Only three days after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the new rules that prohibit drivers of trucks and buses from using cell phones and texting while behind the wheel, officials at the Highway Loss Data Institute released study findings that show no reductions in crashes after hand-held phone bans take effect. Rresearchers for HLDI, an [...]
Was Trucker Cell Phone, Texting Ban Premature?
January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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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 [...]
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Documentary Looks Into Truckers’ Souls
April 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Recently, I became aware of two groups of Americans who’ve given much thought to the question, “What would happen if, tomorrow, America’s trucking industry shut down?” In reality, all Americans should be interested in the answer. Approximately 160,000 independent owner-operators and professional truck drivers are extremely interested and they’ve been trying to get the nation’s [...]
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Truckers’ Shutdown Effort Produces Varied Results
April 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments
(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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How Will the Trucking Shutdown Impact You?
March 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments
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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‘Do These Jeans Make My Butt Look Big?’
January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Any man who dares answer a question like the one asked in the headline above — and gets away unscathed — is either a liar, a politician or single. On the other hand, the wise man is the one who’s learned how to avoid answering such a no-win question. Regardless of where you find yourself [...]
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