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Tag: Roadside Attractions: Page 29
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Unity diaries: Jasonās Law lives
Itās been more than two years since New York trucker Jason Rivenburg was slain in South Carolina after being held up while parked at an abandoned commercial property. Itās also been two years since House member Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) introduced the bill named for Rivenburg, āJasonās Law,ā to provide boosted funding for states to expand [ā¦]
May 12, 2011
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āThe center cannot holdā ā FMCSAās hours quandary
There is a growing feeling among industry watchers that in order to fully settle the decidedly unsettled regulatory situation surrounding the hours of service, Congress is going to have to legislate a solution. That sentiment has come to me from industry executives, consultants, former regulatory types and, in some senses, drivers. Comments from owner-operators and [ā¦]
May 11, 2011
Channel 19
Channel 19 Monday: Fallen log hauler gets send-off; Court to Tiger Truckstop: āSet Tony freeā
Last ride for Maine log hauler āMackie,ā R.I.P. The Central Maine Morning-Sentinel news site reported late last week on the Skowhegan memorial-service convoy that was reportedly āone last rideā for area log-hauler Maxell C. āMackieā Moore. Around 20 trucks joined the ride, including Mackieās own, piloted by Tim Clements, best friend to Mooreās youngest son, [ā¦]
May 9, 2011
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Mack in Hagerstown, Jacobs share 50 years with Overdrive
Mack Celebrates 50 years of Hagerstown powertrain assembly In a ceremony Wednesday at the plant in Hagerstown, Md., where its powertrain components have been assembled since 1961, Mack Trucks paid tribute to the past, celebrated the present and cast a positive eye to the future, just as weāve been doing (well, mostly my colleague Lucinda [ā¦]
May 6, 2011
Channel 19
Analyst: Blame Fedās liquidity flood for high oil/diesel
The good news is that skyrocketing oil prices, like slasher movies, are truly frightening only the first time you watch one. They get less scary with repetition. But being less scary doesnāt change the basic facts. Markets need both hedgers and speculators to function properly. When they lose balance, they no longer function according to [ā¦]
May 5, 2011
Channel 19
Open call Wed. with Anne Ferro hosted by Trucking Solutions Group
Rick Ash, chairman of the driver/owner-operator-led Trucking Solutions Group ā with members ranging from such Channel 19 familiar faces Jeff Clark (Truckers News Marathon Trucker columnist), Henry Albert (Overdriveās 2007 Trucker of the Year) and Linda Caffee (team expedited hauler with her husband, Bob) ā reports the TSG will host a call tomorrow, Wed., May [ā¦]
May 3, 2011
Channel 19
Ohio small fleet providing tornado relief
Buddy Allen of the 15-truck New Era Trucking fleet in North Ridgeville, Ohio, is calling on Northeast Ohio residents to help fill a 53-foot dry vanās worth of non-perishable food, water and other goods to haul south to assist residents affected by last weekās tornadoes. WKYC-TV News Channel 3 in Cleveland, Ohio, reported yesterday on [ā¦]
May 3, 2011
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Penske Logistics IndyCar debuts third; āTrucker bombsā a misnomer, police say
Penske Logistics IndyCar debuts in third A Penske Logistics-sponsored IndyCar, driven by Ryan Briscoe, made a position 4 start and no. 3 finish yesterday in theĀ Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300, presented by Nestle, on the exciting street track in the Brazilian capital. The new carās shown here undregoingĀ āfinal preparations for shipment to Brazil at the [ā¦]
May 2, 2011
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Tornado caught on owner-operatorsā webcam
Owner-operators Randy Moyano and Ann Burt (pictured) run in a 1998 Peterbilt pulling a Fontaine RGN with Superior stinger axle for heavy/overdimensional loads, leased to Greentree Transportation. I met the pair a week ago today in Lebanon, Tenn., where I took this picture. They were deadheading west then all the way to Oklahoma to pick [ā¦]
April 29, 2011
Channel 19
CSA: Compliance plus or safety politics?
Below, a new vid below from my reporting on the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program. But first, a note about the storms that ripped through the Southeast yesterday, with a particularly large tornado moving straight through the southern part of Tuscaloosa, Ala., the town where Overdrive and Truckers News offices are located. Iām based off-site in [ā¦]
April 28, 2011
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Popular Mechanics seeks āWorst Roadā nominations
Make your voice heard! No, Iām not talking about the proposed mandate of electronic onboard recorders for hours of service compliance (for more about that: comments are open through May 23). Popular Mechanics editors are seeking out the āworst road in the USA,ā they say at the magazineās website. Who better to nominate it than [ā¦]
April 27, 2011
Channel 19
The great tomato heist ā Cargo thieves still operating in plain sight
I missed this report from the New York Times a week and a half back, about a sophisticated cargo-theft ring operating a seemingly legitimate trucking company in Florida, with a twist. The freight targeted wasnāt consumer electronics or cigarettes or pharmaceuticals. āThe high price of produce, especially for tomatoes after the deep winter freezes,ā reporter [ā¦]
April 25, 2011
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