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I've never heard of any such regulation. If it existed, the carriers would have told drivers and it would be common knowledge, would it not? It would be an easy violation for CA scale cops to spot and cite. I woud think that if the reg existed, word would be out to put the decal on.

Be careful about assuming what a "truck stop" inspection is. I was amazed to see the difference when we moved from FedEx Custom Critical to Landstar. When we went to the same kind of truck stops to get Landstar DOT inspections done, it was amazing, and totally different thatn what we experienced...

What expedite carriers allow personal conveyance to the degree where running errands, visiting museums and spending a day on the beach is possible while doing a 34 hour restart?

A few months into the new rules, we have not lost any good opportunities to the new rules, but the potential exists. If circumstances line up the wrong way, we could indeed suffer a major loss because of the new rules. There has been a major and negative quality-of-life impact. Before, one of...

Safety and dependability are not a function of truck age. Indeed, you can make the case that government regulation has done more to make trucks undependable than anything else. The biodiesel mandate in Minnesota forced many trucks in Minnesota to buy rotten fuel and break down on the side of the...

And the very same thing would be true if they had passed no CARB rules at all that are retroactive on older trucks. In the natural course of things, trucks age and get replaced. Instead of wreaking havoc on the industry with regulatory overreach, CARB could have simply applied new regs to new...

Ferro has visited tremendous harm on truck drivers by advancing bad HOS regs and, in my opinion, she has played many for fools with her listening sessions and conference calls, conducting such events more to provide political cover than to actually listen and learn in a way that produces...

The pay-for-fuel run we are on now is a rare exception. Most of our CA runs are lucrative.

Our CA miles for the last three calendar years: 2012: 7,488 2011: 9,908 2010: 6,770

Overdrive magazine has a more detailed story on this.

As it happens, Diane and I are on an "I-5 shuffle" run now. 750 miles of our trip will be in CA to a delivery there. We are running this load at a loss because it gets us out of the Seattle area. Seattle is usually pretty good for us but not this time. We were happy to find a load on the...

Distracted driving is distracted driving. Whether it is porn, a book on tape, putting make-up on while driving, dialing your cell phone to schedule a dental appointment or fiddling with your GPS device, it does not matter. If you are distracted, you are distracted. That said, sexual content...

It depends on how the insurance policy is worded. The insurance company may have no responsibility at all. Life insurance policies have language in them that protect the insurance company from paying death benefits if suicide is the cause of death. If a death claim is made and suicide is the...

You say you are seeking answers by reading forums but not finding them. What questions do you have exactly? You may also find this piece helpful: Introduction to Expediting

When talking about the major truck brands that are still in business, I don't know that there is any great difference between them in getting parts. With our Volvo, we have not needed parts often, but when we do, they are either in stock or available the next day by overnight delivery. KW and...

Trucking and Expediting 10 years. Seven years with one carrier, three with another.

I'd bet not, but without good data, arguing the point would be fruitless. I've only been with two carriers in ten years of expediting. The first had a fleet ranging from 1,200-1,500 or so trucks at various times. For a while, the company recognized it's long-term contractors (10 + years and...

In the high-turnover industry that expediting is, 10 years in one place is a remarkable accomplishment.

Exactly. An innocent yawn, like the kind you have after waking up from eight hours of sleep, or an itchy eye, like the kind you have when a heavy pollen count affects you, look totally different when the footage is viewed after a serious accident. The footage remains the same but the context and...

That's an interesting point. The surveillance system the company put in the truck to monitor the driver and protect itself is now being used against them in court.