Recent Posts in Trucks Category
Posted on Dec 29, 2021 By David Thomas
THE 110-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE In the news recently was the story of what seemed to be a wildly disproportionate sentence for an accident involving a truck. On April 25, 2019, in Colorado, Rogel ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2017 By David Thomas
A SNAPSHOT OF THE INDUSTRY Whenever a disruptive technology stands poised to enter a market or industry, it is instructive to look at a snapshot of the industry prior to the assimilation of the new ...
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Posted on Jun 4, 2017 By David Thomas
UBER GOES TRUCKING Transportation and material moving is the fourth largest employment group in the United States, with 9.73 million workers according to Bureau of Labor statistics. Trucking touches ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2016 By David Thomas
INCREASE IN ONLINE SHOPPING LEADS TO OFFLINE DANGER With Cyber Monday more popular than ever, and many retailers offering free shipping as an extra incentive for online shopping, Americans are ...
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Posted on May 4, 2016 By David Thomas
A TOP FIVE STATUS NO ONE WANTS With several major interstates crisscrossing its borders, and more than a few commercial trucking companies headquartered in the state, Georgia has a lot of ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2016 By David Thomas
BIG RIGS AND BIG ACCIDENTS Approximately 5,000 people die every year and thousands more are are injured in the U.S. in accidents with semi-trucks and 18 wheelers. Most of these fatalities are the ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2013 By David Thomas
Sometimes a confluence of events can provide for absolutely horrifying results. Such was the case last month when a motorcyclist was killed when his motorcycle collided with a tractor-trailer. ...
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