Trucking News

January 5th, 2010

Okay Truck, Your Turn to Drive Me

By David Kolman

Wouldn’t it be great if you could flip a switch and let your truck take over the inch-along-in-traffic chore while you read a magazine, enjoy a leisurely snack or do all the text-messaging and cell-phone calling you’d care to do?

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January 1st, 2010

Thank You, Drivers!

Thanks to your generosity, TA and Petro were able to help St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Drivers who participated in our Halloween Pumpkin Promotion by donating a dollar to pin up a pumpkin made a big difference to a lot of kids

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January 1st, 2010

Funds Drive

The ongoing struggle to improve the nation’s highways

As Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) spent a good portion of 2009 working on the highway funding bill that authorizes federal surface transportation programs for highways. At press time, work on the bill and the nation’s many infrastructure needs continued. Rep. Oberstar shared his insights on the year ahead with Road King.…

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January 1st, 2010

Deer in the Headlights

Even without traffic, accidents can happen

by David Kolman

It was one of those early October mornings just made for trailer trucking. I was piloting my rig along a two-lane rural highway, enjoying the cool temperature, the star-filled sky and a lack of traffic.

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January 1st, 2010

A Big Lodi Hello

There’s always something good happening at the Lodi TA

Drivers who walk into the Lodi, Ohio TA for the first time know they have stepped into a very special place. Every inch sparkles, and there are plenty of inches covered. A 3,000 square foot travel store, just one element of a full-service travel center, is stocked with the latest electronics for the road and all of the essentials for…

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