http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “This research quantifies how the mutual goals of resource conservation and emission reductions could be advanced by allowing Maine to apply state weight laws to its Interstate highways.” –Mike Card, president, Combined Transport, Inc. I’m sure the howling is only beginning over the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) recent analysis touting ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/20/weighty-matters-in-maine/ “Many states and localities have laws specifically prohibiting activities such as using a cell phone or sending a text message while driving. In addition, several states have laws that hold drivers accountable for distractions that could contribute to an accident.” –Stephanie Rahlfs, an attorney and editor with FindLaw.com As efforts start ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/19/what-counts-as-distraction-anyways/ “When investing, pessimism is your friend, euphoria the enemy.” –Warren E. Buffett, chairman, Berkshire Hathaway It’s been a rough year – one of the worst in my lifetime, at least – and most of the trucking experts I talk to think next year will only bring more of the same. That ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/18/the-basics-never-go-out-of-style/ “I want everyone … to know that the United States is one of the most open economies in the world, and that’s not going to change. Our borders will remain open for the world’s products. But that commitment will be met by a renewed focus on doing more to ensure ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/17/reforming-trade/ “Trucking is not necessarily a competing type of transportation in many cases but a part of a transportation network that helps to make commerce work successfully where and when working together. One feeds into the other … the other sometimes being even water-borne delivery. This is a concept that only ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/16/truckings-integration-role/ “Ptolemy was an amazing cat. Terri and I estimate he had an understanding vocabulary of over 300 words. And we would both swear he knew our names and would try and pronounce them whenever we returned to the truck. He just was amazing.” –Tim Brady, author, consultant, and business editor ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/13/tales-of-the-trucking-cat/ “Record-setting revenue drops, high unemployment and far-flung fallout from the housing bust and credit crisis; virtually all states have been stressed by the downturn. We expect that when state lawmakers next spring turn to crafting their new budgets for 2011, many will confront an even tougher set of challenges, as ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/12/states-of-fiscal-crisis/ “We remain committed to hiring those who possess values similar to ours and have served—or are continuing to serve—our country.” –Mike Hinz, vice president of driver recruitment for Schneider National, and Lt. Colonel (retired), U.S. Army Reserve It’s no secret that respect for the military runs deep in the trucking industry ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/11/thank-you-veterans/ “The conversion of highway freight to the more efficient, cost effective, safer and more environmentally friendly services that we jointly provide, will not only benefit shippers and the general public, but our shareholders alike.” –Kirk Thompson, CEO of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, on the carrier’s new intermodal contract with railroad ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/10/hunts-new-intermodal-move/ “Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?” –Frank Scully There’s a large slice of human philosophy predicated on the maxim that if the fundamentals are sound, don’t fiddle around with them – a line of thought given voice in a myriad of different sayings, from ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/09/new-piston-thinking/