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Channel 19
Ban eating while driving too?
Though the writer played it as an example of distracted driving, could it be an argument for more flexibility in the hours of service? Whatever the case, given todayās news that aĀ nationwide texting-while-driving ban is in the offing,Ā I guess it couldnāt be helped thatĀ Joseph Rose of the Oregonian newspaper wrote on the Hard Drive blog [ā¦]
January 26, 2010
Channel 19
Blow dealt to industry ābad actorā
As someone who talks to proud and professional owner-operators and company drivers on a daily basis, Iām no stranger to a particularly common sentiment: the notion that the actions of a very few within the trucking industry strike huge blows to the collective image of the many. Whether itās a criminal broker-fraud scheme, a big [ā¦]
January 25, 2010
Channel 19
25-year-old trucker makes it past āAmerican Idolā judges
At American Idol auditions in Orlando, Fla., 25-year-old Matt Lawrence breezed past the judges with a soulful rendition of Ray LaMontagneās āTrouble.ā What most viewers might not have noticed was Lawrenceās occupation ā heās a manager with his fatherās trucking company in Starke, Fla. Less sanguine, perhaps, is the fact that heās also done time [ā¦]
January 22, 2010
Business
Truck-related deaths decline
The truck-involved fatality rate in 2008 declined 12.3 percent to 1.86 per 100 million miles.
January 21, 2010
Channel 19
New indexing tool helps OOs/carriers determine what freight rates āshouldā be
Tools like Transcoreās Rate Index Pro and Internet Truckstopās Fuel Desk Plus have in recent years offered for users of the load board services and other subscriber owner-operators access to real-time load market data along individual lanes and in specific regions, leading to a broker-carrier negotiation situation where, for the first time in history, individual [ā¦]
January 21, 2010
Business
U.S. diesel price declines
After three weeks of increase, the national average retail price of a gallon of diesel dipped this week, falling 0.9 cent to $2.87, according to the Department of Energy. Over the previous three weeks, the U.S. average price had gained 15.3 cents. Prices across the U.S. regions were mixed, as California, the West Coast, the [ā¦]
January 20, 2010
Channel 19
Have truck, canāt hunt
Over-the-road drivers deal with all manner of annoyances, some rising to the level of outright injustice ā I think immediately of the numerous times Iāve watched a fellow auto-driver cut across three lanes of traffic at 70-plus mph within mere feet of a rigās front bumper, to name just one ā but writing in the Montana newspaper Billings Gazette, reporter Brett French recently uncovered one such injustice that might take the cake for most downright silly.
January 19, 2010
Business
Minnesota truckers focus on distracted driving
The āKeep Both Hands on the Wheelā campaign will focus on reducing distracted driving.
January 19, 2010
Business
Truckersā toll hike on Bay Area bridges delayed
On July 1, 2011, trucker tolls will increase to $5 per axle for trucks and other vehicles with three or more axles.
January 18, 2010
Overdrive Extra
Early warning signs at Arrow Trucking
One of the lessons to come out of the Arrow Trucking collapse is to recognize warning signs and take appropriate action.
January 18, 2010
Business
Next HOS session Jan. 22
The first of four public listening sessions to gather information on the hours of service rule will be Jan. 19.
January 15, 2010
Business
FMCSA adds another hours-of-service session
The session will be Jan. 28 from 1-9 p.m. CST at the Comfort Inn Hotel and Suites in Davenport, Iowa.
January 14, 2010
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