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That bridge you drove over may be unsafe
How many bridges do you cross in the course of your typical week of driving? Let’s say, for argument’s sake, you cross 100 bridges. Well, a new study by a major construction group suggests that 37 of those bridges need significant repairs or ought to be replaced. In total, nearly 231,000 bridges in the U.S. […]
April 21, 2020
OOIDA asks retailers to assist truckers
One national trucking organization is asking major retailers and grocery stores to help out the truckers who deliver the goods that wind up on those stores’ shelves. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association sent letters Tuesday, April 14, to major department, drug, and grocery stores asking their “help to make things a little easier and safer […]
April 21, 2020
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‘Incredible truckers’ honored at White House
President Donald Trump today praised “our brave, bold and incredible truckers” for continuing to do their jobs during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. During a ceremony last week on the White House South Lawn, Trump said, “At a time of widespread shutdowns, truck drivers formed the lifeblood of our economy. For days and sometimes weeks at […]
April 21, 2020
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COVID-19 info available from RoadPro
RoadPro Family of Brands, as part of its commitment to America’s truckers to keep them safe, comfortable and connected, has created a web page that is a one-stop information center with information about the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. The page — RoadPro Cares — features the latest news from travel centers, links to the Centers for […]
April 21, 2020
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Online registration opens for GATS
Online registration has opened for the Great American Trucking Show, which will be held Aug. 27-29 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. As in years past, GATS will be a mix of exhibitors, health and wellness information, music, programs to help improve your business and the Pride & Polish custom truck show. […]
April 14, 2020
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Tips on coping with stress caused by COVID-19
Try to get some rest, eat well
April 14, 2020
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COVID-19 Update: Food trucks available, truck show canceled
On April 3, the Federal Highway Administration issued a notice that allows states to have privately-owned food trucks to set up in rest areas along interstate highways, a practice normally not allowed by federal law. The exception ends when the national emergency declaration ends. The goal was to increase the opportunities for truckers to get […]
April 14, 2020
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Drivewyze adds ‘open and closed’ alerts for Florida rest areas
Drivewyze announced Wednesday, April 8, it is now providing “open and closed” alerts for Florida’s 65 rest areas and welcome centers to help truck drivers find available parking during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Florida alerts were activated last week, joining Pennsylvania rest area alerts that went live on March 24. Drivewyze Safety Notification alerts are available and […]
April 14, 2020
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Special COVID-19 resource for truckers available
The global outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus has thrown society and, with it, the trucking industry into uncharted territory. The editors of Truckers News, Commercial Carrier Journal, Overdrive, and Trucks•Parts•Service have set up a comprehensive page as a resource for all involved in trucking to keep up with the latest news and analysis surrounding COVID-19’s impacts. Visit […]
April 14, 2020
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TomTom Trucker 620 GPS gets you where you need to go
A recent survey by a trucking industry research organization identified the 100 worst bottlenecks for truck traffic on U.S. highways. The annual study found these traffic chokepoints cost the trucking industry more than $74 billion and waste 1.2 billion hours of trucking time each year. The smart professional driver, if they can, will avoid these […]
April 14, 2020
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40-year trucker named Female Driver of the Year
A company driver from Canada is the winner of the first Female Driver of the Year award. The Women In Trucking Association and Walmart announced recently that Susie De Ridder, who drives for Armour Transportation Systems in New Brunswick, Canada as the winner. She was one of three finalists for the award. The others were […]
April 7, 2020
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COVID-19: SOS sent to Trump; Macungie truck show canceled
A fixture on the truck show circuit and rest areas in one New England state are the latest trucking industry victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. In addition, one major trucking organization sent an impassioned plea for help to the White House. New Hampshire closes facilities at rest areas Several media outlets are reporting that […]
April 7, 2020
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How to make your own no-sewing face covering
On April 2, the City of Laredo, Texas enacted an emergency mandate requiring anyone over the age of 5 to wear some kind of face covering when on any form of public transportation, pumping gas or when in any building open to the public. Failure to do so could result in a fine up to […]
April 7, 2020
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Congress told to tackle trucker troubles
Last week a major trucking industry organization sent a scathing letter to President Trump demanding a plan to provide truckers with on-the-road testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus, and today that same group turned its attention to Congress asking for numerous long-term changes on behalf of drivers. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association sent a letter to […]
April 7, 2020
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Meet 2 deaf women who beat the odds to become truck drivers
When Suzie Helgerson, 54, drives down the highway in her big rig, she sees emergency vehicles before most hearing people hear the sirens. Helgerson has been deaf since she became sick with German measles at the age of 6. She wears a hearing aid and communicates through American Sign Language and speaks using an interpreter. […]
April 7, 2020
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In case your smartphone needs a boost
Remember the bad old days of original cellular phones when the phones were the size of your shoe and there were vast service deserts as you drove across the country? Fortunately, today’s smartphones are smaller and those dead zones are few and far between, but there are still times and places where the service bars […]
April 7, 2020
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Prime bottles hand sanitizer for its drivers
Finding the new essentials of life — masks, Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer — in these pandemic days can be difficult for most individuals. Try doing it for members of a huge corps of 8,500 drivers. That’s what the folks at Prine, Inc. were working on recently in the midst of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. While […]
April 7, 2020
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What to look for when looking for a wireless headset
Like it or not, hands-free driving is the law of the land for professional drivers. Over-the-road, regional, dedicated, city or local, it doesn’t matter, you can’t drive with a device in your hand. Seems as though every week brings more enforcement aimed at drivers using smartphones as they drive, truckers included. Fortunately, there’s a solution, […]
March 31, 2020
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