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So far, the only time a Google car has been in an accident of any kind was one time when the human driver was in control. Yes, we can speculate that a robot truck will one day be in an accident and it may even be ruled as preventable. But human truck drivers are in preventable accidents every...

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It grates on one to see your home on the road -- that is your sleeper -- labeled as wasted space. The Walmart guy's anti-driver bias comes through loud and clear.

With every game-changing development -- electricity, the automobile, the internet, etc. -- society adjusts. There are those who believe the development to be of the devil and others who believe it to be something that will elevate humanity to its highest potential. The development is seen as...

The FAA is under orders from Congress to have rules about drones out by 2015. I don't know if they'll have it all done by then but large cargo planes seem to be the easy part. We may see drone cargo planes soon.

Pizza delivery by drone has already been done (video concept): Domono's Pizza in UK uses drone to deliver pizzas

Here's more about drones: Drone heavy-lift helicopter Drone careers and changing avation laws Tech Crunch article: Enter the Dronenet FedEx Founder Fred Smith Wants Drones "As he notes, a modern 777 is already capable of being an unmanned vehicle. "They let the pilots touch the controls...

The technology will further develop and the possibilities too. The drone in the video looks like it is battery powered. Other types of drones can stay in the air for many hours if not more than a day and cover great distances. And remember, drones can drive on the roads too. With taxi cabs...

So, will it be cheaper to deliver your needed medication or new Rolex watch straight-through, exclusive-use, instant shipping (if you want straight-through, exclusive-use, instant shipping) by drone or by exclusive-use delivery van? If it was a FedEx Supply Chain warehouse from which the item...

Amazon recently introduced its Prime Air delivery concept in which drones are used to fly small packages instantly from the warehouse that receives the customer order directly to the customer's doorstep. You can read more about it here. Drones come in all shapes and sizes and can handle cargo...

Good one! It's fun when the freight is your friend.

Having seen the process, I want to share more about how easy it was. Maybe other carriers will do this next year, or even for Christmas this year. Landstar put the word out that free Thanksgiving and Christmas meals will available to Landstar BCO's (contractors) at TA and Petro truck stops on...

Cool! I just learned that Landstar is paying for Thanksgiving meals its BCO's at TA and Petro truck stops. They make it easy. We just used our Road King card to print the coupon off the Road King machine at the truck stop.

The load we have on now and the one Turtle describes above is what I consider to be classic expedited freight. In our case, an urgent need developed for an aircraft part in one state and the part was in another state. We received the call and got quickly rolling. On any other day, the delivery...

Interesting article on expediting it is. I must admit I never thought of YRC and Estes as expedited carriers but the article's author clearly does, and he makes a good case that these LTL carriers do indeed offer something called time-critical transport. Every now and then, the question rises...

We delivered near our Forida house yesterday and waited for nothing. Expecting nothing much over the holiday, we went to the house with plans to spend Thanksgiving there. But we got dispatched on a run that picked up today so off we went. It will be another Thanksgiving on the road for us, which...

The laws have changed in several states. The two of you can now get married and be a same-household team.

Yes, vacation home; for now at least. We'll move there permanently in the near future.

We deliver two hours from our Florida house tomorrow but plan to stay out.

It would be a great gag gift for motor carrier safety directors too! Send one to the head of recruiting while you are at it with the suggestion that an iDrive be given free to every new contractor.