The Blind spot #74
As most of you can imagine being a over the road trucker can put a serious strain on any loving relationship. It can be a real challenge to make a relationship work when you are thousands of miles away from your loved ones for long periods of time. I alone could write [...]
Sorry no trucks are allowed to park here, your going to have to leave!
I get so fuck tired of hearing “sorry sir you can’t park here”, from it seems like ever one and their mother. Ask any driver out there what is the biggest concern is in their day to day operation? You will hear [...]
An inter-agency operation this week took 53 commercial vehicles and 93 drivers off Oregon roads for safety violations.
A team of Oregon State Police, several local police agencies and commercial vehicle inspectors with the Oregon Department of Transpiration ran the 16th Operation Trucker Check from 12:01 a.m. Tuesday through 11:59 p.m. Thursday at the southbound Interstate [...]
I really enjoy hosting The blind spot trucker talk show. However, lately it has been really trying to make the show happen. Three weeks ago I was stuck in Meta, MO with no internet connection which made it difficult to tell everyone that the show was canceled. Last week I was able to set the [...]
The FBI suspects that serial killers working as long-haul truckers are responsible for the slayings of hundreds of prostitutes, hitchhikers and stranded motorists whose bodies have been dumped near highways over the last three decades.
Federal authorities first made the connection about five years ago while helping police link a trucker to a string of unsolved [...]
Truckers may be able to put a little more pedal to the metal as Senate Republicans inserted language into the state transportation budget allowing vehicles and noncommercial buses over 8,000 pounds when empty to travel 65 miles per hour instead of the current 55.
During deliberations in the Senate’s transportation committee, the speed increase was added [...]
