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Moose makes a very important point; one that all expediters should think deeply about.

I'm not comparing a repeat car thief to a CSA truck driver. I used the car thief example to illustrate that our justice system assigns lighter penalties to first time offenders and heavier penalties to repeat offenders. I then went on to contrast two truck drivers, one that starts with...

It seems to me that the three year multiplier has it exactly backwards. It works this way. Say you are cited for a violation worth five CSA points. The multiplier tripples that number on your record in the first year to make it 15. One year later, the multiplier is double for 10 points. The...

Traffic stops by unmarked police cars have been suspended according to this news piece. It is unclear from the article if the stops have been suspended in Tennessee only or in Mississippi also. Regardless, the killer remains at large and police continue to maintain the theory that the killer is...

Sylectus is not a load board. It is software that carriers use to share freight and trucks. Most of these carriers are carriers in their own right. They have their own customers. Sylectus comes into play when they have a truck but no freight, or freight but no truck. This article is about...

Expedite NOW article now online: The Effervescent Joy of Expedite CEO's

Notice that while I talked some about geopolitical developments, I brought the post back around to the individual expediter and what the developments may mean for his or her business. Posts that are pure politics without business applications to expediting belong in the soapbox forum.

I don't see owner-operators owning these units. When not in use they take up space in the truck that can be used for dry freight. A reefer truck would be a better option. It seems that shippers are the best ones to own the units and take repsonsibility for them. Set them up, seal them, and put...

ABC News: Mississippi Cops Warn Drivers About Stopping for Homicidal Fake Cop "Mississippi authorities are urging drivers to be wary when being pulled over by a police officer after two people were shot and killed by someone police think could be posing as a cop to get motorists to stop."...

That's an expensive way to perform the Heimlich maneuver.

A recent and important book on these topics is This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff. It explains how, over and over again, empires and countries reliably and predictably walk into government defaults, banking panics, and...

Some moderators may consider the above post to be a code of conduct violation but I don' think so. Nothing is being sold directly to forum readers so I would not consider it advertising. It is also an interesting post. This product is another example of technology taking the driver out of the...

Your scenario and strategy makes sense IF the inflation you project actually happens. And I agree that the way the government has been printing money sets the stage for that very thing. However, these things that seem like they should happen do not always happen in the time frame that might be...

I do not provide investment advice to strangers or even to close friends and family. I worked 11 years as a stockbroker and financial planner and learned then that unless I have a professional, formal and ongoing client/advisor relationship in place, it is not good to share good ideas. People...

In 2007, I saw a recession coming and started putting up posts to get expediters thinking about it and to encourage them to prepare (first post here). I did not know then that this would become the Great Recession, but got it right about a coming recession. Today I see another big bad thing...

ATeam: Diane and I are a team.

I don't want to take this thread down a path that will land it in the Soapbox forum so I'll provide this link without further comment. It links to an article about vehcile inspections and the driver's Fourth and Fifth Ammendment rights.

I agree with you that the government is gradually and increasingly erroding our rights and the founding fathers would not recognize today the country they founded two centuries ago. But in the case of an annual truck inspection blitz, what rights are being violated? In what way is it disrespectful?

These annual events have never meant anything different for Diane and me. We've seen the scales more active but have never been pulled in for an inspection while the blitz is on that I recall. And if you are pulled in, would it be any different than any other roadside inspection you might receive?

Yes, this is a sign of things to come. Robot trucks will drive for far less money than human driven trucks and that is why there will be a rush to them once the legal hurdles are cleared. Robots will be exempt from hours of service rules too, making them far more useful and productive than...