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On my way through Arkansas. Saw no deer in Texas, then I get into Arkansas and see about a dozen in 5 miles. Decide, "That's it for tonight." Not due anywhere, just fleeing Texas. Good thing I was coming up on a pickle park. Then at the off-ramp, I see 4 or 5 more. God, why did You create...

I'm going to have to come down to Houston more often. The coffee counter girl at the Hook is stunning. -- You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.

well, I'm getting out of chicago at just the right time. 1 forecast I read said possibly up to 18 inches of lake effect snow for northwest indiana tomorrow. enjoy. voice transcription software in use -- You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.

Everybody thinking you'll just go to the Chicago area because freight is slow, don't. There are 130 Sprinters, CVs, and cubes between Gary & Belvidere. That's just the ones listed on the Alliance board and doesn't include straights willing to suck up a van load, or in-service units left off the...

10/17/2011 South Carolina: Lower Court Rules Driving 55 Suspicious South Carolina lower court rules driving near speed limit justifies stop, but appeals court finds being near marijuana is not possession. Spartanburg County Circuit Court Judge Roger L. Couch ruled that driving just 5 MPH...

Without editing: Supreme Court rules warrant needed for GPS tracking WASHINGTON – In a major decision on privacy in the digital age, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that police need a warrant before attaching a GPS device to a person's car. The ruling, which marked the justices'...

A guy in a for wheeler got a flat tire at the Pilot. He parked beside me to change it. A young red-haired kid with two other companions in one of those small, retro cars...not the PT Cruiser, but similar. He got it changed and now the three of them are sleeping in it in the parking lot. I...

Amsterdam NY to Dallas. They want it there in 16 hours. -- You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.

You stop somewhere to use the toilet, say, a fast food place. Maybe you're a customer there, too. You go to the men's room, or ladies room as appropriate for everybody but Chaz Bono (aside: there's a tabloid currently on sale with a story about a fight s/he and Cher allegedly had, and according...

A guy came in and hurriedly occupied the next stall, and the tossing of cookies commenced forthwith. Since I had already done my paperwork, I adjourned to the sinks to perform my ablution and then brush my teeth. Before I'm done, he comes out and starts washing. I'm thinking of all the germs...

This guy pulled away from the dock, apparently, with something in front of his truck. Wonder how many miles he drove like that. Reminds me of the time a driver saw the truck next to his getting unloaded, nearly tipping as the forklift went on it. He checked the kingpin latch and four d that it...

OK, whoever's sucking up the Chicago loads, like the Jersey one and the Colorado one, knock it off. -- You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.

Texas License Plates Become Optional Texas legislature accidentally deletes penalty for failing to display a license plate. A number of special interest groups have fought over the design of specialty license plates in Texas over the past few weeks. The National Association for the Advancement...

Maryland: Innocence Not a Defense to Speed Camera Citation Judges in Prince Georges County, Maryland are cracking down on motorists who argue speed camera tickets are inaccurate. Prince George's County, Maryland judges are tired of complaints that photo enforcement citations are inaccurate or...

here I go to play in the ice and with the deer in northern michigan. still in the lp, but way up there, overnight. you hunters think you could thin out the herd by then?

I know everybody hates it when I paste from my phone, so here's the link: http://www.helium.com/items/2248110-geomagnetic-field-going-wild-superstorms-likely They're saying this winter will be worse than last, with increasing chances of being snowed in for a week. Bettget the winter survival...

DATELINE GARY, INDIANA-- it's shift change at the TA. The guards here don't drive directly to the TA or Pilot. Apparently, they drive to the office and get in one of their company vehicles and then go in. I'm parked in the lot on the side by the porno place, and one comes driving up and gets...

I was in a truckstop in Lincoln, NE the other day. I had just delivered a long load and was tired. Must have been pretty obvious. I was bleary-eyed and such. I bump into this deputy inside. He seems like a decent guy. He asks me how I am and I told him how tired I was, that I'd just driven 1200...

Bumped into a guy at the truck stop who is wearing a kilt... Or maybe it's a skirt, because it's not plaid. Looks like leather. He's big, bald, and carrying a huge walking stick, maybe to beat people who make fun of his leather skirt. On his bald head, he has a few tattoos, most notably a pair...

Just got a tweet from someone driving on I-75 (didn't say where but apparently in either KY or TN) saying it was hailing so hard, they couldn't hold a conversation in the car. A few minutes later, he tweeted that I-75 was covered in hail like it was snow.