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Wisconsin Nonprofit to Encourage Children to Consider Driving Careers

Posted on August 10, 2011 by admin

Driving is a privilege that comes with responsibilities. Teaching children that driving a tractor-trailer, fire truck or motor coach as a career is difficult to do when that opportunity may be a decade away. Jim Van Den Elzen, Crossroads Safety … Continue reading →

Posted in Women in trucking | Tagged commercial drivers, drug and alcohol, dump truck, Fire Truck, high school students, IRS, Management Group, mobile classroom, motor coach, Non Profit Organization, nonprofit status, president ceo, Safety Management, Teaching Children, tractor trailer, trailer fire, trucking association, trucking industry, Voie, women and men | Leave a comment

Road Safe America – Here are some facts for you

Posted on February 5, 2011 by admin

It seems like everywhere you turn in the trucking industry somebody is trying to regulate you, or make you pay more money. The trucking industry is overly regulated in the United States. Instead of wanting to fix the problem, most … Continue reading →

Posted in Truck Driver Industry | Tagged common sense, confusion, different things, governor, job, little bit, Lost, money, Road America, RSA, Safe, safety advocates, safety group, safety groups, safety safety, speed, speed governors, tractor trailer, truck, truckers, Trucking, trucking industry, trucks, United States, Washington D C | 3 Comments

Thank a Trucker – Pay it Forward

Posted on January 14, 2011 by admin

I am an avid Twitter user, and every Friday on twitter is recognized by this hashtag #FollowFriday. This morning while doing my follow Friday mentions I decided to add the hashtag #ThankYou to mine. If you follow me on twitter … Continue reading →

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Educating the Public Driving Tips: Traveling with Tractor Trailers

Posted on January 13, 2011 by admin

In my last post about driving tips, I gave you five tips that if you follow could save your life. We talked about what not to do such as: pulling out in front of tractor-trailers; don’t dead stop in front … Continue reading →

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How do you define yourself? by Ellen Voie

Posted on January 8, 2011 by admin

Recently I noticed a mini van sporting a license plate, “CEO MOM.” Immediately I knew that the woman who owned that vehicle had children (or perhaps one child) and had a professional career. That’s a lot to glean from a … Continue reading →

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Educating the Public – Tips for Driving around Tractor Trailers

Posted on January 3, 2011 by admin

I thought we would try to start 2011 off the right way. The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Motor Carrier Association (FMCSA) along with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) all seem to think that adding more … Continue reading →

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DOT Proposes Rule to Ban Hand-Held Cell Phone for Truck Drivers

Posted on December 17, 2010 by admin

As part of its campaign to put an end to the practice of distracted driving: The U.S. Department of Transportation today proposed a new safety regulation that would specifically prohibit interstate commercial truck and bus drivers from using hand-held cell … Continue reading →

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45.7 Million Given For Bicycle Paths – Trucking Got 6 Million For Parking

Posted on October 28, 2010 by admin

I was going to write this article about the continued waste of money that has a flow rate out of Washington, D.C. like the dreaded “Montezuma’s revenge” that the US DOT is using to continue to buy votes for the … Continue reading →

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‘Misleading’ Distracted Driving Study – DOT Not Happy

Posted on September 29, 2010 by admin

When the DOT suggested banning the use of hand held devices for sending and receiving of text messages and or email by commercial truck and bus drivers – they did so without a good study in my opinion. They caught … Continue reading →

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NTSB Dispatches Investigating Team to I-65 Accident

Posted on March 26, 2010 by admin

The National Transportation Safety Board is dispatching a “Go Team” to investigate this morning’s fatal crash involving a tractor-trailer and a van in Kentucky. © 2010, Truck Drivers News Blog. All rights reserved. Related Posts:NTSB makes Update on Crash in … Continue reading →

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