Tag: Owner-Operators: Page 99

Business

Agency proposes agricultural hours exemption

The two-year, limited exemption would apply to drivers transporting anhydrous ammonia in agricultural operations.

July 20, 2010

Channel 19

U.S. Army’s self-driving truck a long way from the action

Check out the latest edition of the DTI, or Defense Technology International, journal, and you’ll get an electronic whiff of the latest experiment in a self-driving truck — this one from Lockheed Martin and steered by the company’s Convoy Active Safety Technology, or CAST, being employed on a few prototype U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, […]

July 19, 2010

Business

Driver helps man survive heart attack

Michael Taylor, a driver for FTC Transportation, has been named a Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel.

July 19, 2010

Business

Atlanta bridge under construction

The Georgia Department of Transportation is using $8.8 million in federal funds to build a new bridge to replace the Mitchell Street Bridge.

July 19, 2010

Business

Henry Good wins top Trucker Buddy International award

Henry R. Good was presented with the 2010 Gary King Memorial Award, sponsored Trucker Buddy International, at the recent Walcott Jamboree.

July 16, 2010

Channel 19

News flash: Owner-operator likes electronic logs

Jeffersonville, Ind.-based owner-operator Perry Famularo says he “was one of those guys who said, ‘If you make me go to electronic logs, I’m out of here.’” Leased to Dart Transit, though, he was presented with the opportunity a couple years ago to try out one of the PeopleNet eLogs units the mostly owner-operator carrier was beginning to test and offer its […]

July 16, 2010

Business

Kenworth opens Pa. dealership

Kenworth opened a new full-service dealership in Shartlesville, Pa., the truck maker announced.

July 16, 2010

Business

ATA seeks to delay agency documents policy

The association asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to stay its new policy on supporting documents.

July 15, 2010

Business

I-15 in Idaho to close July 22-25 for air show

The freeway will close intermittently for up to 6 hours for the Blue Angels air show.

July 15, 2010

Channel 19

Former trucker walloped by ‘double rainbow’

It was probably only a matter of time before a driver produced one of those viral videos that tickles the funny bones of million of users worldwide — Paul Vasquez, described as a “former trucker” (according the Vasquez interview in the Merced Sun Star, he drove until about 2004, when his weight forced him off […]

July 15, 2010

Channel 19

SuperShowRigs.com documents truck show stars — the rigs

If you missed it, get over to Overdrive sister magazine Custom Rigs‘ website for John Riccio’s story about the recent Transport for Christ Truck Rally at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center in Lebanon, Pa., which “has rocked Lebanon for the past 29 years,” Riccio wrote, himself the proprietor over at SuperShowRigs.com, a veritable treasure of […]

July 13, 2010

Business

Peterbilt dealership opens near Chicago O’Hare Airport

A Peterbilt dealership opened in Bensenville, Ill, the truck maker announced.

July 13, 2010