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Deborah Lockridge (Editor, Heavy Duty Trucking), recently quoted a freight transportation forecaster who said that the expected changes in HOS would create overnight the need for an additional 150,000 trucks and drivers. I don't know if the HOS changes would have that effect or not. I do...

The regulation is quoted below. Note that there is a difference between chicken lights (auxilary lamps, additional lamps, lamps not required by the regulation) and "all lamps required by this subpart." In other words, chicken lights do not have to work. I am open to correction on this since we...

Complaints are common here in the Open Forum about fleet owners that harmed drivers by failing to maintain equipment, holding back pay, improperly keeping escrow money, violating contract provisions, etc. Yet no one ever names a fleet owner publicly to warn off other potential victims. The...

I believe the new CSA 2010 point system for scoring violations will improve the quality of enforcement over time. Because it is no longer a good idea to accept a ticket for a minor violation and move on (actually, it never was a good idea), many more tickets will be fought after they are written...

Leo, your page-turning point is a good one and a feature I have come to fully appreciate as I read my Kindle. It really is easier to hold and read a Kindle than a book. But note the somewhat different purposes readers have. Many have voiced objections about the Kindle precisely because it is...

It is amazing how willing people are to stay stuck in a bad situation because they are unwilling to take a loss. "Cut my losses and move on" are some of the most powerful words in business.

Ahh yes; the book. That thing that does not need batteries, never has to be booted up, does not break when you drop it, can be shared with or gifted to a friend without permission from the person who sold it to you, and stores information for a thousand years in a format that is as good...

A valid point of view you have. It illustrates well the fundamentally different approaches. In our truck, our movie viewing (lectures), GPS, phone calling, music listening, e-reading, etc. tend to be done on single-purpose devices dedicated to these specific tasks. The other approach is to...

Audacity? How about helpfulness? How about skill? My wife is an attorney and knows a thing or two about contracts. Many fleet owners don't have a clue. We chose expediting and later became owner operators. I can think of numerous scenarios where the legal skills we bring to the table could be...

There is no score card per say but you can view your CSA points through the FMCSA Pre-Employment Screening Program. You can view them quickly by paying the $10. I belive there is a way to view them for free but it takes more work and time. If you believe there are errors on your report, they...

When a six year old tries something and fails, a parent will often comfort the frustrated child by saying the kid did his or her best and that makes the parent proud. When a high school football team plays its heart out but finishes the season with a pathetic record at the bottom of the...

The freight took us to Florida today. Out of service for a few days to get our Florida vacation home ready for our January stay.

It does not matter how much you know about maintaining a truck, there is always more you can learn. You will never learn it all so start with the things that fail most frequently that you can work on yourself. Your truck lamps are such a thing. If you don't know about them, learn. Learn by...

Don't forget the cost of required things like DOT inspections and reefer maintenance if have one. These are not carrier fees per se, but you might do them differently if the carrier was not there to say otherwise.

No one is going to fight your battles for you. It takes time, effort and money to bring a civil case against someone but unless someone goes first, there is no safe way to deal with the issue in public. Once a case becomes an item of public record, it can be talked about in a careful manner to...

I have looked into this further and found nothing that counters what you say above. A speeding ticket issued without an inspection form would not count as CSA points. All information reported to CSA is through MCMIS. The ticket will of course show up on your MVR.

We have reached the point in a thread like this where FedEx critics are about to rise, as they do whenever FedEx gets negative press or something changes within the company. To save them the trouble, allow me to offer this. Notwithstanding the fact that the package was found and was not...

As Leo said, space conservation is one benefit, as is picking up instantly where you left off. Diane and I have his and her Kindles and the paper books are rapidly disappearing from our truck. A good-size cabinet that used to hold books will be nearly empty after we get home for Christmas. It...

I am a Kindle enthusiast too. No book I have downloaded to my Kindle has been removed. In addition to downloading a book directly to your Kindle, you can download it to your computer and then plug your Kindle into the computer USB port and transfer the book to the Kindle. If a book ever did...

If that was the case, a FedEx spokesperson would not have commented. Turtle said it well: " Much ado about not much, really." I was once a seasonal worker at UPS when I was a college student. This was before the modern era and the sorter (me) had to memorize a bunch of zip codes that...