November 10th, 2010 @ masslogics // No Comments
(More) Apparently, truckers in other countries experience similar issues. US fuel prices skyrocketed in 2003-2006 due to higher consumption volumes in developing nations like China. Now it seems there are new issues, possibly created by the Chinese government itself. What would US truckers or the trucking industry as a whole do if our government were [...]
July 9th, 2010 @ masslogics // No Comments
(More) CSA2010 (Comprehensive Safety Analysis) looks to be very beneficial to all involved in the trucking industry. My first conversation with a safety professional came with a glowing review of the new program. In his perspective this will centralize ALL STATES to make them all standardized with regards to regulations. Have you ever left your [...]
April 22nd, 2009 @ MReed // 2 Comments
(More) Most of the truckers out there can get the word out to people about important highway issues. They are essentially rolling billboards. With that in mind, they are being used to support the ‘move over’ law. This is a law that says that people must move over to accommodate emergency vehicles on the side [...]
April 2nd, 2009 @ MReed // 3 Comments
(More) The small-time truck drivers are angry, and they’re mostly angry with President Obama because they don’t feel like he’s taking their trade interests and their security seriously enough when it comes to the Mexico border. Right now, the US truckers generally don’t have any incentive to go to Mexico and to be competitive there, [...]
February 28th, 2009 @ MReed // No Comments
(More) Like any state, Ohio had projects that it wanted to work on, some of which were derailed by the economic problems that the country is facing. In order to get those back burner projects moving forward, it’s been proposed that there would be tolls used. Toll roads are becoming increasingly uncommon in this country, [...]
February 20th, 2009 @ MReed // 3 Comments
(More) In the state of Colorado, the fees that trucks have to pay are going up. The vehicle registration fees are designed to pay for repairs to bridges and roads, and they amount to a lot of money over time for these projects. There will also be a two dollar a day increase in what [...]
February 10th, 2009 @ MReed // One Comment
(More) After a period of decline, it seems as though oil is on the rise again, which is pushing both gasoline and diesel prices higher. While the price at the pump didn’t come down as much for diesel as it did for gasoline, both of them will be rising in the very near future, and [...]
January 29th, 2009 @ MReed // No Comments
(More) If you go to the truck stop in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, you can get more than just fuel for your truck. You can also get fuel for your body in the way of food and fuel for your soul in the way of prayer. The truck stop doesn’t impose prayer on anyone, so if you’re [...]
January 26th, 2009 @ MReed // No Comments
(More) In Connecticut, there are considerations underway about reinstating some of the tolls on the roads. However, anyone wanting to do this will have an uphill battle because individuals who drive those roads quite often aren’t interested in paying money to do so. The idea of reinstating the tolls came about for two reasons – [...]
December 19th, 2008 @ MReed // No Comments
(More) California already has some serious laws on the books when it comes to emission standards. However, they are about to get more difficult. There have already been recent plans made to help protect the state against greenhouse gases and now they are thinking about cracking down on diesel trucks. These trucks bring everything from [...]
