Summer Of Recovery – Where?
August 12, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · 1 Comment
Seems this is all you here from the Obama administration these days. My question is where is it recovering? Every day or so I see US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood tout about how our Recovery Act projects are putting people back to work, revitalizing our transportation infrastructure, and helping the American economy get back [...]
BREAKING NEWS: FMCSA Announces New HOS Effective Immediately
March 31, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · 4 Comments
New HOS effective immediately was announced today! Now you are to drive Five hours and take a mandatory three and a half hours off and it has to be in the sleeper-berth. And you must take a picture of you sleeping and scan it and send it to the FMCSA local office.
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Time Change: Springing Forward – Here We Go Again
March 11, 2010 by Alan Bristol · Leave a Comment
It’s that time of the season again. Yes, the time for resetting our clocks. On, or just before, 2:00 AM – Sunday, March 14 gets here, set your watches and clocks ahead one hour. The catchy little phrase “Spring ahead, Fall back” may help with this concept. I don’t know about you but the last [...]
Oklahoma Senator says “Slow them Trucks down”
January 5, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · 5 Comments
After a wreck in June, 2009 that killed ten people on the Will Rogers turnpike in Oklahoma, Senator Earl Garrison wants to make the trucks go slower.
The Will Rogers Turnpike is 88 miles long, running form Tulsa to the Missouri State line.
At 75 miles per hour, trucks can make the trip in about [...]
