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That brings back a memory. It wasn't winter though, it was summer. Delivering a van load of helium-filled balloons to the local supermarket. It's one time I can honestly say my van was lighter loaded than it was empty. I never gave a thought to the hazmat issue that day, it was warm so I had my...

Best two out of three: Education and attitude. We have about all the regulation we can stand now, if we get much more we're going to have to admit to the rest of the world that we're really NOT the land of the free. Education, so people know what they're doing and why. Attitude, because even...

Turtle: Does a mom driving a minivan need to know how to secure oxygen cylinders and acetylene cylinders? Does she need to know who to call-- beyond the police-- if a drum is leaking? How much CDL knowledge does she need to drive her kids to school in the morning on a route that doesn't normally...

I might give Turtle a partial point about Haz-mat. Even then, there is a difference between people who have to be directly involved, and who need to know as much as possible about each dangerous material they deal with, and the rest of us who need to know enough to treat it with respect and give...

Reply to Xiggi: That's my take on it. Why have people take haz-mat and air brake tests when the biggest thing they'll ever drive is a minivan? Do teach following distances though-- PLEASE-- that's not specific to any particular size of vehicle after all. Some vehicles need more distance than...

I'm not so sure. We have drivers out there who have taken the CDL tests, driving huge tractor-trailer rigs, who still have no concept of how much room you need to stop. At least, not if the following distances they're allowing themselves are any indication. So, if that's the case for people...

I've never been in a place where a gun would have helped, I have been in places where a gun would be a liability. About being allowed onto a property: If the gun is concealed, most places won't know about it. Most places. I've made deliveries to nuclear power plants and to an air-force base...

I have a delivery Monday in Ohio. After that, your guess is as good as mine. Last year at this time, I was dying with maybe one run a week. This year it's completely different, been busy this last few weeks.

During the time I had a bulkhead--- It was the "Mighty Wall of Cardboard". It worked because I stacked all the freight up against it to begin with, so nothing could move in transit. Since it was what it was, when necessary it came down fast enough. These days it's gone permanently. It would...

There may be a bit of difference in the grillwork, too. Otherwise, a Sprinter is a Sprinter, made by MB and badged according to the outfit that buys the van to sell to you.

I may be wrong, but--- isn't there a federal law that touches on this? Seems to me I dimly recall something, and if it is what I think it is--- PA and NJ can't do that. When it goes to court, they lose. It has to do with interfering in interstate commerce. It's worth looking into, and while...

I came up I-65 in Indiana this morning. There's a work zone just South of Demotte. People zipping through the WZ. All of a sudden everybody slows, there's four troopers giving out tickets just North of the WZ. Chicago: I expect the Rahmulan Empire to be a mess. Ticketing cameras near parks...

Right now, the only things stuck to my windshield are (a) a city sticker for Carol Stream, right lower corner (b) a sticker from the mechanic, upper left corner, and (c) the tollway transponder, mounted just to the left of the rear-view mirror mount. The GPS unit is mounted to a beanbag, that...

I think there's more warning than actual getting caught, anyway. It does happen, but it seems the actually only have a couple of "camera vans" to cover all of the work zones. Instead of cameras, they seem to go in for those signs that tell you "your speed". The warning is certainly old, I...

I'm one of those oddballs that actually uses Opera. There's a few websites that don't play nice with Opera, this is one of them.

I always have problems with the "back" buttons on this site. I have to click several times before it will work.

I run under someone else's authority. I got the info I needed from them and had magnetic signs made, so I have the DOT and MC numbers showing on my van. I've had no troubles resulting from this, however I am aware that trouble could result from NOT doing this. Elk Grove Village, in Illinois, for...

I have a '98 2500 Chevy van, it has 259,000 miles on it right now. I get about 15.5 miles per gallon, otherwise maintenance costs are about what you'd expect on a vehicle with these miles on it. Engine is a 5.7 gas, 4 speed automatic. I had the fuel pump replaced, a belt tensioner replaced...