"Yikes! I Might Be...Militia!"
Earlier this week, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a federal ban on texting while driving by people behind the wheels of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses. Soon after the announcement, truck drivers organizations lashed out at the measure, but not for the reasons you might suspect.
“We support where they are going, but [...]
Feds’ Heavy-Handed Actions Upset Truckers
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments
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Texas Truck Driver Missing Since Christmas Day After Company Shuts Down With Little Notice (Update)
January 8th, 2010 · Comments Off
UPDATE 1/09/10 at 5:53 p.m. Central: He’s been found! Details here.
Former Arrow Trucking Company driver John M. Eischens Jr., 34, of Mabank, Texas, is missing and has not been heard from since Christmas Day. The story of his disappearance becomes even more disturbing when one examines the events that preceded it.
Eischens was last seen turning [...]
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Trucking Firm Closes Three Days Before Christmas (Update)
December 23rd, 2009 · 6 Comments
Arrow Trucking Company suspended operations yesterday, leaving hundreds of drivers across the country out of work three days before Christmas. [See important updates below!]
The decision by officials at the 61-year-old company, once considered one of the country’s largest and most financially-sound flatbed motor carriers, came as a shock to many.
“The drivers had no clue [...]
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LaHood Overhauling Mexican Truck Program
June 2nd, 2009 · 17 Comments
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a National Press Club gathering May 21 that his plan to overhaul the controversial Mexican truck demonstration program is now being vetted by the White House and has the support of “a number of members of Congress.” If he gets his way, Mexican tractor-trailer rigs will soon be crossing our [...]
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Trucker Discusses Economic Issues on CNN
May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Six weeks ago, Dan Little spearheaded a nationwide truckers shutdown which took place April 1 as a means of drawing attention to the poor economic plight of independent truckers and trucking companies. Today, the owner of a Carrollton, Mo., cattle-hauling operation finds himself in a new position representing the interests of truckers from across [...]
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