Salute to Women Behind the Wheel reaches Halfway Mark

With only two weeks left before the Women In Trucking’s “Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel” the organization is half way to its goal to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of female professional drivers.
The current record of 416 was set in November 2004 by an “all woman’s” truck convoy in [...]

WIT announce entertainment for Salute to the Women behind the Wheel

One of the goals of Women In Trucking Association is to celebrate the success of women in the industry. The “Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel,” to be held at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY will honor all female professional drivers throughout North America. The celebration will begin at noon Saturday, March 27.
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Anne Ferro to speak at “Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel”

Anne Ferro will be the featured speaker at the Women In Trucking Association’s “Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel,” to be held March 27, 2010 at the Mid-American Trucking Show in Louisville, KY. The “Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel” advances one of the missions of the association, which is to celebrate success.
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Women in Trucking gets Big Sponsor for “Salute To the Women Behind the Wheel”

Women in Trucking organization announced recently that they were organizing an event to honor female professional drivers.
The celebration is scheduled for March 27, 2010 in conjunction with the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky.
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ATA Announces 2009 Safety & HR Award Recipients

ATA’s Safety Management Council announced its 2009 award winners at its Safety & Human Resources National Conference & Exhibition in Baltimore, Md. last weekend.
The ATA President’s Trophy recognizes the three companies whose fleets have been judged to have the best overall safety programs from the Truck & Industrial Safety Contests. These Contests judge motor carriers from across the [...]

Trucker shot after ‘road rage’ incident along I-64 in Floyd County

A truck driver was taken to University Hospital in Louisville after being shot late Friday night.
Floyd County Police officers were dispatched around 11:20 p.m. to Interstate 64 westbound, near the 116.5 mile marker in reference to a person on the ground in front of a tractor trailer on the shoulder of the interstate.
As officers were en route, they [...]

Colorado hero gets helping hand

That wasn’t just any load of grain rolling across the windy county roads from Sterling to a Gilcrest feedlot Wednesday morning.
And the hulking tractor-trailer that carried it, with the 18 shiny new wheels, wasn’t just any truck.
That grain was a livelihood restored, the truck, a lifeline. It was also an 18-wheeled act of uncommon generosity, made to a man of [...]

Cobra Once Again Redefines the CB Radio With the Addition of Bluetooth

Cobra Electronics Announces First-of-its-Kind CB Radio with Bluetooth.Cobra Electronics (Nasdaq:COBR), the market leader in CB radios, today announced a ground-breakingnew addition to its long-established and trusted CB radio line. Set todebut at the 2008 Mid-America Trucking Show, March 27-29 in Louisville, thepatent pending 29 LTD BT is the first-ever CB radio to offer Bluetooth(R)wireless technology, providing [...]