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At first glance there is good reason to complain about another state restricting idling. This entire article is filled with truckers complaining about another restriction in California.
sacbee.com — News — Truckers fume over diesel-idle restriction
Due to new California diesel-idling regulations, truck drivers and their on-road companions are facing a less comfortable lifestyle.
But this paragraph in [...]

I know this is a trucking blog, but my politics aren’t a secret if you look on the ‘right’ side of this site. My only political statement is - Thank god it’s over! After the armada of hate against Bush, he comes out with the biggest majority in the popular vote ever. After all the [...]

Waiting for my truck to be worked on AGAIN in Vegas. I am so tired of service places. We took a week off two weeks ago to get a ‘noise’ fixed in the transmission. Vegas Volvo after taking out the trans and opening it up didn’t find anything. The motor mounts looked bad so they [...]

This story is funny only because no one was hurt.
Greeley Tribune - News
Exploding gasoline pumps, a broken street light and three hours later getting arrested for driving under the influence while behind the wheel of a semitrailer truck, you might say Stanley Bobowicz had a bad Wednesday night.

And that’s not all…

Installed in big trucks soon.
(Pickup) Truck Black Boxes
The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged they had covertly funded a project with the US auto makers for the past five years, whereby the auto makers were installing black boxes in four-wheel drive pickup trucks in an effort to determine, in fatal accidents, the circumstances in the [...]

There’s always rumor or an attempt trying to get truckers to go on “strike” to show how important trucking is and we should get something done for us.
Truckers plan to strike
Soaring diesel prices and exorbitant fees are bringing tractor-trailer owner/operators to a boiling point - so much so that some truckers across the nation are [...]