Tag Archives: United States

Road Safe America – Here are some facts for you

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

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Unfriendly States Cities – How are you going to get your Freight?

This is something that really gets my blood boiling. There are not many trucker friendly places left in the United States. Of course the Northeast has never been trucker friendly as far as getting around the different Cities in the … Continue reading

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LaHood: worried about ‘Global’ Texting

Here we go again. Our US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is so infatuated with distracted driving that he is now going “global” with it. Why is our “US” Transportation Secretary even worried about distracted driving “globally?” This is just about … Continue reading

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Cross Border Trucking with Mexico – Equals US Jobs Lost

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on May 6th that the Obama Administration was “very close” to announcing a plan that would resolve the cross-border trucking dispute with Mexico. What are they smoking? I … Continue reading

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English Only CDL Testing

In the United States of America it is a federal mandate that CDL applicants must be able to read and speak English sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English, to … Continue reading

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Arizona’s New Illegal Immigration Law – Some Truckers Plan to Protest

Why? That is about the only question I can come up with right now. This is a bill that is needed in probably every state. Do these same truckers complain and protest because they have to stop at the Canadian … Continue reading

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Meet The Truck Driver

These massive trucks rolling up and down the interstates over mountains and through small towns all across the United States. People in cars and pick-ups usually are cursing when caught behind these behemoth trucks, and act like they are running … Continue reading

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Heavier Weights for Same Money and Safety Concern

There are two bills that need to be discussed that are parts of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act. One of the bills will allow the gross weight to be increased from “eighty thousand” pounds to “ninety seven thousand” pounds. Is … Continue reading

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Webinars Cover Human Trafficking for Trucking, Travel Plaza Members

Human trafficking is a $32-billion-a-year business, destroying countless lives and enslaving its victims, the majority of whom are women and children. Most Americans are aware of the problem in Asia and Africa, but are oblivious to that fact that it … Continue reading

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FMCSA Orders Tierra Santa Inc to Cease All Operations Immediately

Following an emergency request by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The United States District Court for the Central District of California on Saturday ordered the owner of Tierra Santa Inc, the illegal bus company … Continue reading

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