The DOT: Spending Your Tax Dollars Uselessly

Since the so called “Recovery Act” passed in 2009, “$8.7 billion in transit grants have been awarded to transit providers across the country.
Those grants have purchased more than 12,000 buses, vans and rail vehicles; more than $4.4 billion in transit infrastructure construction or renovation; and more than $725 million in preventive maintenance. These improvements [...]

If you’re going to Protest, please pick something worthwhile

The so-called protest that some 200 truckers and countless others are trying to get started is ridiculous.
If you’re going to protest something, why not protest something that’s worthwhile? The immigration law that Arizona has put in place is not something worth protesting about.
I mean come on, it involves carrying one extra piece of [...]

ATA – ‘Why is everybody always picking on me’

Up until a few months ago, I always thought the ATA was for the truck drivers. It was not until I really started paying attention to somethings that the ATA has said did I realize they are not for the drivers.
The ATA claims to be “The Voice of the Industry that Moves America’s Freight.” [...]

Women In Trucking honors female drivers at ‘Salute to Women Behind the Wheel’

The Women In Trucking (WIT) Association’s “Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel” brought together nearly 300 female professional drivers at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY last Saturday, March 27.
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Check out ‘Heaven On Earth’ in Oregon

Is there really a ‘Heaven On Earth‘ in Azalea, Oregon?
Well, I have never been to it “personally” but from the sound of it, it sure looks like there might be. Trucker Steve from Twitter said, he has been several times and it is a great spot.

Heaven On Earth is a Restaurant and Bakery [...]

St. Christopher Fund – What is it, and How can I Help

St. Christopher Truckers Development & Relief Fund (SCF), is just about the only place a trucker can turn to when medical assistance is needed and the truck driver doesn’t have health insurance.
Some truck drivers work for companies that don’t offer a health insurance plan for drivers. Or it may be that the driver is an [...]

Heavier Weights for Same Money and Safety Concern

There are two bills that need to be discussed that are parts of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act.
One of the bills will allow the gross weight to be increased from “eighty thousand” pounds to “ninety seven thousand” pounds. Is this something that really needs to be discussed? The way the roads and bridges are [...]

Three Things in Trucking you can Count on Every Year

Year after year it seems like there are three definite things that come up in trucking.
And they seem to come up close to the same time every year.

And only one of them ever happen, but just like clock work the rumors start.
Driver shortage, MATS, and a Trucker’s Strike, come around every year, [...]

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