Running wild

Jasmine Jordan, also known as Jazzy, completed her run through Dallas Friday morning – her 1,372nd mile completed.Jasmine is completing a nationwide run across America in an effort to raise awareness about the medical expenses truck drivers face.After an injury sidelined Jazzy for more than a month during the fall, she has come roaring back by continuing her 15- to 18-mile daily pace, albeit at a

Good Samaritan not put off by a ‘cockroach in the soup’

One of the most popular people stories to come out of the collapse of Arrow Trucking was a Good Samaritan story aired by Amarillo’s NewsChannel 10, KFDA. The Tulsa-based carrier ceased operations suddenly, leaving 1,400 employees and drivers unemployed two days before Christmas. NewsChannel 10’s Dec. 27 newscast told how a trucker unselfishly volunteered to put 200 gallons of fuel in the tank of

The cost of doing business with Matty

It’s hard to believe that one individual can wield so much power over the busiest border bridge in North America, but that’s the way it is with Matty Moroun and the Ambassador Bridge.Matty owns the bridge and sets the toll rates, and anyone caught suggesting an alternative crossing or threatening his empire feels his wrath. It’s been that way for years.Alternative proposals may come and go, but

Spinning wheels

News reporters are a cynical bunch.Combine those reporters with trucking, and you can imagine Land Line’s newsroom has rolled its eyes at countless politicians, regulators and other power players who have spun reality into a campaign.One recent release from the California Air Resources Board is a textbook example of spin.This week, CARB sent out a news release touting its greenhouse gas emissions

Technologies’ assault on road safety

Unless you’ve not spent one day in our entrepreneurial society, you probably saw this coming. Just as talk about curbing driver distractions has seemingly reached its peak, with officials from state government and the federal government joining in the fray, automakers and high-tech companies are unveiling their newest toys for drivers to play with while at the wheel.Driver distractions have been

True colors

Land Line Now and Land Line Magazine have been covering Jasmine, Lee and Paulette Jordan as the family teams up to support Jazzy’s run across America – available online at www.runwithjazzy.com.Lee and Paulette are members of OOIDA. While Lee drives the family pickup and RV, Paulette is managing the Jordans’ two trucking businesses back home in Minnesota. Jazzy is running as much as 20 miles daily

Jobless in Tulsa

A recent letter from Marshall Stapp from Oklahoma City painted an agonizing scene of shock at Tulsa-based Arrow Trucking as the word was given to cease operations.Stapp was a driver and trainer for Arrow. He witnessed the collapse.Several days before Christmas, he was at the Flying J in Tulsa, headed to pick up a load in Laredo. He tried to fuel up but his fuel card was inactive. The fuel desk

Statehouses back in session: Get in the mix

Happy New Year! With the calendar turning over to 2010, there are a lot of new things happening in states right now. About a half-dozen states are working in new rules that lawmakers endorsed during the past year. The most notable change is probably in Illinois where, with the help of OOIDA and truckers in the state, trucks now are allowed to travel at the same speed as other vehicles on most