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"According to an analysis by Virginia Tech's Transportation Institute, texting truckers are 23 times as likely as their non-texting counterparts to be involved in a crash or a near miss." Full story

Here are the first of what I hope will be many Expedite Expo 2009 photos posted in this thread. Today is setup day. Show trucks get washed by mobile wash crew. Heath Wood of Middle Georgia Freightliner arrives with transportation home, ready to sell the truck he drove to the show. Linda...

Seen in a stop-and-go traffic jam on I-71/I-75, last Friday, just south of Florence, Kentucky.

Diane and I met relatives who live in the area and visited the Biltmore House in Ashville, NC yesterday. Admission is $45 each and well worth the price. The staff is guest friendly and parking for straight trucks and tractors is readily available. Stop first at the welcome center to get your...

Truck Wash Crew Works for Peanuts See this

Business opportunities are everywhere if your eyes are open to see them. When I saw this sign in Oregon on Thursday, I got to thinking about out-of-work expediters that could configure their trucks into mobile units to offer this service. I have not completed the research but it appears that no...

A massive government-funded vaccination campaign has been announced (info here). This is likely to put reefer trucks in high demand and may give the California Air Resources Board a reason to further delay the effective date of the emmissions rules that would push some reefers off the road...

We are expecting 5,000 people at this years Expedite Expo, including many EO Open Forum members. I will be doing a workshop there entitled "Business Concepts for Expediters." For part of the time, I plan to go off topic and share with attendees what expediters are saying about the business. So...

Like many expediters, I am often asked, "Is this a good time to get into expediting?" Every time I get to thinking the safe answer is no, I run into or hear from a or team who recently got into the business, say they are making money and seem to be happy -- if not outright thrilled -- with their...

With its stock now at $0.89 (closing price today), it seems the investor community has given up on YRC Worldwide (Yellow/Roadway). The stock is down 80% year to date and down to less than a dollar from its 2005 high of about $62.00. Since last fall, it has been trading roughly in a $6.00 to...

You've seen those signs in some states: Trucks Use Right 2 Lanes. I've been driving a truck for six years now and still haven't figured out how to comply. Can someone help? My truck is only 8.5 feet wide. It fills one lane but even then leaves a few inches of open space on each side of the...

From Land Line magazine (full story): "The California Air Resources Board has delayed enforcement of its rule restricting reefer units hauled by commercial trucks in the state...." “'The reasons for this include lack of timely action by TRU owners, higher costs for compliance than originally...

Diane and I were driving on a New Mexico back road yesterday and could not believe our eyes when we happened upon a group of oryx. What are 6,000 African oryx doing in New Mexico? Check it out.

This may be old news to many of you. Diane and I just learned that Petro is going to a registered loyalty card system (Petro Passport Driver Rewards) in which cards are issued by name, similar to Flying J's system. Existing cards will no longer be valid after June 30 according to a person at...

Wall Street optimists are pointing to certain indicators as evidence that the recession will soon be over and recovery is at hand. Their spirits are bouyed by recent stock market increases. In a pig's eye! I caution expediters from buying into the same optimism and making decisions based not...

Great Potential for Express-1 Acquisition

See this Speed cameras apply to all vehicles, not just trucks.

While FedEx Custom Critical is not specifically mentioned in the promotional pieces, I'd bet even money that we will see some of these Cryoport shipments on FDCC trucks (vans and dry boxes too as reefer trucks are not needed for these). I don't think they will affect present reefer business one...

I won't have specifics until I talk to my Carrier dealer tomorrow but I wanted to share the news now (good news, I think). Via Twitter (that some dismiss as a waste of time), I learned from OOIDA (that some say does nothing for truckers), that Minnesota grant money is available that may make...

Preferring to focus on business more than politics, I almost never post here in the Soapbox. I do so today to create a space to talk California politics, in hopes of keeping my other California thread focused on business.