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Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge's take on anything and everything related to trucking,

Deborah Lockridge

Editor and Associate Publisher

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Guest Voices features contributed posts from members of the trucking and transportation industry on ...

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On the Road

Straight talk on trucking from a driver turned award-winning journalist.

Jim Park

Former HDT Equipment Editor

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Insights on ground-breaking technical developments and trends in an industry being transformed by te...

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Executive Editor

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On the Road•by Jim Park•January 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

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•January 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

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•January 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

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•January 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

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•January 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

On the Road•by Jim Park•December 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

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•December 21, 2010

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All That's Trucking

Guest Voices

On the Road

Truck Tech

When Trucks Go Crash in the Night

Driver Distraction at CES

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

Orphan Earmarks Costing States Billions in Highway Money

Tennessee Paper Looks at Trucking in 2011

And They Wonder Why We're Cynical

Meet Santa, aka America's Truck Drivers

Happy Holidays for Trucking's Image at Humanitarian Bowl

Meet some FedEx Ground Entrepreneurs

England's Containers Travel Far Even Before They Begin Working

2010 Big Year For Attacks on Independent Contractor Status

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