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XPO drivers recognized for surpassing 3M safe driving miles
The 19 drivers recognized for exceeding three million safe driving miles have an average tenure with the company of 30 years.
June 22, 2017
Business
Labor news: West Coast ports near shutdown, Teamsters withdraw Con-way vote
Labor disputes continue to plague West Coast ports, and according to the Pacific Maritime Association, 29 ports on the country’s Pacific edge could shut down within days unless a deal is struck between them and port workers.
February 9, 2015
Business
Just say no to stupid
Wendy reacts to images posted to Facebook from a driver rolling with his feet on the dash, eating watermelon, no hands, etc…: “When he starts posting pictures to social media of himself doing phenomenally stupid and dangerous things, he involves every single driver on the road.”
August 27, 2014
Voices
7 more things members of the general public don’t know about truckers
“Have a little love for the truckers. They’re human beings, out there doing a hard job and a lot of them aren’t making as much money as people think.”
April 18, 2014
Channel 19
Landry questions White House integrity on EOBRs
In a hearing before the Small Business Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week whose title was a markedly direct question — “Is FMCSA’s CSA program driving small businesses off the road?” — Republican Rep. Jeff Landry of Louisiana took the opportunity during questioning of FMCSA Deputy Administrator Bill Bronrott to question […]
July 13, 2012
Channel 19
EOBRs reportedly dropped, then back in highway bill
According to this report from Fox News, citing confidential sources knowledgeable of ongoing Senate/House conference committee work on final highway bill language, a deal has been reached that includes removal of the mandate for interstate carriers to use EOBRs for hours-of-service compliance. Here’s the language in the Fox report: “At the insistence of House Republicans, […]
June 27, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Check in with ‘Roadcookin’ authors on online radio
Authors of the Roadcookin’ guide to healthy eating on the road interviewed on online radio.
June 27, 2012
Overdrive Extra
TCA’s weight-loss contest week 7: Individual driver leaders
After we posted last week on the week 6 results of the Truckload Carriers Association’s Weight-Loss Showdown competition among carriers and their drivers and staff members, the organization released the week 7 results, including not only cumulative carrier percentages (Prime Inc. remains the weight-loss leader) but results among individuals. Drumroll please…. Hirschbach Motor Lines driver […]
April 9, 2012
Channel 19
Former operator’s novel immortalizes trail-blazing independents
Fred Afflerbach didn’t set out to launch a trucking career when he took a job working for a Bekins Van Lines-affiliated moving company in Austin, Texas, in high school in the 1970s. He caught the fever all the same. “The owner-operators would come rolling in and the drivers are telling stories and your eyes are […]
March 13, 2012
Channel 19
Driver conference calls, online radio shows Wed., Thurs.
All Drivers Together hosts Trucker BuddyFirst up, the folks with the All Drivers Together series of conference calls, which have been ongoing with increasing prominence in the months since I reported on them last year, this afternoon are hosting Trucker Buddy International’s Randy Schwartzenburg. He’ll detail the organization’s plans for MATS as well as ongoing […]
February 29, 2012
Channel 19
Jason’s Law national call-in day June 23; drivers urge action
Last year it came on the heels of calls for passage from often at-odds constituencies in the industry, and this year, drivers and other industry parties are following similar unity after Jason’s Law’s May reintroduction to the 112th U.S. Congress by New York Congressman Paul Tonko to urge drivers to make vocal their support next […]
June 16, 2011
Channel 19
4 State’s Bryan Martin on Joplin rebuilding efforts in All Drivers Together conference call
In a conference call last week put together by the All Drivers Together group, a collaboration of owner-operators and drivers opening up a free conference line to drivers and others in the trucking industry around the nation to network and share information toward industry betterment, 4 State Trucks’ Bryan Martin noted the shift in efforts […]
June 15, 2011
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