Tag: Independence Day

Business
Cargo theft firms warn against increased theft activity during July 4 holiday period
CargoNet recommends truck drivers avoid leaving cargo unattended in high-theft areas such as Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Atlanta and Miami. The firm also suggests parking in high-security locations with security devices, secure fences and high-visibility lighting.
June 28, 2019
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Voices
POLL: Plans for the Fourth, driver?
Will you be celebrating with family/friends at home/elsewhere, celebrating, but on the road mid-trip/between hauls, hauling, or other. Let us know on Overdrive.
July 3, 2018
Truck Stops
TA-Petro offering free meals to military members, veterans on July 4
On the Fourth, any veteran, active duty or reservist from the military can receive a complimentary meal of their choice from a special “Military Only” menu with proof of service.
June 30, 2017
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Business
Faith, family and food
Happy birthday to our beloved Motherland. Home of the free, land of the brave. There are a lot of people who will dispute just how free we really are, and the fact those people have the right to voice that opinion is proof of just how free they actually are. We spent the past three […]
July 4, 2014
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Overdrive Extra
I-40 lanes back open in Arkansas
“Interstate truckers need a good federal highway system. The price we pay is regulation. Want the feds out of your business? Get used to sitting around in local traffic.”
July 4, 2013
Just another day stuck on I-40 between Little Rock and Memphis. No traffic was moving in either direction when this photo was taken in March. | Photo by Kevin Jones
Voices
Independence Day trucking traditions
Keep on keeping on: That’s what a lot of commenters on our Facebook page told us they were planning for the Fourth of July, among other proud traditions.
July 4, 2013
This isn’t by any means the first year TA Petro’s had the July 4 free-meal-for-vets/military program in force — this is last year’s poster.
Business
Price of freedom — and a historic smackdown!
“A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.” –Thomas Jefferson, 1776
June 30, 2013
John Hancock's Defiance
Channel 19
Revisiting one owner-operator’s ‘No apology campaign’
It’s more proactive attitude than reactive defiance, says Florida-based owner-operator Tim Philmon, leased to Landstar — and let’s just say for the record that I jumped the shark in my last post when I said I’d see you July 5: this one’s for Independence Day, no doubt about it. Philmon’s “No Apology Campaign” can be […]
July 4, 2011
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