Tag: polar vortex

Voices

UPDATED — No place like home: More winter-trucking photos

Got a wintry trucking photo handy? Share it via the upload form in our readers’ gallery. We’ll update this story with photos as they come in through the week.

February 25, 2015

Channel 19

Wonders of technology: Saving a life

Driver Tim Rutledge owes particular features — vibration, voice-dial — on his cell phone for his survival after being trapped under his rig in below-zero temps this past week.

January 11, 2014

Business

Colder than [fill in the blank], or Pipes bursting on the home front

“Here’s to the spouses and families of the drivers – Salute!!”

January 10, 2014

Hours of Service

Updated list: Exemptions to hours regs issued in some states for propane, fuel, relief load haulers

In wake of Winter Storm Hercules and the extreme temperatures in impacted states, several states have issued exemptions or waivers of federal hours-of-service rules for truck drivers hauling fuel to or in those states.

January 10, 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