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Trucker’s Rock has an article about a revolutionary new concept to fix the driver shortage. The title of the article? Higher Pay May Help Trucker Shortage. What? Besides me, who was the genius that thought of that one?
I like the more pay idea a lot better than this one -
Overseas manpower company-trained truckers likely to [...]

My letter to the editor, printed in the letters section of Roadstar Magazine
After reading a lot of opinions about the HOS changes, it seems like a lot of drivers don

Everyone has their Hours of Service issues nowadays. I’ve never agreed that truck drivers should drive and get paid like airline pilots. The skills or the education isn’t there. I thought this was pertinant with all the Hours of Service problems trucking is up against.
Pilot fatigue grows as problem for airlines | csmonitor.com
As the industry’s [...]

Volvo Launches Blind Spot Information System (BLIS)
Once the butt of jokes for its unfashionable safety conscious outlook, Volvo’s active safety research continues to impress. The company’s new Blind Spot Information System now recognises cars and motorcycles with a camera-based monitoring system that keeps a watchful eye on the ‘blind’ area alongside and offset rear of [...]

WANE-TV Coverage You Can Count On: Turnpike Tolls
Governor Bob Taft from the Buckeye State has proposed an 18-month reduction in toll prices. He wants to give truck drivers a reason to take the turnpike.
Trucker drivers say that may change their mind about traveling on the 2 lane roads. Harlan Matthes, says “it’s cheaper I save [...]

When I saw this, my first thought was; What a waste of time and money.
FMCSA May Fund System to Advise Drivers of Parking Availability in 50-Mile Radius

6/17/2005

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering funding
projects using commercially-available technologies to provide real-time
parking availability to truck drivers on the road.

There’s plenty of parking out there. Instead of [...]