Operation Safe Driver Week is a safe-driving awareness and outreach initiative, aimed at improving the driving behaviors of passenger vehicle drivers and commercial motor vehicle drivers through educational and traffic enforcement strategies and interactions with various levels of law enforcement. The next Operation Safe Driver Week is scheduled for July 10-16, 2022. So, mark your calendars. You’ve Been Warned Throughout Operation Safe Driver Week, law enforcement personne...

With the 2022 Expedite Expo only weeks away, it’s high time to discuss some of the more intricate and educational goings on that will be taking place in Fort Wayne, Indiana on July 15th and 16th. Every year, major players in the expedite game come to the Expo to share their knowledge and help educate the newbies and grizzled vets in the ways of hot shot trucking. This year will be no different. Check out the list of speakers, contributors and round-table guests who will be...

Team Driving has its own unique set of dilemmas...

Safety and personal responsibility are like a child's seesaw, we never know which end is up or down....

This part of our home time involves an airplane...

There are those rare instances where you receive a gift, an unexpected gift, a gift that keeps on giving. Learning to recognize when such a gift is presented to you can be life changing in more ways than you might ever expect....

Maintenance. Upkeep. Repair. Fix. Whatever you call it, you need to be doing it. Regularly scheduled maintenance will not prevent all breakdowns from occurring, but it can and will lessen the frequency and severity of issues while you are on the road....

Things I noticed driving in California If you plan to drive in California, here are a few tips to help you out. You may have driven in all the other states, but these few tips may help you keep your sanity when driving on the left coast. Well, they may not do that, but you could at least be expecting some of these road hazards....

“If the check cashes, I’m good with it,” says longtime V3 Transportation driver and owner operator, Tommy Owens. And he’s been cashing in regularly since becoming the counted-on professional driver of some of the most heavily attended live concerts over the past five years or so. Bringing His Best for the Bands Tommy has hauled equipment and goods for some pretty heavy hitters in the entertainment industry. From KISS and Guns N’ Roses to J.Lo (Jennifer Lopez) and Ba...

The ongoing driver shortage has been a trending issue for years, and at last count there are roughly 80,000 driving positions in this country that are currently not being filled. Again, that’s something that has been a given within the trucking industry for over a decade. Most recently it’s the national shortage on baby formula, coupled with the continued skyrocketing fuel prices, that has a nation firmly in the grip of constant consternation. But for the moment let’s a...