards are “on the table … it absolutely will affect the future of the entire industry. And it needs to be changed… So says the outsider. My job for the day is done.”

December 12, 2014

Business

General public in touch with reality? 8 in 10 view truckers as more safe than passenger-vehicle drivers

A survey of public opinion of the trucking industry and its drivers also concluded that the public views the industry favorably in large part. More results reported here.

October 13, 2014

Business

Trucking Moves America Forward close to reaching funds goal

The campaign has surpassed 80 percent of its $1 million fundraising goal, TMAF announced at the ATA conference earlier this week.

October 9, 2014

Channel 19

Big G Express’ ‘Drive it off’ Taylor Swift parody

Tenn.-based Big G Express’ entry in the driver-appreciation-week festivities: a music-video parody of Taylor Swift’s rather goofball “Shake it Off” entry into the dance-music canon, featuring Big G driver Keda White in the starring role — with arguably better dance skills than Ms. Swift.

September 29, 2014

Channel 19

‘Tired truckers’ scare continues

Here we go again: Following CNBC “Collision Course” series on truck accidents, 20/20 follows with “Road to Ruin” — more from the public crash/fatigue discussion here.

September 22, 2014

Voices

‘Most Beautiful’ dustup

In the wake of Overdrive’s second annual ‘Most Beautiful’ program recognizing female drivers, readers offer criticism of — and some kudos for — the effort.

September 17, 2014

Business

Just say no to stupid

Wendy reacts to images posted to Facebook from a driver rolling with his feet on the dash, eating watermelon, no hands, etc…: “When he starts posting pictures to social media of himself doing phenomenally stupid and dangerous things, he involves every single driver on the road.”

August 27, 2014

Voices

‘America respected and loved truckers a lot more back then’

Six-million-mile man Gregg Blair, now retired, remembers a long career.

July 4, 2014

Voices

7 more things members of the general public don’t know about truckers

“Have a little love for the truckers. They’re human beings, out there doing a hard job and a lot of them aren’t making as much money as people think.”

April 18, 2014

Channel 19

New ‘Truckers for Hope’ initiative to benefit St. Jude

Organizer Chris Dowdy is requesting drivers to mail in printed pictures/bios to present to children at the hospital during the April 25 outreach visit.

February 3, 2014