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 [...]
Attaboy for Obama and Lahood
June 18, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · 1 Comment
I want to give an attaboy shout out to Ray Lahood and Obama.
Not really, but I thought the title was catchy. They traveled to Ohio today to kick off what the White House called “Summer of Recovery.”
The bad part of this “celebration” is that the workers of those jobs that Lahood and Obama [...]
Congressional hearing – ‘Roasting’ Tony Hayward
June 17, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · Leave a Comment
I realize this is not a laughing matter, so please excuse the humor in the title. But in reality this “congressional hearing” for Tony Hayward sounds almost like a PG or G rated Comedy Central roast. What by chance did the committee “expect” to hear today? And really come on now, bringing up testimony from [...]
Truckers Image Needs to Change
May 8, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · 3 Comments
Obama was right about one thing especially in trucking – it’s time for a change. The image that trucking has left upon the general public reflects how truck drivers are to be taken.
If the general public – and by this, I mean people with no relation to the industry. If they see trash lying [...]
EPA Announces Plans to Regulate Coal Ash
May 4, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · Leave a Comment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today is proposing the first-ever national rules to ensure the safe disposal and management of coal ash from coal-fired power plants. Coal combustion residuals, commonly known as coal ash, are byproducts of the combustion of coal at power plants and are disposed of in liquid form at large surface impoundments [...]
Presidential Executive Order on Distracted Driving Effective Today
December 30, 2009 by Alan Bristol · Leave a Comment
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Presidential Executive Order on Distracted Driving Effective Today
Government-wide directive restricts more than 4 million federal employees from texting while driving.
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To All Trucking Veterans – Thank You
November 11, 2009 by Truckdrivernews · 1 Comment
First off, I know the title of this post might seem one sided.
But it’s meaning goes out to all veterans of the past and present military.
After all, this is a trucking blog of course, I am a little biased.
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Texting and Driving part II
October 1, 2009 by Truckdrivernews · Leave a Comment
Welcome back for part II, of the distracted driving summit. Again I will ask what does Jason’s Law have to do with distracted driving? Today ended a two day summit with Ray Lahood making an announcement at the end, that Obama had in fact signed into affect a ban on texting behind the wheel for [...]
