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The company policy you cite is not the beginning of replacing American drivers with Mexicans since the definition of serious violations under Part 383.51 would apply to all commercial vehicle drivers regardless of citizenship. According to the federal regs, driving more than 15 mph over the...

In the news today are reports that the NY Department of Motor Vehicles is doing a sweep to bust bus drivers who wrongfully obtained bus driver licenses by using false names. Their licenses are being suspended. Their companies are firing them. The police are arresting them (at least some of them)...

The "vs" part is not entirely accurate. I ignore his posts. There is no "vs" energy on this end.

Live within your means. If you are not debt free, work toward becoming debt free, and from there, work on becoming financially free. Master your money so the lack of money does not master you.

This thread got me to thinking. See this.

People who are looking into the expediting opportunity for the first time can become quickly overwhelmed by the information presented on the EO web site, in the EO Open Forum, from recruiters, from drivers and from other sources. I thought an outline might help and offer one here. Kindly note...

I received an e-mail from a contractor today that raises more questions than satisfactory answers. I'm wondering what experience, if any, others have had with shippers who insist on putting security tape on your truck door after the load is on the truck? The security tape is exactly that...

Interesting thoughts you offer but I do not believe the market for such a book is large enough to produce book sales large enough to cover the cost of the marketing activities you list.

People who considered the book purchase a waste of money would not purchase the book. But there are people who would not consider it a waste and would go ahead and buy the book. The would do so for the same reason anyone buys any book. They see the book as something of value that justifies the...

Story here Also: YRC Announces Nationwide Hiring Initiative for Sales Professionals Its stock price hit a 52 week low (split adjusted) last week. It would seem that the company has a more optimistic view of its future than the stock market does. It is a significant industry indicator that...

This is an ongoing story with news published as developments occur, though it has mostly dropped off the front page. Three bus crashes are now in the news; one in New York City, one in New Jersey and one in New Hampshire. The New York DOT responded quickly with a very public series of...

I think you stated the real truth quite well.

Straight truck ride quality varies greatly between trucks. Diane and I have seen it where we are driving along side another straight truck and that driver is being bounced around in his seat while everything is smooth in ours. Having driven a few different trucks, we found that the single most...

Wow! Diane and I just drove westbound through there last night. It was open then. Glad we slipped through. The winds were indeed high. Warnings of 45 mph gusts were posted. Our fuel economy went depressingly south as we drove into a vicious headwind from the Nebraska/Wyoming border to the...

I had dinner with a recruiter for a regional truckload company the other night. Relatively new to the company herself, she expressed surprise at the low turnover at this company and the low wages paid. She said the drivers stay because the company treats them well and keeps them running. For a...

That's a nice concept but there are thousands of drivers out there who would not agree. One example is FedEx Freight. The company has been around a long time but the former Watkins drivers who got first taken over and then laid off would have a hard time calling their former company loyal. On...

The FedEx Custom Critical red logo seems to be coming into use. It is now used on the 5 Star Carriers list on the EO home page. Notice too that when you click that link, ads for both FedEx Custom Critical and FedEx Ground appear. FDCC is getting less and less exclusive as time marches on...

Between my posts here, my blog, my web site and articles written for Expedite NOW, EO and others, I have probably written three times the content that would go into a book about expediting. Certain people have suggested that I write such a book and have even offered significant support in...

Not to put too fine of a point on this, but may I ask, why would you not touch the items you listed? The leaky transformers I understand. Our dispatch would not let us haul them if the leaks were reported on the departure call and common sense would lead us to question the shipment before...

If saying thank you is your goal, that can be done by publishing your info (brochure, book, photos, whatever) online and making them available without charge to anyone who wishes to download it. By using free internet space your cost would be zero or near zero. Marketing would be unecessary...