Hours of Service Rules – Recipe For Disaster

First off this is total speculation – the rules have not changed, yet. I just think that if the rules are changed from 11 hours of driving – to 8 hours of driving – without anything else being changed that this will be a recipe for disaster.
In the recent weeks there has been a couple [...]

Truckers Say Obama Should Stand Up to Mexico’s Illegal Tariffs

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) calls upon the Obama Administration to stand up to Mexico’s bullying tariff tactics and start fighting for the livelihoods of Americans.
Mexico Economic Minister Bruno Ferrari announced yesterday his government would be adding tariffs to more U.S. exports.
“If the U.S. trade representative had called out Mexico for their illegal [...]

Safe & Secure Trailer Lots Opening Nationwide – Sangar Cargo Security

With Cargo Theft on the rise, truckers and fleet managers are facing higher risks than ever before.
We all know the stats, we all know the cost of the load that goes missing time and time again.
We all know the danger of stopping for just a cup of coffee. We all know that peace of mind [...]

Trucking Industries ‘Top Concerns’

The American Transportation Research Institute launched the 2010 Top Industry Issues Survey.
This should be interesting I will place the link to the survey so you as a driver can take it as well.
The first part of the survey ask your location of “operations” sounds as if from the start this survey is pointed towards [...]

Plan For Tolls On Three Bridges In The Louisville

Truck drivers and non-commercial drivers – you may or may not have heard the plan to place tolls on three bridges in the Louisville, KY area.
The Louisville and Southern Indiana Bridge Authority wants to fund about half of the $4.1 billion Ohio River Bridge projects with tolls on new and existing bridges in the [...]

Sleep Apnea Testing Coming – NTSB Swears in Fatigue Expert

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today has sworn in DR. Mark R. Rosekind – an internationally recognized fatigue expert who has conducted research and implemented programs in diverse settings, including all modes of transportation, healthcare, law enforcement, elite athlete and military groups.
I want to first say that I am not against this type of [...]

Changes Coming To Flying J

As you well know back in July 2009 Flying J announced that they were merging with Pilot Travel Centers because Flying J had filed bankruptcy. Flying J filed for Chapter 11 protections on December 22nd, 2008, after a precipitous drop in oil prices and disruption in the credit markets brought to bear significant short-term pressure [...]

Kentucky Awards Owner-Operator Grant for Clean Air Technology

The Division for Air Quality (DAQ) announced today that independent truck owner-operators Paul and Lynne Fouts have been awarded $45,436 toward the purchase of a cleaner burning long-haul diesel tractor-trailer. The grant award was made available by the air quality division through the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Diesel Emission Reduction Act.
The Fouts applied [...]

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