Expedite Now Magazine

Dynamite 1 · Dec 31, 2010

Just wondering if it is still being distributed. i was on the mailing list and receiving issues like clockwork, then they just stop coming. been meaning to ask for awhile now, just slipped my mind

chillout · Dec 31, 2010

We cleaned our mailing lists at the end of last year, and unfortunately, some good addresses got kicked out.... to get back on the list, please click here to fill out the subscription form.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

Dynamite 1 · Dec 31, 2010

thanks, filled it out. was still getting until may or june. so the mail list cleaning wasnt the reason. in future when you clean and lose some addresses a public note to all might be warranted. that way if stuff stops coming we will all know why. thanks for the help

greg334 · Dec 31, 2010

I haven't see it on the stands in a while. I think it was July was the last time. I wondered what happened to it being on the stands at my favorite truck stop?

Lawrence · Dec 31, 2010

Greg - we have only added locations this year. If there is a particular stop that you are not seeing it please let me know.

Also, to be more clear on Carol's comment about subscriptions - we don't just randomly purge readers from our list. If you look at the last magazine you received - it was covered with a SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL CARD. If we didn't receive your renewal - it was removed.

greg334 · Dec 31, 2010

Lawrence,
I remember picking one up at the T/A or pilot in Dexter and one in Perrysberg but I have not seen them there in a while.

Also I read Jason's article on Sleep Apnea and I wish he would have said something about writing about it, I have a great and very credible sources for information on this subject that go way beyond those he listed. Overall the article is good BUT what concerns me are a few assumptions that are not true. One is the following.

Some estimates place driver fatigue as the responsible factor in approximately 100,000 motor vehicle accidents and in about 1,500 deaths each year in the United States. If you transfer those numbers into dollar figures, you’re looking at more than $12 billion dollars per year, which is what the NHTSA estimates that “drowsy driving,” commonly associated with sleep apnea, costs on a yearly basis. Also along these lines, it’s estimated that over 70% of a trucking company’s costs associated with fatal and injury-related crashes can be attributed to some variety of sleep apnea.

The issue I have is that with the research I and others have done, we have yet found any correlation between truck accidents and sleep apnea and the DOT data with further research presented to the advisory board has back this up. The problem with the sources of many of these articles are they seem not to be independent to the industry and have in many ways ties to either clinics or research funding from the DOT which skews their point of view.

Driver Fatigue is not an issue caused solely by sleep apnea nor anywhere near the case. And only in severe cases is sleep apnea a problem with drivers. What is a factor and is ignored is the problems of a driver who isn't in control of their habits, which include taking sleeper time to do things other than sleeping like read forums or play games on the computer or watch movies and eat snack food.

mrgoodtude · Dec 31, 2010

greg334 said:
The issue I have is that with the research I and others have done, we have yet found any correlation between truck accidents and sleep apnea and the DOT data with further research presented to the advisory board has back this up. The problem with the sources of many of these articles are they seem not to be independent to the industry and have in many ways ties to either clinics or research funding from the DOT which skews their point of view.

I concur
Opinion becomes fact when financed by tax dollars....
Litmus for COPD is a 16" neck?
Not to Hijack the thread but I really get "P-OD" bout this as I met a cat at a T-stop that lost his ride for a year cuz he couldn't pony up 5K for a sleep test and CPAP..
Said Cat was a minister at the trailer church

Anywho I would still like to get my mini rag in the mail

ErieBigDawg · Dec 31, 2010

Got mine in the mail TODAY!

Dave

Bruno · Dec 31, 2010

Just sent a form in thur a e-mail so it comes to our new company address as we have moved into a bigger office with a cross dock.

fastman_1 · Jan 1, 2011

I've given up on getting it.I've renewed,and emailed my new address in the past,but it just never makes it to my mailbox.

guido4475 · Jan 3, 2011

I have noticed it is harder to find them at a truckstop as well.I wonder if this is a manager responsibility problem,making sure they are put out in time?