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October Fitness Awareness Month
http://www.argtrucking.com/fitness-on-the-road-4-easy-workouts-you-can-do-in-minutes/ Written by Don Guay. Posted in Basics & Processes
DRIVER ETIQUETTE
http://blog.bigroad.com/blog/etiquette-for-professional-truck-driversDriver Etiquette
LABOR DAY AND DRIVER APPRECIATION WEEK GO HAND IN HAND
Driver Appreciation Week allows us to appropriately extend our most sincere thanks to all of our professional truck drivers for their tireless commitment to safety and service. Know that you have the respect and admiration of the entire truck community this week and every week throughout the year WHAT IS LABOR DAY? The vital…
HEAT WAVES~~~~~~~~~~
We have all seen the WIBBLES on the highway. Remember a desert scene in a movie with the car looking straight ahead and seeing those waves? When we see that, we have a mental note in our head that it is really hot outside. We are not in the dessert, but in New England and the…
Summer is here and so are the strong UVA Rays.
Tis’ the Season! Summer is here and so are the strong UVA Rays. A note to all of our drivers… we know that you spend a lot of time in your truck. So we are suggesting that you read the following and protect yourself: “UVA rays transmit through clouds and window glass to penetrate the…
Rhode Island May Call Special Session in Fall to Consider Truck Toll Plan, Lawmaker Says
http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=38741 This story appears in the July 6 print edition of Transport Topics. The Rhode Island General Assembly adjourned without approving a controversial truck toll plan offered by the governor, but lawmakers are expected to meet in the fall to continue reviewing the plan, a key state lawmaker said. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (D), speaking…
Truck driver who rescued jailer honored by Carnegie
http://www.truckersnews.com/truck-driver-who-rescued-jailer-honored-by-carnegie/ The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission is the latest organization to honor a truck driver who risked his life to save a law enforcement officer who was being attacked by a prisoner in his custody. blackburn 2 Clinton D. Blackburn Clinton D. Blackburn rescued Darrell L. Herndon from assault along the Bluegrass Parkway near…
ESPRIT de CORPS/ INDEPENDENCE DAY
Esprit de Corps: Noun: a sense of unity and of common interests and responsibilities, as developed among a group of persons closely associated in a task, cause, enterprise, etc Independence: Adjective: Not subject to another’s authority or jurisdiction; autonomous; free: An independent businessman. Not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.;…