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Trailer Talkby Tom BergJanuary 25, 2011

Did Jim Carrey Really Heap Praise on Titan Trailers? No, but Jim Carey Did

Last week we got a press release from Titan Trailers that described a customer's use of wood-chip transporters in the woods and roads of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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On the Roadby Jim ParkJanuary 12, 2011

Life in the Very Slow Lane

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

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All That's Truckingby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 12, 2011

How Will CSA Data Be Used?

Last month, the next stage of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's new CSA 2010 enforcement program went live, making carrier safety information available to the public

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All That's Truckingby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 11, 2011

Tonic for a Winter Day

I spent all of yesterday in an uncomfortable chair in a hotel meeting room listening to 35 guys say pretty much the same thing in 35 different ways

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On the Roadby Jim ParkJanuary 6, 2011

When Trucks Go Crash in the Night

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

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All That's Truckingby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 5, 2011

Driver Distraction at CES

Driver distraction seems to have been a fairly hot issue driving announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. I wasn't there, but I've seen several news releases on the wires

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Trailer Talkby Tom BergJanuary 5, 2011

Where To Go When You've Turned Over That Dump Trailer

Imagine that you banged up your car and you've sent it to the factory for fixing. You can't do that, but if you own a dump or flatbed trailer, you can

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All That's Truckingby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 5, 2011

Orphan Earmarks Costing States Billions in Highway Money

As we look to a 2011 where it seems less and less likely we'll see a true rethinking on Capitol Hill of how our country pays for infrastructure, a new report by USA Today uncovers how botched and orphan "earmarks" -- aka pork -- is actually costing states highway money

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All That's Truckingby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 3, 2011

Tennessee Paper Looks at Trucking in 2011

It's not often you see articles about the health of the trucking industry in your local paper, but I suppose with big industry names like U.S. Xpress and Covenant Transport, Chattanooga might be expected to be an exception

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On the Roadby Jim ParkDecember 28, 2010

And They Wonder Why We're Cynical

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

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All That's Truckingby Deborah LockridgeDecember 21, 2010

Meet Santa, aka America's Truck Drivers

Truck drivers may not wear funny red suits and sport bushy white beards (well, I have seen a few with the latter), but they nevertheless bear a strong resemblance to ol' St. Nick

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All That's Truckingby Deborah LockridgeDecember 20, 2010

Happy Holidays for Trucking's Image at Humanitarian Bowl

It was a happy holiday for trucking image advocates Saturday as the Udrove Humanitarian Bowl highlighted the trucking industry in a positive way

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