Posts Tagged ‘Nov-2008’

Drive and Deliver is a very interesting slice of long-haul trucking, commissioned and “produced” by International Trucks. At times, it’s a not-so-subtle commercial for the new LoneStar, the vintage-styled tractor for the premium owner-operator market. But other aspects make the production worth viewing. It shows how drivers feel about driving and the role that family support plays in their lives. It shows rural America’s appreciation of trucks and trucking. And it…

You’d think avoiding an elk or moose wouldn’t be so difficult, considering how large these animals are. Of course, when traveling at night on an interstate, those big lumbering creatures sure can surprise a driver. But the damage and high cost of these collisions can be even more surprising. Marcel Huijser, a research ecologist at the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University, notes that the average cost to drivers for every deer hit is $6,600. That number jumps …

Some young boys dream of playing for the NFL or driving a race car in the Indy 500. Kent Couch wanted to soar among the clouds. The 48-year-old owner of the Stop and Go gas station in Bent, Ore., has achieved that dream not once, but three times, with the help of a lawn chair and hundreds of balloons. It was a truck driver who first inspired Couch’s pursuits — in 1982, trucker Larry Walters soared over Los Angeles in a lawn chair attached to 45 weather balloons. Walters, who reached…