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Truckers are a easy high visibility target, low hanging pinata ! jimmy

This article might be of interest to drivers facing an sleep apnea test On Men: The Controversial Rise of Home-Based Sleep Testing - US News and World Report But the case for home sleep tests seems to be gathering steam. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced...

Found this. Sleep Apnea Support Forum ? View topic - Weight loss and sleep apnea Will weight loss improve or reduce sleep apnea? jimmy

This book might offer insights regarding diet. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It: Gary Taubes: 9780307272706: Amazon.com: Books Still curious about the relationship between BMI and sleep apnea. Any one got any thoughts ? jimmy

Glum outlook offered by owner-operators | Trucks at Work If you had to pay for a sleep apnea test, could you ? Y'all might want to read the whole thing. jimmy

DOT targeting owner-operators and smaller trucking companies ? CSA?s crash flaw: Enforcement, accident rates do not mesh | Commercial Carrier Journal jimmy

Looks like a real nice quality seat ? Elite 80 Series i wonder how many OTR drivers realize the importance of a good quality seat. jimmy

Different time period," during the Middle Miocene (the time period approximately 14 to 20 million years ago), carbon dioxide levels were sustained at about 400 parts per million, which is about where we are today," Tripati said. sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091008152242.htm More from...

Green house gases at higher level 3.6 million years ago? No Humans around then? Why blame humans exclusively now, for raising the global level of green house gases? jimmy

Read the part about out of service rates, for one-truck operations, versus large carriers. jimmy

Crashes and interventions: CSA?s crash flaw | Overdrive - Owner Operators Trucking Magazine Still reading, large trucking companies have higher crash rate, than one-truck operations. jimmy

Adequate compensation or not, I would still rather be a truck driver. jimmy

A good recruiter is probably worth the money they earn. I guess my question should have been, are drivers adequately compensated for the skills they possess ? jimmy

Definitely a different skill set. jimmy

So basically, recruiters are worth more to a company, than a truck driver? jimmy

Truck Driver Recruiter Wages Surpass Driver Pay | AskTheTrucker Imagine that. Fact or fiction? jimmy

According to this article, quite a bit of money being spent. "A Sunlight Foundation report recently revealed that interest groups in support of the bill spent $605m from 2011 to the third quarter of 2012 – 140 times as much lobbying Congress as those on the other side of the debate, who spent...

That's awesome fuel mileage! I wonder if Mr. Albert uses any hyper miling techniques to achieve that MPG? Or just sets the cruise and lets the truck roll. I also would think that Mr. Albert's, familiarity with his route would be a factor in achieving the 10.05 Mpg average. jimmy

Cummins.com > Investors And Media > Press Releases > 2013 Super truck, prototype from Peterbilt & Cummins, almost !0 MPG. Wonder how it would hold up in the real world ? jimmy

Thank goodness April Fools Day is almost over. That's the second gag I have fallen for today, hook line and sinker jimmy