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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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
September 29, 2008
- Transportation Department out of Road Funds
According to Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, by the end of September, the highway trust fund should run out of funds. This, in turn, will delay payments normally made to states for construction and transportation projects. This fund is a federally backed… Read more
September 26, 2008
- OPEC Thinking About Cutting Oil Production
Since oil prices peaked at their high of $150 per barrel, they have taken a nosedive of 30% as of late. So, oil ministers from OPEC are debating whether or not to cut oil production in order to stabilize its price. While no major cutbacks are predicted, a move like this could not have been dreamt of… Read more
August 24, 2008
- Is There A Truck Driver Shortage?
According to the American Trucking Association’s “US Truck Driver Shortage: Analysis and Forecasts” report, there is a nationwide shortage of 20,000 CDL long-haul truckers. If current demographics continue, the shortage will reach 111,000 by the year 2014… Read more
