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This is true but the driver is the one that is going to have a problem.

This is a very interesting article and one that hits us hard as we don't get home very often..... Charlie has written another very interesting article. OOIDA’s Land line: Expired hazmat check means suspended CDL for veteran driver By Charlie Morasch, Land Line staff writer Rod Baillie...

We sure are glad to see that we longer will have to take the reroute it was a long one on many two lane roads. We were not looking forward to this route during winter. OOIDA’s Land line: I-29 reopened in southwest Iowa Interstate 29 in southwest Iowa is open again after being closed...

The Trucking Solutions Group call on Tuesday October 11, 2011 will have as our guest speaker, Honorable Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman of the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board). The call will take place at 3 p.m. EDT. The phone number to call is (712) 432-0075 and the call ID# is...

What struck me when I received my AP mobile alert that Steve had passed was how many of us learned of his death on a device that he was instrumental in creating?

We are friends with a guy that runs in a small division of Landstar and their trailers are tracked as they do not have QC in the truck. A couple of these guys were real outlaws and their leases were terminated due to the tracking on the trailers. From what I understand they had been warned and...

Not good information Bruno you must have missed this headline. Truckers triumph. EOBRs are O-U-T.

CVSA’s Operation Safe Driver set for Oct. 16-22 From Land Line magazine You may see extra law enforcement out on the highway in mid-October. The annual Operation Safe Driver campaign put on by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance focuses on trucks and also on four-wheelers driving...

The pictures that Bob took through the windshield show we do not have on our slush busters. Bob waits till the last minute to put them on as he does not like to clean the windshield around them. Guess what Bob has on his to do list this weekend?

Exactly Greg misinformation and/or skewing the facts to promote a cause is what this is all about.

I came across I-70 in Utah this morning in heavy snow until I finally made it to I-15 which was somewhat better.

This is a very SCARY website and this is their definition of distracted driving. Distracted driving can be visual, manual or cognitive. Basically, distracted driving is any activity a person engages in while driving a vehicle that has the potential to distract that person from the task of...

When I have observed Terry in action he often waits while the driver is backing into the dock and he waits while they let down the dolly legs. While he is waiting he walks down the off side of the trailer or truck looking over the truck until the driver is free to speak. Then he usually...

Call is starting now: The TSG is having a call with Joe Rajkovacz, OOIDA Regulatory Affairs today 10/4/11 at 3:00 eastern time. We will be talking with Joe about the proposed cell phone ban in commercial vehicles. Joe will be giving us insight on this proposed regulation and what we can all do...

Personally I would rather see someone using a hands free cell phone then holding a CB Mic spewing garbage. Today while talking with driver using hand free head set gave them a heads up on highway construction they were heading into and what lane to be in. When i am talking on the cell phone I...

The TSG is having a call with Joe Rajkovacz, OOIDA Regulatory Affairs today 10/4/11 at 3:00 eastern time. We will be talking with Joe about the proposed cell phone ban in commercial vehicles. Joe will be giving us insight on this proposed regulation and what we can all do to join in the fight...

I was also very disappointed when I saw Progressive was supporting this.

The TSG will be having a call with Deborah Hersman, NTSB Chairman and I will put call information on here. If you would like questions or concerns put them on here and the group will ask them of her. If we sit back and do nothing I have to wonder if this could become a law.

This issue appears to be gaining traction: 10/4/2011 Truckinginfo.com Fleet Group Pushes for Cell Phone Ban for Commercial Drivers NAFA Fleet Management Association is urging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to move quickly to ban the use of mobile devices by commercial...

Defensive? I asked a simple question why the interest from former FedEx contractors and why they are still interested in this wall. What does Panther and Landstar have for longevity? The question on this wall will be unveiled by FedEx not by me to the contractors.