Rather reports on trucking world

A recent “Dan Rather Reports” titled “Haul or High Water” gave industry outsiders a glimpse into the trucking world and a broken system that can’t adequately pay its drivers for what they do. In my opinion, this huge dilemma is hard to cram into an hour show. As a reporter who covers the trucking industry, I know how complicated it can be to make others outside the industry understand.The show,

‘It looked like he was speeding’

You gotta be kiddin’ me.By a majority of 5-1, the justices of the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled June 2 that police officers in the Buckeye State can issue speeding tickets based on visual estimates of speed and without any other form of proof such as radar.This is one of the most absurd decisions to come down from the bench in years.One trucker e-mailed me an interesting suggestion that this

Rick’s last ride

Over the Memorial weekend, many truckers were watching Facebook, tracking OOIDA Member Ralph Acocella’s route as he took home the cremated remains of his good friend, OOIDA Member Rick Rogers.Rick did his part to improve the image of trucking as a Trucker Buddy Ambassador and by participating in the World’s Largest Truck Convoy for Special Olympics and the Make-A-Wish convoys. He was also a