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News broke this week about research that shows an additional benefit to sleep. It seems that when you sleep, harmful toxins that build up in your brain during your waking hours are flushed out. Full story here. We all know that we are better at math and computer games and driving when we are...

Yes, of course. But how often are you allowed to walk unsupervised into Home Depot or up to the Snap-On Tools truck with the family credit card? ;)

It is often said in the Open Forums that operating expenses are going up while freight rates are going down. It is not hard to convince people that expenses are going up. Price increases in trucks, parts, shop labor, health insurance, tires, clothing, tools, and other such things are commonly...

Just for fun, I calculated our "average miles per shift" (term from original post) for our most recent five days in the truck. Since Diane and I alternate shifts, it is the same thing to calculate average miles per team member, is it not? That's what is shown below. Note that in this truck...

We don't take loads outside our capabilities, but we'll take any load that pays well enough and can be completed in whatever log book hours we have available (team hours combined). I still don't understand how "average miles per team member" is a meaningful number. Can you explain more about...

We'd handle such a run as any other. Because I can sleep easier in the early evening than Diane can, we always change shifts around 4:00 p.m. If the pick up is at 3:00 p.m., I'll load and drive until 4:00. If it is at 7:00 a.m., I do the same thing. Diane will then drive from 4:00 p.m. to 2:00...

Why would a husband want to know that?

We run paper logs too and are fully aware of how many miles each team member drives each day because we must calculate and write it in each day's box. I just don't understand why that number (average miles per team member) would be significant. Why would you pay attention to it?

Re: Per Diem Tax Deductions & Taxes............................................. .... The thing is, you don't get to be in business and ignore tax law at the same time, and you are now finding this out the hard way. The fact that you did not know this or that and cannot afford this or that is...

Can you say more about this? When Diane and I got finger printed for our HAZMAT CDL endorsement, we went to a location in the state we happened to be in at the time. Has this changed? Is it now necessary to return to your home state to get finger printed? We're good for now but our home state is...

Sounds nice.

Diane and I have never tracked our average miles per driving shift. The loads vary so much from load to load that average miles per shift is not a meaningful number. That team you talked to, did they happen to say why they knew the number and what they did with the info?

A rolling protest is in progress this Saturday morning on Ontario, on Hwy 402 eastbound between Sarnia and London. Traffic is being routed off the freeway by police. The rally is sponsored by people opposed to wind turbines being placed in Ontario against the wishes of the locals. Story here...

I did not think of it until reading this thread, but those of us who are often asked to show a current medical card will probably still have to carry it, even though the card has been registered with the state. The shippers who ask for the cards will not be able to run your CDL like the cops can...

I did not say it is not about regulation. The common agenda referenced above would change the number of regulations. The end result might be a fewer number of regs or a greater number. The number is not important. What the regs say is. More to the point the regulatory burden is what is...

Adding to the number of regulations is not bad in itself, just like subtracting from the number of regulations is not good in itself. Once upon a time there were no fire alarms, then there were. At some point, a new regulation came along making it illegal to trigger a false alarm. That increases...

I feel it would be possible to organize a grass-roots movement of drivers and friends who are committed to improving safety and elevating the job to a true profession. Again, as long as we keep the focus on safety, the debate can be won. If we change the debate to more regulation or less...

One other thing to note about a grass-roots effort is that it would take time. Sadly, time is not on the side of any truck driver these days. Technology marches on and the future of truck driving is not with human beings but with robots. The value of what we provide today will continue to...

That is true if you intend to operate within the Beltway. But as long as votes still matter, working from the grass roots is still an effective strategy. In Minnesota, with an effective grass-roots effort, we won an election with a $600,000 budget against combined opposition of $16 million. In...

That's a great question. The dictionary definition of professional or professionalism is quite general.