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Expect increased police activity on I-40 during Thanksgiving
Troopers in California, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina are participating in the effort that aims to achieve zero fatalities along the 2,559 miles of interstate during Thanksgiving. Drivers should expect to see a trooper at least every 20 miles from Wednesday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 25.
November 20, 2018
Business
I’ll have the 4-inch laceration with catnip, please
How do you get a cat in a backpack carrier? And: Like everything else that looks interesting along the way, we never have time to stop at a Cat Coffee House. That’s the curse of commercial highway travel — we’ve been everywhere, but only for however long it takes us to go through at the posted speed limit.
September 18, 2017
Business
AAA projects most Memorial Day travelers since 2005
Of the 39.3 million expected travelers, AAA says 34.6 million of them (88.1 percent) will be on the nation’s roads, despite a two-year high in gas prices.
May 25, 2017
Business
The ‘I’m not leaving the house’ blues
“Unfortunately, I can’t always extend the compassion to my own driver, who makes the statement, ‘I am not leaving the house for three days,’ every time he hits the door for home time. We all know this is a filthy lie.”
May 8, 2017
Voices
POLL: Thanksgiving plans, driver?
Got turkey-day plans with the family back home, a well-deserved bit of time off with friends? Or will you spend it on the road? Let us know here.
November 20, 2015
Business
Returning to the Hobbit hole
Wendy reaches the end of another cross-country trucking journey: “My life is better because of trucking, and not just for the obvious reasons of having everything I need on the shelves when I go to buy it.”
July 6, 2015
Business
Worry warts need not apply
On the long road, “I’m only horrified about half of the time. The rest of the time is an adventure I look forward to and appreciate, unless it involves signs with pictures of scorpions on them posted inside the public restrooms. Thanks, Arizona.”
January 23, 2015
Voices
New guidance on Ebola-contaminated waste transport
A new Federal Register notice issues advisory on how the hazmat transport regs apply, and readers continue to show favor for further measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
October 30, 2014
Life
Less-than-terror in Tonopah, Nev.: The Clown Motel
Originally opened in 1990 by Leroy David, the Clown Motel served as a place for him to keep his clown collection – which he just happened to have purchased from a retired clown in Las Vegas. He built it next to the town cemetery, where his father is buried, along with a lot of other victims of a mine fire in 1911. Leroy sold the place to Bob Perchetti in 1995, and Bob not only kept the theme intact, he has more than tripled the size of the collection during his tenure.
August 6, 2014
Business
Tied to a cause: Owner-operator takes Truckers Against Trafficking up the mountain
Part 2 in this feature: With support growing for Truckers Against Trafficking from the community of drivers, owner-operator Matt Hopkins, inspired by a cyclist friend to tie his planned climb of Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina to a cause, decided to take TAT with him to the top…
April 14, 2014
Business
Fun at Pedro’s place in S.C.
If you’ve seen the signs for Pedro’s South of the Border and haven’t stopped, you should, at least once. If you’re with someone cool who doesn’t mind taking stupid pictures with fiberglass animals, it’s an added bonus.
February 14, 2014
Voices
Updated: Views from the center of the ‘polar vortex’
Pictures and more from drivers caught in the extremely cold temps across the nation’s midsection.
January 7, 2014
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