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I sent an email to Joe Rajkovacz, Regulatory Affairs, about OOIDA's stance on this issue and received this back: We (OOIDA) are completely opposed to any blanket ban. It cannot be supported by scientific evidence that a CMV driver talking on a cell phone is at ANY increased risk of having...

I believe I have also heard that the fleet owner get a higher rate per mile then the one truck owner at Panther. What we find nice about FedEx Custom Critical is we do not have to find our own freight we are busy enough as it is. When we get into a bad area we are often relocated to a better...

Welcome to FedEx Custom Critical! My suggestions are to bring a notebook and a red pen. We attended an interesting class where the speaker discussed that we have better retention when taking notes with red pen. Must work I remember this part. Take lots of notes and ask lots of...

Federal board urges cell phone ban for commercial truckers By Mike M. Ahlers, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS ·NEW: Federal trucking safety agency expected to rule on hand-held cell phones ·NEW: Hands-free devices do little to increase danger, trucking group says ·NTSB's recommended rule would...

Boy you have that right!

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In eleven years out here we have been hit twice in a truck stop with one being a marker light was busted on the trailer and once when a driver backing into our sleeper door. While i wish no one had ever hit us I feel as if we have not done to bad since we primarily park in truck stops.

If we "only" delivered to docks I would be inclined to agree with you.... Expediting is often going inside a business and picking up freight or delivering inside a business. We deliver inside hospitals, banks, hotels, bases, and an assortment of customers who have never seen a dock...

Trucking is a culture shock to many second career people including us. As a driver for US Xpress it was a rude awakening to a new world and frankly one we decided we could not handle and tried to get our of trucking. We found in a short time the wanderlust bug had grabbed us and we had to find...

Jon I believe is a Physicians Assistant and he only did basic things on the MERV as well as sleep study tests. He was great at talking with people about their blood pressure and encouraging them to see a doctor.

I talked with Jon last night and I was sure sorry to hear of this.

Illinois Bill Requires Posting of Truck Routes and Education on Truck GPS Illinois Public Act 97-0291 Takes Effect January 1, 2012 SKOKIE, Ill., Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed legislation aimed at enhancing truck safety in the state by...

We arrived out at our customer last night about midnight in San Diego and we had a heck of a time finding first the hotel we were delivering to, and next finding the little signs that say "this way to dock areas". It was interesting as it appeared a tour ship was out in the ocean with all of...

Cheri that above statement is perfect! That is why I enjoy Women in Trucking as even though we do the same job as men in many cases we do the job a little different. As far as I am concerned there are jobs in trucking that a lot of women and many men cannot handle due to strength requirements...

Right now it is up in the air if Steve is going to be there are not.... You can give him a call at 800 481 0859 and talk with him.

Starting September 1st we are required to carry chains in Colorado... That is when I start thinking about preparing for winter. The first thing I do when I see the notice about chains in Colorado is get online and order my Slush Busters The Slushbuster Winter De-Icing Strip - Safer and...

I believe that is pretty good mileage for triples anywhere much less the area you run in. What are your winters like pulling triples are you shut down a lot of do you haul less trailers?

I really like the new logo as well and the back door is awesome! Thanks for your comments.

It is really to early to tell and we probably put the wheel covers on before the engine has broke in. Those wheel covers are really noticeable and we really like the look. The truck is continuing to improve on fuel mileage we have had several over 12 MPG fill-ups and one fill-up in the 13...

What are you talking about? I am agreeing with you.