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 [...]

Truckers say the U.S. must challenge Mexico’s tariff bullying

Almost one year after their implementation, U.S. trade officials have yet to question the legitimacy of politically targeted tariffs levied by Mexico on U.S. exports.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is calling upon the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to immediately challenge the legality of the tariffs so that the debate regarding cross-border trucking with Mexico can [...]

Boss, you better watch what your mouth

Lynx Trucking owner ordered to pay an ex-employee “Thirty-One thousand Seven hundred Fifty dollars” for “name calling” and “wrongful termination.”
Even though the employee wasn’t doing her job, and made many mistakes.
The ex-employee was fired for being on facebook during company time, and for coming to work late.
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Trucking in the Future

What will trucking be like in the future? All these predictions the ATA, and all these other focus groups are putting out every year say freight is going to increase.
Naturally you would think the trucking industry would increase as well. But is it going to increase?
The government evidently does not want trucking, as they have shown [...]

Conspiracy Theory Speculation Paranoid Delusions in Trucking

With all the talk as of late, of cover ups, and the conspiracy theories being told by the paranoid schizophrenics that are now working as “advocates” in the trucking industry.
Oh yea, didn’t you know about all this? It’s true, or is it? I heard they were connected directly to the TIA (Trucking Intelligence Agency).
They carry the [...]

Recruiting Websites and Recruiting for CDL Mills: What’s the Difference

Well, it looks like tonight I wasted 90 minutes of my life that I will never get back, just so I would confirm that recruiting for CDL Mills and Recruiting websites are exactly the same.
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Good ideas in Trucking fail why

With the recent business venture IdleAire Inc. failing, and going out of business it got me to thinking. Why do good ideas in trucking always seem to fail, or do fail period? We have all seen and heard the listening sessions the FMCSA has been holding recently, they want to change the HOS up, again. Why, must [...]

Talk about being an online “stalker”

I know I have been warned by my real friends to just let some things go. But, when is enough going to be enough? I guess what I am trying to say is why is a “loose cannon” driver that accuses people of being online stalkers, keep menacing a prominent and upstanding lady in the trucking industry? And it [...]

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