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This article from Heavy Duty Trucking magazine (reprinted by truckinginfo.com) will give you some insight into the rumblings.

69 Degrees Scattered clouds Southwest winds @ 5 mph At our Florida vacation home, 9:15 p.m. No sign of snow yet but we'll keep our eyes open as we take an evening stroll down to the pier.

I'm not so sure that EOBRs mean the end of the road for drivers who regularly cheat on their log books. Could it be that they cheat because they learned how early on and developed that as a habit? How many of these people have even tried to run legal? Same question for carriers that encourage or...

Full story here Posted here so expediters from all carriers can comment. The services named FedEx Freight Priority and FedEx Freight Economy are an interesting transportation industry development. Expedite carrier FedEx Custom Critical is a component of FedEx Freight. FedEx Freight is one of...

If you are going to build showers, build them well, such that they are big enough to move around in, have a place to sit, have plenty of coat hooks, and have doors and locks that leave you a measure of privacy and safety. Private showers seen at truck stops fill the bill. Common areas should...

Diane once served as general counsel to the Minnesota governor. She says that for an appeal to be made, people in the state Attorney General's office must agree to make it. The decision to appeal rests with them. The State Patrol could lobby the governor and others to encourage the AG to appeal...

You are correct. Whatever is made by trade can be defeated by trade. The next thing invented after locks were lock pics. And so it has gone throughout human history. Locks are defeated by lock pics. Codes are defeated by code breakers. Electronic security devices are defeated by other electronic...

Sad news. Diane and I offer our condolences to everyone who knew Jeff as a friend and/or colleague and now mourn his passing. I did not know Jeff as a close friend but was and continue to be impressed with the attitude he had toward his own death. I spoke with him about it on two occasions...

This is one of the many reasons I am pleased to support OOIDA and contribute to its PAC and litigation funds. From OOIDA: "Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 – In what the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association legal team calls a 'major victory,' U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank ruled the...

I asked, what hath the FMCSA wrought? We did not have to wait long to find out. Click this link to see how a TV news reporter quickly accessed a carriers SMS data, printed the pages for camera effect and reported numbers that are technically correct but woefully fail to tell the whole story...

We got ours installed a couple weeks ago but have used it very little because we are on vacation in Florida. I'll have more observations to share after we get back on the road. For now: - One advantage in waiting was that we did not have to use both the log books and electronic logging as the...

A written business plan is a good thing to have and it should include a section about reacting to unexpected breakdowns. You never know what the unexpected event might be. That's why it is called unexpected. But you do know that unexpected events will happen and you can indeed plan for the...

Well said. I am reminded of something once said by Lawrence McCord: "Expediting does not tolerate a personal agenda." Just as the rain does not know or care if you get wet, the freight does not know or care what you want. Success in this business is not about meeting your needs. It is about...

A reader contacted me privately to point out the difference between "percent" and "percentile rank." While I knew the difference when I made the original post, my choice of words did not clearly communicate it. The original post has been edited to more clearly communicate percentile rankings...

On its SMS Information Center web page, the FMCSA explains what SMS is, saying: "The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Safety Measurement System (SMS) is an automated system that quantifies the on-road safety performance of motor carriers so that FMCSA can identify...

I don't know of people consider me to be in the Magnificent Seven or not but this topic gives me pause to think it might be a good time to take a break from the EO Open Forum. I have done so in the past with good results. Forum participation can become an unproductive addiction or...

Funny deliveries like this happen every now and then. People on the shipping end are nuttso-crazy to get 'er done but people on the receiving end don't care or may not even know what's up. -- Shipper pays expediter thousands of dollars to rush a box of plastic dashboard knobs to a farm tractor...

While reading this thread I wondered, just what exactly is a reflex reflector anyway? Our truck is in the shop at a chrome shop now and I am passing time in the waiting room, browsing the store and reading the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Pocketbook. Examples of reflex reflectors...

What I like about your solution is the low-tech approach that makes it available to anyone. You are never more than a day away from your "recovery box." You don't need the internet or a computer to get things started. It's simple and brilliant in its simplicity.

Bravo! transporter, Bravo!