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Every minute of every day, and every second of every minute. Momentary lapses of attention can be fatal.

I'm sorry that I do not remember his screen name and cannot find his post, but someone in the Open Forum recently said he was very familiar with and experienced in NYC driving and offered to help anyone who asked. He would be an excellent resource for a first-timer. Maybe he will ID himself...

Been there. Plan on being there no later than 5:00 a.m. That gives you time to find your way through the city in lighter traffic and get back on track if you get lost or something else goes wrong. Truck parking used to be allowed in back of the building. It has been a while since Diane and I...

As previously stated by asjssl, deliver and get out. Do not go in the night before. Go in early in the morning, before rush hour, then deliver and get out. Use the weekend to learn the rules and plan your route. Use online mapping programs to preview your delivery address ahead of time. Have a...

Sorry. No photo appeared on the story when I clicked the link. It showed up when I turned off my script blockers. Yes, it's a Panther truck. Condolences to the driver's family and friends.

Your situational awareness and willingness to act are commendable. When you are being followed by a suspicious vehicle, the right thing to do is call the police.

Where are you seeing this was a Panther driver?

It sounds to me that you got this far not because you focused on the problems but because you focused on the solutions.

It's always nice to see trucks whose owners have pride in their ride.

I'm not familiar with that number. What is the statistic? What is the trend? I would think that population growth is a factor too.

Diane and I join in praying this prayer.

At Landstar, that information is often provided by the agents who dispatch us without us asking. When it is not, we need only ask if we want to know. The shippers will sometimes tell us too. My favorite was a time in June when a shipper told us to get it there by September.

We're not missing your point. We're hearing it loud and clear but simply do not agree. This is expediting. Contracts that carriers make with shippers include penalties in the form of price reductions if the freight is late. While there are many reasons that a load may be late, it does not...

That depends on the carrier you are leased to and the amount if information about loads that carrier and its dispatchers/agents are willing or allowed to share. After Diane and I changed carriers, but continued to haul much of the same freight for the same customers, we found that a whole lot...

It was explained to me that the purpose of the 30 day wait is to discourage people from signing up at a gym that happens to be running a special deal and then going home to use their local gym regularly. We truckers are a different kind of customer who will join a gym, probably close to home...

Congratulations, redytrk. Love those photos.

Very few because very few expedite carriers have been in business 24 years.

It was nice and quiet last night but when the city woke up it became evident that it might be a bit early to name this place Serenity Corner. Train traffic increased and it was not whistle free. Gone are the loud railroad crossing blasts (two long, one short, one long). Heard in the day but...

That's one for the books.

Situation resolved! Now that people are back at work this Monday morning, calls were made. Our dispatching agent advises that the shipper was confused and the cargo control equipment we have on our truck is sufficient. Special thanks for the help and good humor offered by: billg27, zorry...