December 19, 2010
It was a happy holiday for trucking image advocates Saturday as the Udrove Humanitarian Bowl highlighted the trucking industry in a positive way
Tags: In the Media
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Sunday, December 19, 2010 7:56 PM | » Comments(1)
December 15, 2010
Drivers or employees? Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled in favor of FedEx in a number of lawsuits that alleged the company improperly classified delivery drivers as independent contractors
Tags: Drivers
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Wednesday, December 15, 2010 8:08 AM | » Comments(1)
December 13, 2010
If you use owner-operators, you might want to make a resolution for 2011 to take a close look at your practices to try to fend off possible attacks on their independent contractor status
Tags: Drivers
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Monday, December 13, 2010 6:57 AM | » Comments(1)
December 9, 2010
I bet there are some truck enthusiasts who would love to have this baby under their Christmas tree. Oh, wait, at 11 feet high it probably won't fit through the door -- or even in most garages
Tags: Special Specs
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Thursday, December 9, 2010 2:42 PM | » Comments(0)
December 7, 2010
Infrastructure investment was one of the areas President Barack Obama singled out as "necessary for America to win the future" in a speech this week on the economy at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Tags: Government
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Tuesday, December 7, 2010 10:26 AM | » Comments(0)
December 1, 2010
As the industry comments on the proposed fuel economy standards for medium and heavy trucks, here's an interesting video on YouTube about a designer who has developed futuristic truck prototypes
Tags: Equipment
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Wednesday, December 1, 2010 6:54 AM | » Comments(0)
November 30, 2010
I saw a lot of people during the American Trucking Associations' annual management conference this fall
Tags: Trends
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Tuesday, November 30, 2010 1:22 PM | » Comments(1)
November 29, 2010
As we head into another winter season with state transportation departments spraying roads with corrosive de-icing solutions, some states are trying to cut their use of such chemicals by using a de-icer made from sugar beet juice
Tags: Trends
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Monday, November 29, 2010 9:47 AM | » Comments(0)
November 16, 2010
I got tears in my eyes yesterday when I watched the online video about the 8th-grader who was killed in 2008 when her school bus was crashed into by a truck traveling about 60 mph. The driver said he didn't see the bus
Tags: Safety & Compliance
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Tuesday, November 16, 2010 6:50 PM | » Comments(1)
November 15, 2010
A full truckload of pharmaceuticals worth several million dollars was stolen last week at a rest area in Kentucky, illustrating a trend toward ever-higher values of stolen pharmaceutical shipments
Tags: Safety & Compliance
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Monday, November 15, 2010 7:28 AM | » Comments(0)
November 10, 2010
"Work exposure to diesel fumes tied to lung cancer." That's the headline of a Reuters news story this week reporting on a new research analysis.
Hold on a minute. This is news
Tags: In the Media
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Wednesday, November 10, 2010 7:34 AM | » Comments(2)
November 8, 2010
Now that the elections are over, Mexican officials are likely to push even harder to get the cross-border trucking dispute ironed out in this window of time before the 2012 elections start consuming the administration's attention
Tags: Government
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Monday, November 8, 2010 3:46 PM | » Comments(0)
November 3, 2010
I got an e-mail the other day from an owner-operator who was curious about why the government doesn't have to follow its own emissions rules when it comes to trucks owned by the military
Tags: Special Specs
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Wednesday, November 3, 2010 3:30 PM | » Comments(0)
October 29, 2010
Viewers of the Discovery Channel's "Stormchasers" program may not give much thought to the truck equipment that helps these daring tornado researchers do their job, but something as seemingly simple as a liftgate can make a big difference
Tags: Special Specs
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Friday, October 29, 2010 2:10 PM | » Comments(0)
October 27, 2010
Seems some carriers at the Southern California ports have found a loophole that allows them to continue operating some older, higher-polluting trucks that supposedly have been banned from the ports as part of their Clean Truck programs
Tags: Going Green
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:49 PM | » Comments(1)
October 25, 2010
Remember the movie "Gone in Sixty Seconds," where Nicolas Cage is a retired master car thief who has to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother's life? Last night, CBS Evening News viewers got to watch a heavy-duty truck get stolen in less than 30 seconds
Tags: In the Media
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Monday, October 25, 2010 8:27 PM | » Comments(0)
October 24, 2010
The recession may officially be over, but many smaller trucking companies are struggling to come out of it strong. One company is trying to help with some free advice
Tags: Trends
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Sunday, October 24, 2010 11:17 AM | » Comments(0)
October 15, 2010
Each year around this time, I usually get at least one press release in my in-box about a trucking company that is painting one of its rigs pink as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Tags: Heroes & Villains
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Friday, October 15, 2010 10:43 AM | » Comments(0)
October 15, 2010
It's nice to hear about a trucking lawsuit that went the way of the trucker for a change
Tags: Heroes & Villains
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Friday, October 15, 2010 8:35 AM | » Comments(0)
October 14, 2010
"We all have an idea of what a truck driver's like when we're a kid - but we don't really know much about them.
Tags: In the Media
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Thursday, October 14, 2010 7:36 PM | » Comments(0)
October 10, 2010
When the black-and-yellow, pointy-tailed Marmon Wasp won the first Indy 500 race in 1911, it was thanks to innovation. Not a faster engine, or even the more aerodynamic shape of the car. The key was the rear-view mirror
Tags: Business
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Sunday, October 10, 2010 7:07 PM | » Comments(1)
October 6, 2010
Did you know the guy who broke Ma Bell's monopoly did it because he was trying to sell truckers a two-way radio system that could give them uninterrupted contact with their headquarters
Tags: Infotech
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Wednesday, October 6, 2010 11:31 AM | » Comments(0)
September 27, 2010
What do an old-school auto manufacturer, a soft drink maker, the world's largest discount retailer, a consumer packaged goods company -- and some of the country's most creative trucking companies -- have in common? Innovative use of information technology
Tags: Infotech
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Monday, September 27, 2010 7:35 PM | » Comments(0)
September 23, 2010
In an apparent case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing, even as Schneider National's safety VP Don Osterberg was participating in the National Distracted Driving Summit in Washington, D.C., this week, the company was using texting in its recruiting ads
Tags: Safety & Compliance
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Thursday, September 23, 2010 7:27 AM | » Comments(0)
September 22, 2010
During discussions about the coming driver shortage, one fact that has been frequently mentioned is that during the last driver shortage, many trucking companies relied on immigrants to fill trucking seats.
Tags: In the Media
Author: Deborah Lockridge | Posted @ Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:23 PM | » Comments(0)