I’m the last person in the world to have any credibility in an argument about uber-technological advances, unbelievable artificial intelligent capabilities, cloning, robotics, or getting to Mars. I’m the last person in the world to not have a cell phone. I own the majority interest...
A recent headline in Overdrive caught my attention:“Carrier lease-purchase programs ‘meaningful’ for at least half of lessee operators”In reading the article and the related comments from drivers about both good and bad outcomes from lease-purchase agreements, I decided to comment on this issue and FMCSA’s...
https://www.ccjdigital.com/perspectives/article/15744018/challenging-a-misinformation-campaignApr 25, 2025 | Updated May 7, 2025An article that appeared in the April 8 edition of CCJ in the Business, Workforce Development section entitled “Study Reveals Driver Fatigue and Mental Health Struggles” caught my attention and angered me almost to a stroke level.CCJ needs...
“As of 2023, only 0.3% of all registered heavy-duty vehicles in the U.S. were zero emissions models according to the International Council of Clean Transportation.”The Advanced Clean Fleets rule put forth by CARB (California Air Resource Board) would have mandated California’s truck fleet to move...
Regulatory over-reach has once again shown that “one-size-fits-all” approaches from our federal central planning quagmire (i.e., Washington, D.C.) results in unenforceable, unrealistic, uneconomical, and sometime comical plans and programs that Draconically shackle the marketplace (particularly, small businesses). Below are samplings from the Small Business Administration’s...
According to Transport Topics issue of January 6th, 2025, there was a single truck” crash” and fire on August 19 of 2024 involving a 2024 Tesla Semi that “burned to the ground after it veered off Interstate 80 and slammed into a tree in the...
Owen Charles Owen, Jr. (Charlie), passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 9th at the age of 82. Charlie is preceded in death by his parents, Owen Charles Owen, Sr. and Bonnie Johnson Owen, both of Fayetteville, North Carolina.Charlie is survived by two brothers,...
Byron “Buster” G. Anderson, Jr. passed away ironically on June 6th , the 80th Anniversary of The Normandy Invasion that served as a pre-cursor to the allies World War II’s victory in the European Theatre of War. Buster was a second-generation veteran as was his...
For Immediate Release: June 28, 2024Washington, D.C. - At an oversight hearing with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg yesterday, Republican Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee called into question various policies and priorities of the Biden Administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT), including regulatory proposals such...
Below are two dozen nuggets of wisdom related to The Green New Deal – they certainly pose some interesting questions and concerns about the rabid race to eliminate fossil fuels and carbon to save the planet. Meanwhile, wouldn’t you know it, Communist China still burns...