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If it’s such a good idea, why try and hide it?
Fredericksburg.com – Let’s debate, now, the president’s border schemes.
         Larry Johnson Date published: 6/21/2006
   
   

I would like to see Congress do something proactive for the people of the U.S. for a change, instead of covering their collective backs after the [...]

And this is supposed to save who money? I thought the whole idea of this was to bypass the ports in LA to save money. Between ships from China traveling further, the truck traveling further and now this really expensive toll road.
Truckers could pay $216 in Trans-Texas Corridor tolls
If the first leg of the proposed [...]

I’m not sure if I totally believe this -

FMCSA: high driver turnover and crashes linked
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration concluded from a recent study that driver turnover has an impact on crash involvement for commercial truck drivers.

I’ve changed jobs more than a few times.
Originally posted 2008-10-29 04:00:00.

First and foremost – I am professional. Period. I try my hardest to be professional in all facets of this job that I truly love. I now own my own truck and am responsible for fuel costs, maintenance and repairs. I am responsible for over $100,000 or more of cargo that I am responsible for [...]

I know it’s been awhile, but I’m finally back on the road after a nagging transmission problem that I think is finally fixed (under warranty) but we still had a lot of downtime because of it. Between truck problems and training my new co-driver and honestly, seeing the same crap in the trucking news over [...]

The last few posts have been more personal then business, but at the moment I don’t care about toll roads sprouting up everywhere, higher fuel prices or the new 2007 low sulfur diesel. The company headquarters is moving to Las Vegas and they are now leasing a warehouse along with the new HQ. It happens [...]