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Once again, we see the benefits of exercise: "When I asked people what was the best way to prepare for knee replacement I would get similar answers: keep using it as long as you can and exercise it. If you don’t use the muscles then they atrophy; the weaker they are going in the harder it is to...

This news story reports the same thing about your Flying J experience.

The title of this post will surprise no expediter. Not only is trucking among the top-10 most dangerous occupations, the lifestyle carries health risks of its own. This was driven home to me today when I received my blood pressure and cholesterol numbers in my email. The service through which I...

Keep the larger trend in mind of increasing income inequality. As more and more people slip from the middle class into the lower class, the supply of available people to drive trucks grows.

I happened upon a CSPAN broadcast the other day about driverless vehicles. One of the points made was that policy makers need to prepare to deal with unemployed truck drivers. It was interesting to see inside-the-beltway types already assuming that driverless vehicles will become the norm. The...

With no driver in the truck, there is no risk of driver injury. With that risk eliminated, the insurance company cannot charge money to insure against such losses. With accident rates reduced because robots drive better than humans, the insurance company that does not reduce it's rates will lose...

Certain kinds of trucks now and even certain kinds of freight are equipped with surveillance and tracking devices that would instantly alert security services under the scenario you pose. Human drivers have been known to fail in their security functions by going in to eat when they should be...

Hypothetical scenarios are addressed with hypothetical solutions. Hypothetical hacker risk? That's easy. Create hypothetical software that is hacker-proof. In the real world, every computer now in use is at risk of being hacked, including systems that operate the electrical grid, air traffic...

This question is partially addressed in the report above about Google car results. As required by law, these cars are insured. Who pays in the event of an accident? Not the manufacturer and not the owner. The insurance company pays. You make an interesting point about the increased safety...

You are exactly right. If trucks did not have automatic transmissions, power steering and air conditioning, Diane and I never would have left life in the suburbs to take up life on the road. Had the creature comforts of our custom sleeper not been available (including internet access that...

Check this out! Great piece.

Recent info about Google self-driving cars and accidents just came out. Here it is. While self-driving car skeptics like to talk about safety and liability, show me another fleet of human-driven cars that logs as many miles and has better safety stats. The fact is, a self-driving car or truck is...

This post over-generalizes. Look at the arrest records on a daily police blotter and you will find both groups well represented. There are plenty of 50-something people out there who are no more intelligent or successful than they were at age 20 and there are plenty of 20-something people out...

Great article here, in the EO Industry News section, about this Freightliner truck and autonomous vehicles.

That is true but it's not like someone will throw a switch and the change will be instant. Notice in the history of expediting, the drivers who got paid the most were those who operated with the least technology. The big-money loads existed before GPS, cell phones, automatic transmissions...

The expense of traveling to the Exepedite Expo is worth the investment if you wish to be informed about this business. Expediting is a unique sector in transportation. Trying to use knowledge from non-expediting endeavors to operate an expediting business is asking for trouble. There are, of...

As with cruise control in cars and trucks, auto pilot was not the end of the technology story, it was an early stage in the beginning. It won't happen overnight but Freightliner and other companies are clearly on their way to building highly-efficient trucks that do not need human drivers. Some...

For years I have been saying in various posts that self-driving trucks are on the way. We're getting closer to that reality as this story shows: Self-Driving Freightliner Licensed in Nevada While the technology is exciting and the social implications are interesting to contemplate, it is a big...

You are seeking a single answer to a question in which the correct answer differs depending on the circumstances. Is it legal to drive 60 MPH where the posted speed limit is 65 MPH? The simple answer is yes but the true answer may be no if additional circumstances are specified. For example, if...

Healthy bodies are fun to build too.