Life Changes

Growing up, I didn’t know what I wanted to be. I guess I probably had the same thoughts as any young boy did, the thoughts of being a super hero, or a fireman, police officer. I did at one time want to follow in my father’s footsteps to become a farmer – but I soon [...]

Hours of Service Under Attack – Again

Even though trucking is the safest it has ever been as far as accidents go.
Advocates for safer highways are still attacking the hours-of-service in which limits the hours per day a truck driver can work/drive – but that is only a small part of the problem.
Advocates for safer highways such as Truck Safety [...]

Extending Unemployment Benefits – Small Town USA

Wednesday, senate moved to a final vote on a $34 billion relief package – to extend yet another unemployment benefit.
Republicans had offered ways to do the extension and being able to pay for it – but the Democrats would have no part of it – and vice versa the Democrats wanted to “print” more [...]

Truck Drivers – Skilled or Unskilled Labor

There is close to 70,000 people employed through various govt departments to ensure the safety of the road, sky, railroad, and water.
Of course I am going to talk about the trucking part of it. There are about 4 million truck drivers on the roads today. Truckers are all federally mandated on what they can and [...]

Thursday, March 18 Roadwork begins on I-64 in Boyd County, KY.

Contractors will begin lane closures on Interstate 64 in Boyd County this week, setting up an eight-mile work zone for the next stage in a $20 million improvement of the major northeast Kentucky corridor.
Beginning Thursday, March 18, the inside fast lane of eastbound I-64 will be closed to all traffic from one mile west of [...]

Self Insure Workers Comp – Don’t get Hurt

Workers Comp insurance, who is this suppose to protect? I thought it was for the worker, but I have found out there are many ways for a company to get out of paying you, or paying for medical needs.
I know this is not something new, but it needs to be fixed. I am not sure [...]

Auditor: Mexican truck safety rules still unmet

A government auditor says more work is needed to ensure the safety of Mexican trucks and buses awaiting permission to drive on U.S. roadways.
The Transportation Department’s inspector general made public its latest report on Mexican truck and bus safety Wednesday. The audit says some states are not consistently reporting traffic convictions of people driving in [...]

Truck driver charged in death of highway worker

Police have arrested a truck driver in the death of a state Department of Transportation worker in a work zone on a southern Indiana highway.
62-year-old William Hurt of Boonville was released on bond from the Vanderburgh County Jail Monday. He faces felony charges of reckless driving in a highway work zone and disregarding traffic control [...]