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After PATT’s (Public Citizen and the rest) court win, I fired off an email to PATT not really expecting a response. That first letter is here. After actually receiving a response, I wanted to be more critical and ask some questions. They took about two weeks to answer the first one. It’s been about [...]

Trucking Officials Target Driver Retention Challenge
“I often hear there is a driver shortage, and I don’t believe this at all,” said Brad Penneau, senior editor of Transportation Management for J.J. Keller & Associates, a Wisconsin-based trucking industry consultant and publisher on safety and regulatory compliance.
“Every time there is a driver orientation class, people are in [...]

Your log book can send you to jail. Why keep taking that chance? If blackboxes were cheap and dependable there wouldn’t be a question. They don’t need black boxes to find out you’ve been lying.
Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com – News: Trucker in deadly Amtrak crash guilty of logbook violations
KANKAKEE (AP) — The truck driver involved [...]

It’s a good thing we’re taking a break between Christmas and new years’ because everyone tells me I have an attitude problem. Today, I was told I had an attitude when I asked a driver to move his truck off the fuel island. He was there after I fueled and updated my logbook while I [...]

Here are a few other trucking blogs I regularly check out.
A Trucker’s Thoughts About Life – Good writing with a few pictures. He’s even getting a little into podcasting.
Ken & Karen McByrd-Bell – A couple of household drivers with a blog, podcast and pictures. Household is very similiar to what we do (sometimes) so [...]

Just a quick note to remind everyone what a short mile and a practical mile is. A short mile is what most companies pay and is an almost impossible route for a truck to drive.  Drivers drive practical miles and truck companies and brokers pay short miles. Usually about a 10 percent difference.
Crete to [...]