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I'll look into it. Thanks.

Well, of course, if Mexico became the 51st state, then they'd have to follow the same rules as Americans, cause they'd be Americans, too. They'd have to follow the same HOS, and Bush couldn't give them our freight, cause it would be their freight. Mexico has a better chance of taking Texas...

When the Con-Panther-Way buyout happened, I immediately bumped my Verizon plan from the 450 minutes to 900 minutes. Glad I did, cause the first couple of months there I was close to the 900. But it's now starting to drop back down and is hovering between 400-450 minutes. Before too long I'll...

RE: American Trucking Associations pushed HOS regs You can continue to think that you have such an exclusive profession here that no one can possibly understand it without years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years of experience in it. I don't think any of us...

And flip that over and I should be able to do everything exactly as I do now, and still get paid a week earlier than I do now. :)

I like the peak booking times thing. If they could tell us to not get too involved in anything outside of your truck between the hours of this and that, and then use a text message as an alert, that could actually be more efficient than a phone call to begin with. A quick text alert during peak...

The FCC mandated that all cell phones have GPS chips to facilitate E911 calls. Land lines that 911 calls are made from always have a stationary physical location, so even if you aren't able to tell the person on the other end where you are, that information is already available to the 911...

Just playing Devil's Advocate a bit. :) Sure, some of the consignees will allow us to copy and fax, but some won't, and some won't even have the capability. I don't have a scanner in my truck, so that's out. Next option is to pay a buck or two per page to scan, and then a buck or two to fax...

Text messages? Will they reimburse us for the cost of receiving the text messages on our cell phones? I pay $.10 per text message to send or receive, plus airtime minutes (usually one minute per). I'd sure hate to have to pony up a dime every time I was offered a load. It's not much money, I...

RE: American Trucking Associations pushed HOS regs It should be noted that people with 15 years of trucking experience are usually clueless about the expedite trucking industry niche. It should come as no surprise when people scoff at 15 years of business experience, whatever that business...

You mean we'll be able to scan the pro bills and fax or e-mail them in? Wow, it's amazing that someone hasn't thought of that already. Oh, wait, Trip-Pak does that.... Naaaa. Let's not do it that way. It's much better to reinvent the wheel and let the drivers eat the cost of scanning and...

RE: American Trucking Associations pushed HOS regs Black boxes would only work if every vehicle, 4-wheelers included, were to have them. And in the case of 1 MPH speed differentials, the police would still have ample opportunity for precious revenue. With or without black boxes, the vehicle...

RE: My week in dispatch. Favoritism? Definitely no Ooooh. That hits a nerve. First and foremost, accept loads with your own safety in mind. Nothing else matters, especially the opinion of someone in "Safety" or a dispatcher. Most dispatchers don't have the time to check and see what you have...

RE: American Trucking Associations pushed HOS regs What they should do is, every motor vehicle in the country should have a black box or some other electronic equivalent that would allow the maximum speed to be dynamically set. Then, at each and every speed limit sign there would be installed a...

Werner Heisenberg is pulled over by the police for speeding one night. The police officer asks the professor, "Do you have any idea how fast you were going?" Heisenberg replies, "No, but I know exactly where I am."

Hey, I just picked up a load in Chandler. I should have stopped by and said "hey" to John.

While I don't agree with the seatbelt laws, not at all, not even a little bit (legislating stupidity is stoopid), not wearing one simply because I don't feel like obeying that particular law today is no different than breaking any other law that I don't agree with. If someone willfully and...

>Detroit - you and I are on the same page. About 15 or 20 >years ago, I got a ticket going 5 miles UNDER the speed >limit (I was following a dump truck) in TN. The trooper >claimed I was going 14 miles over the limit and there was >nothing I could say or do to prove otherwise. It dawned on...

One little nifty I use every now and then is Tell Me 1-800-555-TELL Call 'em up, you wanna hear the weather, you say "weather" and you hear the weather report. If you want the extended forecast, simply say "Tell me more". It's no-brainer easy. Voice recognition. And it's free. Main menu...

My sentiments exactly. You can often tell what a car is about to do even before the driver knows he's gonna do it. In addition to looking at the driver and picking up on his clues, you can pick up on certain tendencies that 4-wheelers have based on the surrounding traffic, the traffic patterns...