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I'll be interested to hear what you learn, dabluzman1. It sounds like installation issues to me.

In our truck, the microwave will not run at all without the generator on. That is by design, the sleeper manufacturer (ARI) explained. Our microwave oven is a convection oven too. When baking bread or otherwise doing convection cooking, the power draw is heavy so the Onan generator supplies the...

If the unit numbers are visible on the trucks, I will "photoshop" them and other identifying information out. I'm not here to make trouble for FedEx contractors. I'm just curious about the branding program that may not be so uniform after all and what that may (or may not) suggest about the...

XPO Logistics, Inc. has no intention of taking over the entire freight brokerage industry, but the company does have plans to grow into a multi billion-dollar company within the industry. You can read about the plan and the reasoning behind it by reading this XPO Logistics Investor Presentation...

I believe it is an accurate comparison to a limited extent today and will be more so in the future. Express-1 president Jeff Curry spoke to this when I asked about cross selling among XPO divisions (Express-1, Concert Group Logistics, Inc., Bounce Logistics, Inc.). He said, "Most of those...

As I said above, the sightings are few but becoming more frequent. Maybe it is as simple as sign shops not doing it right or contractors expressing their individuality. I don't know. That's why I asked. I have photos of one "Custom Critical de-emphasized" truck now and will take more when I...

How would the winning driver do that? It's the losers who appeal cases, not the winners, right? Could an appeal even be made by a winner?

A little more research partly answered my question. The law continues to be enforced, at least for now: "Bob Nichols, spokesman for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, told TruckNews.com that while the group would not comment on the specifics of the case, he noted that, 'This case doesn't...

Moose and OVM both comment on the impact of the ruling and the status of the court that made it relative to higher courts. I am unfamiliar with the Canadian justice system. How does this work exactly? What happens if the ruling is allowed to stand? What happens if the ruling is appealed?

It shows how powerful a good brand can be, like Kleenex for a tissue or Xerox for a photo copy. I laughed when I read what you wrote about Kinko's. To this day, Diane and I can be looking right at a FedEx Office store and we'll say, there's a Kinko's.

What DOT number did they put on your truck? The FedEx Custom Critical DOT number we have always known is 164025. Is the number on your truck different?

A year or so ago, maybe longer, I don't recall exactly, FedEx Custom Critical announced a branding color change such that the Custom Critical blue would become red like the FedEx Freight brand. Diane and I are noticing lately that FedEx Custom Critical branded trucks are shrinking or...

You are right about why the story is a story, but wrong about it being about Christianity. The man in question is a high profile figure and that is why the story is a story. If he was a city mayor, coach at a large college or high-ranking police officer, the story would be the same; "Daughter...

"Speed limiters are unsafe, arbitrary and violate the principles of justice according to a recent precedent-setting ruling by an Ontario trial judge." Story here More here

At the Sylectus conference, in the question and answer time that followed Jacobs' speech, someone in the audience asked, "Who are the losers?" Jacobs had just laid out his plan for building a multi billion-dollar freight forwarding and truck brokerage company and was then asked, "Who are the...

Cross-country from Seattle, WA, to Erie, PA, this week. Green lighted through some scales, pulled into a couple of others to be weighed and waved through. Business as usual this week regarding scales and inspections.

Now published is an article I wrote after interviewing XPO CEO Bradley Jacobs and Express-1 president Jeff Curry about the future of Express-1. You can read it here.

In New Jersey, if a human is not buckled into his car or truck seat, it is a $46 fine. If your pet is not buckled in, the fine is $250-$1,000 and up to six months in jail. Stories here and here.

I wonder, could a robot win a NASCAR race when it is alone in a field of human drivers?

Traffic could go either way when robots are widespread on the road. Some say as you say; that the robot cars and trucks will take in all available information and optimize their moves and routes relative to traffic. The available information will include the robots talking to each other about...