November 19, 2008

RoadWorthy Released

Select International, headquarter in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, recently released RoadWorthy for use. RoadWorthy is an impartial assessment that helps in making informed and intelligent selection decisions when recruiting, selecting, hiring, and training new…

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November 16, 2008

Pilot Is To Offer Diesel Exhaust Fluid

Of interest to those with truck driving employment, Pilot Travel Centers has announced plans to become the first in its industry segment to carry diesel exhaust fluid, also known as urea, at its pumps. This component is needed to operate most…

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November 14, 2008

Wyoming Speed Limit Drop to 65 On Part of I-80

Beginning on October 15 and ending on April 15, a 65 miles-per-hour speed limit will be imposed on a stretch of Interstate 80 in Wyoming. The purpose of the wintertime measure, according to Wyoming Department of Transportation officials…

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November 10, 2008

Alternate to Cross Border Trucking

Jeffrey Stineman, the executive director of the National Truckers Association, is calling for help in enlisting thousands of US truckers to support a Free Commercial Trade Zone (FCTX) within the borders of the United States…

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November 5, 2008

Bottomed Out; ATAs Chairman

Bill Graves, a former two-term governor of Kansas and now chairman and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, was surprisingly blunt during his state…

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November 3, 2008

Freightliner; Slice of Trucker Life Blog

Freightliner Trucks has served three owner-operator truck drivers a Slice of Life–a 2009 Freightliner Cascadia to drive and evaluate for one year. For their part, the selected drivers will write about their real world OTR driver jobs in…

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October 9, 2008

Life on the Black Top

Only a small group of vehicles are visible at a stop roughly 15 miles or so on Bishop Rd. as workers are seen flattening hot, steaming asphalt and forming it onto a new surface. Just ahead of them, a second crew is filling humps on the surface of the road while a steamroller flattens asphalt… Read more

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October 1, 2008

OOIDA Asks the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to Rehear the DAC Report Case

The OOIDA is far from done with fighting the DAC in court. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association filed a request last week in Denver so the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals can rehear a USIS Commercial Services case. This company compiles the employment history… Read more

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