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Channel 19
Go Guy āpocket urinalā pitchman āGo Cousin Vinnyā
āAs spring approaches,ā runs the latest press release from the makers of the Go Guy pocket urinal (motto: āWhen there is nowhere to go, go where you areā), āmore truckers will be heading out onto the open road to haul their wares from state to stateā ā a pretty blanket statement, but likely valid considering [ā¦]
February 26, 2012
Channel 19
Back to basics in apnea debate: The importance of sleep
Last night on the Truth About Trucking Live online radio program of fuel hauler Allen Smith and his wife, Donna, discussion of the FMCSAās Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee and Medical Review Boardās joint work on the issue of sleep apnea gave way at a crucial moment to a reiteration of the reality of the [ā¦]
February 24, 2012
Business
ProStar+ with MaxxForce 15 on Texas highways
An Overdrive editor is impressed by the strong, quiet ride when he takes this Navistar tractor out to see how it performs.
February 23, 2012
Business
The cost-effective approach to changing oil
The best way to know when to change oil is to have an oil sample analyzed. Kevin Rutherfordās February Dollars & Sense column covers the next key step.
February 17, 2012
Channel 19
Visiting with Evel Knievel in N.C.
This morning Iām headed out to Brad Wikeās āBradās Classic Trucksā shop and home of his BPW Transport company, both of which have gotten the feature treatment on the Speed Channelās American Trucker show, hosted by Robb Mariani. Mariani helped engineer part of the reason Iām headed to Wikeās shop: Wikeās doing a partial restoration [ā¦]
February 17, 2012
Channel 19
Alert network for missing drivers formed
Any time a driver goes missing out on the road itās a nightmare for back-office personnel, friends and, of course, the family back home. A recent case spawned a Facebook group dedicated to resolving disappearances more quickly through the crowd-sourcing that online social networks have made easy. The Missing Truck Driver Alert Network was [ā¦]
February 16, 2012
Channel 19
Log truck drivers to the rescue in Oregon
Estacada News reporter Jeff Spiegel spells out the recipe that led to the end of a dramatic on-highway incident in Clackamas County, Ore., last week: āA thrown champagne bottle, aĀ suicide threat, aĀ drawn gun, countlessĀ incidents of dangerous drivingā and, finally, a few good samaritans hauling logs up ahead. Check out Spiegelās dramatic account of the incident [ā¦]
February 14, 2012
Channel 19
A ride with SuperCross transporter driver Loren Lowry
When Loren Lowry got his CDL in 1990 to take work hauling for Washington, D.C.-area beer distributors, he couldnāt have predicted his ultimate destiny in trucking lay on the long-haul highway. What could have been more predictable, however, was that that long-haul work would be of a piece with one of the now 46-year-oldās passions [ā¦]
February 13, 2012
Channel 19
Elephants in the room: MCSAC snapshot
There were two of them in the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee meeting room at the Hilton Old Town in Alexandria, Va., yesterday. At a certain point in the committeeās discussion yesterday, Feb. 7, about the issue of electronic logs and harassment, as the discussion ranged seemingly away from the task at hand ā discussion [ā¦]
February 8, 2012
Channel 19
Are fuel-injector-cleaning diesel additives worth it?; Apnea update
Iām at the FMCSA Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committeeās joint meeting with the Medical Review Board today ā watch my Twitter feed for updates from the meeting, where committee members are slated to draft guidance on regulation of the sleep apnea condition as it relates to interstate driver medical qualifications. Find prior reporting from recent-past [ā¦]
February 6, 2012
Channel 19
Flying high, running low: Friday Channel 19 news round-up
Big birds to fly by truckWriting on the New York Times blog yesterday, Matthew L. Wald delivered a little unexpected news about a flock of young whooping cranes currently settled down for the winter about 45 miles southwest of Decatur, Ala.: they would travel the last leg of this yearās winter journey, led in large [ā¦]
February 3, 2012
Channel 19
Are you happy with your insurance company?
Consumer insurance portal Insure.com recently tracked customer satisfaction by polling users of the site as to their happiness ā or lack thereof ā with their auto, home, life and health insurers, evaluating these keys areas;Ā customer service,Ā claims experience and value for the price paid. They also asked whether customers planned to renew their policies and whether [ā¦]
January 18, 2012
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