Trucker Bombs
By now I’m sure most of you have heard of trucker bombs?
Just in case you have not a trucker bomb is; A plastic bottle that serves to contain human waste products, and that, through long exposure to intense sunlight, has swelled with vaporized liquids, particularly ammonia from the urine. Once a Trucker Bomb is driven [...]
A rookie truckers big mistake
“Ah shit look at the rookie driver f-up”, most senior drivers would say!
I would like to point out that this article is in no way a attempt to belittle a company or their driver, rather it is a way to drop a little knowledge on new drivers and those looking at entering the trucking industry. [...]
We want the freight but you can’t park here!
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 [...]
Smoky bears take down the 420 smokers
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 [...]
Long haul serial killers
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 [...]
Abolish split speed limits
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 [...]
