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U.S. DOT and Cross Border Trucking With Mexico
Hal Kiah / Truckers Lives in The Balance / North American Trucking Alerts OOIDA Petitions to Intervene in Cross-border Trucking Lawsuit In an article from Online Trucking News, OOIDA, soon followed...
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FMCSA’s Proposed Rule could Amend Driver Qualification Standards for Insulin...
It didn’t take long for North American Trucking Alerts DOT Medical Adviser, Dr Randolph Rosarion, to write his concerns regarding FMCSA’s New Proposed Rule, amending insulin treated driver...
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“Mikes Law”Addressing Truck Driver Safety and the Assault on Truckers
Original Article posted on LinkedIn by James Lamb The SBTC-NRA Tug-of-War: NRA is blocking Mike’s Law Trucker Gun Bill A few months back, I contacted the NRA and asked them to support the Small...
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“Qualifications of Drivers” Diabetes Standard- FMCSA ‘s Notice of Proposed...
FMCSA published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) “Qualifications of Drivers; Diabetes Standard “Qualifications of Drivers” Diabetes Standard- FMCSA ‘s Notice of Proposed Rule Making What...
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Is The Need for the FMCSA’s 30 Minute Break Justifiable
This past week, the FMCSA granted yet another waiver, or exemption, to the 30 minute break rule. This time, it is to drivers who transport Oversize and overweight loads. The reason being that drivers...
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The Saga of Speed Limiters Continues
It boggles the mind, trying to understand the NHTSA, FMCSA, DOT, other federal agencies, and the ATA’s thought processes. And I suppose that none of us ever will get them figured out! They are still...
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Drivers 21 and Under Holding CDL to Drive Interstate?
In a move that, though I may risk sounding sarcastic in responding to, I found a recent article in Overdrive Magazine where US Senator (R. of Nebraska), Deb Fisher has introduced legislation to allow...
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Trucking Companies and Recruiting
Hal Kiah, North American Trucking Alerts (.com) Trucking companies, and trucking recruiters are basically, a separate group of people. While the recruiters do work for the trucking company, or...
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The Trucking Lifestyle, and Marriage
Hal Kiah, North American Trucking Alerts (.com) Marriage and Trucking are two different lifestyles that can make for some trying times between partners, and make for some very good times, depending on...
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Staging Loads and Detention Time
Staging Shippers are driven by profits. They will load the trailers faster when it pays them to load trailers faster. They will change their methods when it profits them. Big shippers like drop and...
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Speed Limiter Ruling Delay, Will Common Sense Rule?
Well, for the present time, Congress has put a hold, or temporary delay, on a decision on whether or not to push forward on a bill request to have speed limiters put in place on all trucks over 28,000...
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Is Leasing From a Trucking Company Safe
In an article I did in October of 2014, we visited the downside of leasing a truck from active trucking companies, and why it could be the wrong step, especially for the newer truck driver, as the...
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Go Fund Me Update for the Trucker Alert App
One Month ago, began the GoFundMe for the Trucker Alert App. The goal set for the Fund Raising was set at $90,000.00, A high amount, for sure, but considering what is planned for the app, and the...
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The Need For Michael’s Law, and a Pushback From an Unexpected Source
In June of 2014, a young truck driver was delivering a load to the west side fo Detroit, Michigan. When he arrived at the receiver, he was turned away because the company was preparing to shut down...
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Preventing truck fires and trucker fatalities
Original Post by Hal Kiah “Fire Fighting Equipment and Truck Manufacturing” In trucking, every day carries a different outcome, some expected, and some completely unexpected. Over the years, there...
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Representative J. Denham Offers a Slap in the Face to Truckers. Time to Fight...
Rep. Jeff Denham, Turlock California. North American Trucking Alerts started, with the purpose of bringing awareness of the issues that truckers face, through various parts of...
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The Denham Amendment Must be Defeated For Truckers and Their Families
UNITED STATES – Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Above, is Representative Jeff Denham, Republican from Turlock California. Recently in the House Transportation Bill...
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California Air Resources Board. Honest Science? Fraud and Waste of Finances...
By; Gary Worden This turned out to be a pretty interesting article (pdf). !!! With the “sceince” that the FMCSA that has been proven to be less than reliable, and honest, comes the “Science” that...
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The Denham Amendment Defeated
In a previous article, Myself, along with others, called for truckers, and those who support truckers to take a stand against an amendment that was brought before the congress that would heavily...
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Where Has Responsibility Gone?
In an act of what can only be called Selfishness, one truck driver has gone and shown the lack of professionalism in today’s trucking industry towards others. And this is due to what I consider,...
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