Bob McCarty Writes

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, [...]

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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 [...]

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A Pakistani semi-truck driver and his passenger reportedly raised red flags with law enforcement officials when their load mysteriously lightened between weigh stations while on I-70 en route to Denver, host city for the Democratic National Convention Aug. 25-28. I became aware of this report after my comprehensive Google Alert search for the phrase, “Terror [...]

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(SAINT LOUIS) — This morning, this blogger visited two truck stops in the St. Louis area in an effort to follow up on two earlier posts and try to determine firsthand whether many independent owner-operators and professional truck drivers seems to be participating in a shutdown to protest high fuel costs and other factors making [...]

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In a post three days ago, I reported on the threatened April 1 shutdown by independent truckers. Today, I take a look at the number of truck drivers likely to participate in the effort, the likelihood of the shutdown getting the attention of members of Congress and the impact such a shutdown is likely to [...]

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