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The high cost of doing business in the United States have caused many companies to pack up and head to Mexico or somewhere overseas.  The trend to outsource American jobs continue with the current talks underway to open the Mexican border to the U. S. trucking industry. These companies that abandoned the American workforce, are [...]

The new immigration law in Arizona has caused quite a stir across the country, even though nearly 73% of Americans polled say they approve of the new law and would like to see a similar one in their own states.  Arizona stands on the grounds that if the Federal Government refuses to do something about [...]

The upcoming safety initiative for the trucking industry, CSA 2010 is beginning to show signs of becoming a big money maker for the States.  According to a report received from a driver, a Georgia state officer was reported as saying that the State of Georgia is currently in the process of hiring and training 200 [...]

The best way to move forward with an idea or agenda that most of a population would be against, is to implement it very slowly.  So slowly in fact, that nobody even notices that it is taking place.  History is a great lesson for this concept.  If you can keep the majority of the people [...]

by Donna Smith On May 18th we wrote a blog post to explain the data and results conducted by the FMCSA regarding a study on Sleep Apnea; “Sleep Apnea- A Smoke Screen for Many Truck Driver Fatigue Issues” In that article we discussed how Truck Driver Fatigue was being used almost synonymously with the condition [...]

Is there an intentional movement building towards the initiating of a foreign workers program within the United States trucking industry?  With three major initiatives in the process :  CSA 2010, the FMCSA sleep apnea testing and the work in progress for opening the Mexican border, could this be seen as an attack on the American [...]

Truck driver fatigue is always being taunted as a major problem.  The NTSB, the FMCSA and the American Trucking Association are all behind the implementation of a new bill that will require truck drivers to undergo testing for a medical condition known as sleep apnea. Media reports are stating that about 30% of all truck [...]

by Allen Smith Driver Fatigue is no stranger to the trucking industry. The FMCSA has performed studies in the past in order to better understand what causes driver fatigue and how to reduce it by correcting the major contributing sources. Back in 1996, a 7 year study, The Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue and Alertness [...]

When it comes to truck drivers not operating while tired, the responsibility is a two-way street.  The driver must have the full authority to be able to call the shots when it is time for him or her to shut down due to fatigue.  The motor carrier must adhere to the professional drivers’ request, without [...]

Before the modern trucking industry came along, the world moved by ships and trains.  Steam engines made up the large portion of the movement of goods, but years earlier German engineer Rudolf Diesel was working on a much better alternative. On August 10, 1893, his prime model, a single 10-foot iron cylinder ran on its [...]