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The second concern in Special K's note is this: Consider this hypothetical situation: A team of drivers start inquiries and negotiations with a small-fleet owner leading to making a deal. In due time the team ask the owner for an advance copy of the owner's contract form -- to learn all the...

The problem is not with Canada. The problem is returning to the US. Why would we wish to hurt anyone in Canada? What useful purpose would we serve by hurting anyone there? Doc.

Vision is not nearly the same as Midliner. Vision is class 8; it's the imitation Volvo which Mack introduced in response to the Volvo VN series (770, 660, ...). Midliner is class 7, built in France (still, I think) with a Renault medium-duty engine. I drove several Midliners some years ago...

Congratulations to both Tom and Steve! Best wishes, Doc.

The subject fine here deals not with an inadvertent mistake by someone else but rather a failure to follow the new rules -- the new rules which have received much publicity (including discussion in this forum) since last fall. When we follow the new rules while crossing back into the US, then...

One possible approach is to learn the right way to do it, then do it the right way. Yes, the stakes are higher when the fines are so high. But we do not incur any fine at all if we just do it the right way. Is that different from anything else? Learn the rules, then follow the rules. Doc. PS...

Rex: Tennessee does not now have a personal income tax. Over the past several years, though, there has been much agitation by the state government to introduce an income tax. That may yet come to pass. The real-property tax is moderate. The sales tax (even on food) is 9.75 percent in many...

Leo: Marda (Special K) has pointed out to me that the cellphone plans nowadays typically do indeed provide free time on nights and weekdnds. (She has been my cellphone expert.) I concede that point. By the way, Leo, how are things with you and your Acterra? Do you still feel pleased with it? Did...

The average minutes per day (for 2,000 minutes per month) runs from 65 (in a 31-day month) to 71 (in a normal 28-day February). That's still a lot of air time. Happy New Year to everyone! Doc.

RE: wiper design If there were a monopoly in that market (with only one seller), or if there were an oligopoly (with only a few sellers), that consideration (forcing frequent replacement) might well be a part of the strategy of the seller(s). But entry into the selling side of that market is...

I can help a bit with a sleeper berth with an E. (However, I can't do much about a sleeper birth with an I; I'll leave that one to the midwives, paramedics, and obstetricians.) The federal rule here is sometimes called the leapfrog rule. This rule is the one which allows a team to run...

RE: wiper design Plum: I too share your curiosity about that. My father drove 37 years for Greyhound Lines. (That's how this driving stuff got into my blood.) He and his fellow drivers had their favorite gripes about problems with the equipment. Several of their big and constant gripes dealt...

RE: Larry: I love to answer questions. I'm a former professor, and I have a strong background in physics and engineering, so I love to answer questions. A wiper arm is spring-loaded -- so that it holds the blade against the glass. The arm is attached to the blade holder at or near the center of...

Broomer: Merry Christmas (belatedly) to you and Teresa. We're glad you made it safely back home for the holiday. Blessings and best wishes -- for 2005 too, Doc and Marda.

Racer: I'm glad it worked out OK. Merry Christmas to all! Doc.

Please post two dimensions for your truck: from the bumper to the steering axle; from the bumper to the back of the sleeper. Those two numbers determine how much of a cargo box you can safely and wisely mount on your wheelbase. If your truck is a former tractor, you will need to extend...

To Tom and to the A team: Congratulations -- sincerely! Each of you has taken part in a very businesslike discussion -- expressing some disagreement and some agreement. The commendable part is that you have disagreed without becoming disagreeable -- that is, you have not used slurs, insults, or...

Preacher: Amen, brother! Our society has allowed a tiny but very vocal minority -- consisting of several even more tiny minorities -- to dictate what the vast majority of us must do and say and think -- and what we must avoid doing and saying and thinking. And many of our courts and a large part...

Raceman: Have you considered contacting one or more state departments of insurance? You can call the insurance department in your state, the state of the home office of AIG, and maybe the state of the damage (where it occurred). The staff workers in some state insurance departments are willing...

Since I'm such an old goat, my story is a bit atypical. In 1968, while I was on active duty as a Naval officer, I got my first chauffeur's license. That stuff is in my blood. My father drove 37 years for Greyhound Lines. In 1976 (at age 36), with a new doctorate degree in hand, I felt a need to...