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I don't think I used those words with the deputy, but I implied it, and he inferred correctly because he was doing the math, said I'd have had to be running 120 to do it (notice he was calculating on 10 hours instead of 11). But yes, I did stop at the Hook in the Quads for a nap.

It's proving to be worse posting about it than talking to the deputy. Imagine.

Ok, ok...maybe I shouldn't have said anything. But I find it odd that it's worse to post about it on EO than say something to a deputy who didn't give it a second thought. As life plays out, the lines between those who love freedom even with a side order of risk (life) and the fearful who would...

Gotta know when it's time to stop for a nap, which I did in the Quads. That's the idea, isn't it, get ahead of schedule then stop for a nap if necessary? Expediter vans are only a portion of the vehicles that are pressing to make time above and beyond that which DOT regs allow. If you want CVs...

C' mon, by now, deputies, troopers, and the DOT already know what the people in the white vans are doing as they run around the country. If the crimson eye of Cerberus turns our way, it will be either because we're killing people on the road or because the hyper-regulators have finally gotten...

I just looked it up. The article stated that a far back as 1998, in every state except Alabama, the law already allowed prosecution for drivers who caused fatalities because of sleep deprivation. I don't recall your worldview/political/ideological persuasion, so I don't know how you approach...

DATELINE GARY, INDIANA-- it's shift change at the TA. The guards here don't drive directly to the TA or Pilot. Apparently, they drive to the office and get in one of their company vehicles and then go in. I'm parked in the lot on the side by the porno place, and one comes driving up and gets...

I was in a truckstop in Lincoln, NE the other day. I had just delivered a long load and was tired. Must have been pretty obvious. I was bleary-eyed and such. I bump into this deputy inside. He seems like a decent guy. He asks me how I am and I told him how tired I was, that I'd just driven 1200...

Heard from my cousin, the cop in Illinois. He used to be a motorcycle cop, but now he's apparently a school-cop. Anyway, he said that when a guy's being a jerk, you pull any old law out of the books to punish him. Even if it gets thrown out of court later, at least you put your hands on him and...

What would be the point of having you wait for them to bring in a dog after you'd consented? Or what's the point of asking you if the dog is 20 miles away? Time to withdraw consent, I'd say.

Whether or not he was aware of it is irrelevant. What's relevant is that the "law" is invalid on its face. It is impossible to eavesdrop on one's own conversation. Second, as has been mentioned, the "law" can't be based on privacy because one has no reasonable expectation of privacy in public...

Yes, autumn rules, and spring is darn good. A short, mild winter is nice, and yes, summer sucketh.

Not to mention the cost in economic terms. It was Carter who, believing everybody has a "right" to a home whether they can pay for it or not, started pressuring banks to give mortgages to people who were almost certain to default. And then the rest started happening, with the unbacked...

I'm no expert, but the guy I talked to that had one said the impact on fuel economy was negligible.

Having been raised in Illinois, I'd always considered it the land where regular, reasonable people lived. That was reinforced when I became a trucker and have since been through all the contiguous 48 more than once; a trip to Newark or even Detroit will show you how different people separated by...

I wish you'd stop beating around the bush and speak your mind. This ambiguity is tough to decipher sometimes.

Well, I have to qualify it. It's true in a big truck. I assumed it was the same in a straight truck, though I suppose it might not be.

Bumped into a guy at the truck stop who is wearing a kilt... Or maybe it's a skirt, because it's not plaid. Looks like leather. He's big, bald, and carrying a huge walking stick, maybe to beat people who make fun of his leather skirt. On his bald head, he has a few tattoos, most notably a pair...

As he mentions how different groups place the blame elsewhere for America's troubles, I find it odd imagining how we on EO also apportion the blame differently. As similar as we are in many respects, we're still so very different. This also brings to mind the debates we'be had about guns in...

I don't know enough about the world of finance to know whether this is accurate or not. Opinions? There's no way in hell we're making it to Nov 2012 Here is an intellectually honest trader who was interviewed this morning by the BBC. As much as you may not want to believe it, what this guy says...