Truck Driver shortage – might be

Did you hear? There might be a truck driver shortage around the corner, again.
Seems like this rumor gets played every year or so by the news media.
It has already hit the news headlines this year.
Unfortunately, this time it might be true. I mean not right at this moment, but in the very near future.
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U.S.Truckers, think you have it bad with HOS

American truck drivers, think the HOS here in the U.S. is screwed up?
I think “Truckies” from down under would disagree with you. Truckers in the U.S. drive for 11 hours, then off for ten hours. But, there is no “mandatory” 30 minute break every five hours.
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Trucker was Tired and Watching Porn in Fatal Accident

An accident happened last month on the NY Thruway. This would not be eye catching or really interesting except for those involved, but what the cause of this accident makes it interesting to everybody. The driver of the car that was hit, was a female and her car had become disabled in the road after she had hit a [...]

Distractions and Driving, should they be removed?

What is a distraction, in considering it to be added to a distracted driving list?
A Distraction is the diversion of attention of an individual or group from the chosen object of attention onto the source of distraction.
Distraction is caused by one of the following: lack of ability to pay attention; lack of interest in the object of attention; [...]

Truckers Dying – When is Enough Going to be Enough?

When is enough going to be enough, how many truck drivers must die? What am I talking about?
I’m talking about idling restrictions and truckers trying to stay warm.
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Truck Drivers and Change

Seems like that is all you hear out here today, are these story telling truck drivers. I admit I have told some of mine own. In the past few weeks, I have been hearing some whoppers. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out when a person is telling you a big one or if it [...]

Twitter and Trucking and Fighting

My friend Brandon owner of www.vBulletinSetup.com turned me on to Twitter several months ago. He is always looking for ways to promote sites on the internet. I had owned a website that Brandon helped me on that was trucker related, also my blog which you are reading now that we moved from blogspot.com that I had, had [...]

Calling one calling all Truck Drivers family and friends

On Thursday March 5, 2009, Jason Rivenburg pulled his truck into a gas station that has been used frequently and considered to be some what safe. Jason was only twelve miles from his destination but could not make delivery because it was too early. His delivery never took place. Jason was shot and killed as [...]

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