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Channel 19
Turning the worm on parking
Advocates stress the need for greater driver communication with state/local Metropolitan Planning Organizations on the need for better truck parking ā and AsktheTrucker.com offers an MPO directory online to help facilitate communication.
December 20, 2016
Channel 19
Strong voices on parking
Conversations on the situation continue in the wake of mainstream media attention to truckersā parking needs.
February 3, 2015
Channel 19
Good samaritan trucker shot at roadside to spark āMikeās Lawā talk
On the Truth About Trucking program Thursday at 5 p.m. Central Standard Time, Randy Tomblin will be interviewed. The trucker in September of 2006 was shot during what he initially thought was a good-Samaritan stop.
December 16, 2014
Channel 19
āKiller Truckersā TV special on re-air
On bright spot in the special about the FBIās Highway Serial Killings Initiative is that it delved farther into on-highway crime ā that against truckers, and trucking advocatesā efforts to tamp down human trafficking.
August 17, 2013
Channel 19
On-highway reads: Revisiting āIn the Driverās Seatā
Writer and former owner-operator Marc Mayfield will be interviewed Thursday, March 7 at 7 p.m. EST on the Truth About Trucking Live online radio program.
March 6, 2013
Channel 19
Treadle valve corrosion a growing problem?
Adjustment isnāt the only brake problem going ā observer and longtime former driver Allan Powell suggests treadle valve corrosion is a growing issue.
January 24, 2013
Business
Join radio discussion of top trucking challenges
On the Truth About Trucking Live radio show Aug. 16, 7 p.m. EDT, join Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills for a talk with hosts Allen and Donna Smith about Dillsā āOwner-operatorsā top challengesā feature in Overdrive.
August 2, 2012
Channel 19
Awesome trucks and the fruits of debate: Two events upcoming
Round-up of two events upcoming: the big 2nd Annual Truck Driver Social Media Convention meeting Oct. 27-28 and the ATHS Cookeville, Tenn., truck show Sept. 27-28.
July 25, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Check in with āRoadcookinā authors on online radio
Authors of the Roadcookinā guide to healthy eating on the road interviewed on online radio.
June 27, 2012
Channel 19
āBring Jabin homeā ā rally around jailed driver continues
Yesterday, May 10, Allen and Donna Smith of the Truth About Trucking advocacy organization and AsktheTrucker.com hosted a whoās who of folks involved in the case of Demco Transportation driver Jabin Bogan, who is still being held by Mexican authorities after inadvertently proceeding to the border at El Paso/Juarez while toting a load of military-grade [ā¦]
May 11, 2012
Channel 19
The debate over fighting broker fraud
The high-profile case of fraudulent broker Kulwant Singh Gill, who last week was sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution to his carrier victims, has owner-operators and industry watchers debating just how to solve the problem of fraud in transportation for once and all. A big part of that debate is [ā¦]
April 12, 2012
Channel 19
The haps at MATS: Rounding up driver-led efforts
Iāll make an attempt, at least. So much is going on at next weekās trucking show in Louisville it will be next to impossible to catch it all in this space today, but here are a few of the highlights folks have reached out to me about these last few months: Health walk-and-talk, blood driveAs [ā¦]
March 16, 2012
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