May 26, 2011
Each year, the Cargo Securement Subcommittee of Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance hosts two sessions of the North American Cargo Securement Harmonization Public Forum
Tags: Safety & Compliance
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Thursday, May 26, 2011 7:59 AM | » Comments(0)
May 18, 2011
The American Trucking Associations released a statement Wednesday saying it would not support regulating driver detention times as proposed in HR 756, a bill recently introduced by U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-OR.
Tags: Regulations
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Wednesday, May 18, 2011 1:25 PM | » Comments(5)
May 4, 2011
Ray LaHood should resign over his remarks regarding the recent spate of napping air traffic controllers. He has revealed himself to be so far behind current thinking on the value of naps in safety sensitive environments that his judgment can't be trusted
Tags: Safety & Compliance
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Wednesday, May 4, 2011 7:14 AM | » Comments(3)
March 27, 2011
Electric cars are just now hitting the streets. A few of them anyway. They are by no means burning up Main Street. I think I know why. Electric cars look too much like every other car. Maybe we need an iCar
Tags: Trends
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Sunday, March 27, 2011 10:14 PM | » Comments(0)
March 18, 2011
Not really, but it sure felt that way. With electronic collision avoidance technology working along side a driver's good judgment, the potential for truck-into-car rear-end crashes could be greatly minimized. This technology will reduce crashes and prevent all sorts of calamity on our highways
Tags: Safety & Compliance
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Friday, March 18, 2011 2:16 PM | » Comments(0)
March 9, 2011
I had my first drive in an all-electric vehicle recently. I'm not sure, in the long run, if industry will accept this technology as an alternative to diesel-powered trucks, but plug-in trucks are certainly worth watching
Tags: Trends
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Wednesday, March 9, 2011 11:39 PM | » Comments(0)
February 14, 2011
Having returned from my first trip to Japan just over a week ago, I'm still marveling at the differences between North America and that geographically small island nation. From a trucking perspective, there is almost no comparison.
Tags: Trends
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Monday, February 14, 2011 10:01 AM | » Comments(2)
February 11, 2011
Trucks and trains may at various times be competitors and partners in the supply chain, but when the two square off face-to-face at a level crossing, there's no doubt who will emerge victorious
Tags: Safety & Compliance
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Friday, February 11, 2011 1:46 PM | » Comments(0)
January 31, 2011
Consider for a moment the logistics of getting a packaged but fresh deli-sandwich from Eden Prairie, Minn, to a roadside gas bar in the middle of the Arizona desert that's not even on most maps. It's a logistics triumph
Tags: Lifestyle
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Monday, January 31, 2011 7:30 AM | » Comments(0)
January 12, 2011
Hot on the heels of my most recent blog about the truck crash on the Pennsylvania rest area on-ramp, comes this tale of a fellow riding an electric wheelchair along the breakdown lane of I-95 in Connecticut
Tags: Heroes & Villains
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Wednesday, January 12, 2011 8:53 AM | » Comments(0)
January 6, 2011
It was a fairly minor crash, as these things go. Three trucks involved, no one seriously hurt. No motorists involved except those inconvenienced by the closing of the highway. The incident appears to be related to the twin evils of fatigued driving and the shortage of parking places
Tags: Safety & Compliance
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Thursday, January 6, 2011 9:15 AM | » Comments(1)
December 27, 2010
For all the fretting and hand-wringing, and for the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on listening sessions and research and fact finding, what we got from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Dec. 23 is a farce disguised as a proposed hours of service rule
Tags: Regulations
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Monday, December 27, 2010 11:52 PM | » Comments(2)
November 29, 2010
In the final days or maybe hours until FMCSA's latest hours of service proposal is revealed, I'm more than a little taken aback by comments I'm hearing from some drivers.
More than a few drivers think that an eight-hour driving day would be fine.
Tags: Regulations
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Monday, November 29, 2010 9:48 PM | » Comments(3)
November 10, 2010
"The reason we've got an unparalleled standard of living in the history of the world is because we've got a free market that is dynamic and entrepreneurial, and that free market has to be nurtured and cultivated.
Tags: Business
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:31 PM | » Comments(4)
October 28, 2010
Imagine the driver shortage we'd have today if trucks hadn't evolved from what we were running back in the '50s and '60s
Tags: Lifestyle
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:09 PM | » Comments(1)
October 26, 2010
Just curious here: What is it the EPA and NHTSA believe they can accomplish by regulating fuel efficiency standards that the market isn't already doing, or wouldn't do if the economic argument made sense
Tags: Regulations
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Tuesday, October 26, 2010 9:34 PM | » Comments(0)
October 15, 2010
Finally, a fatigue-related crash has come to the forefront that exposes the chasm that often exists between safety and compliance
Tags: Safety & Compliance
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Friday, October 15, 2010 10:19 AM | » Comments(2)
October 6, 2010
It just doesn't pay to get involved anymore, but tell that to someone wired with the willingness-to-help gene
Tags: Lifestyle
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Wednesday, October 6, 2010 1:09 PM | » Comments(0)
September 26, 2010
Who doesn't love a parade? Marching bands, clowns, crowds of people waving from the curb, dozens colorful floats ... Each September my home town of St. Catharines, Ontario, plays host to the Grape & Wine Festival, a celebration of the Niagara Region's wine-making industry
Tags: Lifestyle
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Sunday, September 26, 2010 10:00 PM | » Comments(0)
September 16, 2010
I wouldn't trust my own mechanical aptitude any farther than fixing a flat tire or changing the oil on my motorcycle, but it's fun to preten
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:28 PM | » Comments(0)
September 16, 2010
Last month I spent time gathering information and doing interviews for the cover story in the September issue of Heavy Duty Trucking.
Tags: Business
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:16 PM | » Comments(0)
August 19, 2010
Welcome to the new "On the Road" blog for owner-operators and professional truckers, from Truckinginfo.com and the editors of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine
Tags: Lifestyle
Author: Jim Park | Posted @ Thursday, August 19, 2010 2:51 PM | » Comments(1)