Dashboard Confidential – December 2023/January 2024
After 14 years as a columnist at Land Line, Dashboard Confidential’s Dave Sweetman is turning in his keys and pen. Read his final column.
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The best trucking radio on radio
In this edition of Dashboard Confidential, columnist Dave Sweetman provides a history lesson about trucking radio.
Dashboard Confidential – August/September 2023
Diesel Dave Sweetman has been on the road 50 plus years with an out-of-service violation, until a curious situation recently during an inspection.
Dashboard Confidential – July 2023
Being a truck driver can feel like a thankless profession at times, but recently Dave Sweetman received a big thank you after 50 years.
Dashboard Confidential – June 2023
In this edition of Dashboard Confidential, columnist Dave Sweetman shares a tale of how he remained polite during a disagreement with a foreman.
Dashboard Confidential – February 2023
This edition of Dashboard Confidential serves as a reminder that planning can do only so much. The next turn could be into the unusual.
Dashboard Confidential – Dec. 2022/Jan. 2023
This edition of Dashboard Confidential features those dispatchers who make life a little easier as well as those who do the opposite.
Dashboard Confidential – November 2022
In this edition of Dashboard Confidential, Dave Sweetman looks back on his career after receiving an award in October.
Dashboard Confidential – October 2020
This edition of Dashboard Confidential explains that listening and respecting truck drivers also may be best for business.
Dashboard Confidential – Aug./Sept. 2022
In this edition of Dashboard Confidential, Land Line columnist Dave Sweetman shares a story about the tree of dreams.
Eat the elephant one bite at a time
News impacting the trucking industry is nonstop right now. It's a lot to consume. We suggest eating the elephant one bite at a time.
Dashboard Confidential – July 2022
In this Dashboard Confidential, Dave Sweetman discusses how trucking regulations, such as speed limiters, have him and most drivers perplexed.
Dashboard Confidential – June 2022
This edition of Dashboard Confidential covers lunch with the Penguin, a bad case of stink-eye and a SWAT team.
Dashboard Confidential – May 2022
This edition of Dashboard Confidential shares the story of a colorful character named Winky and proves that you can’t make this stuff up.
Dashboard Confidential March/April 2022
When traffic grinds to a stop because of a snowstorm, what do you do? Dave Sweetman witnessed a lot of good people lending a hand...
Dashboard Confidential – February 2022
In this edition of Dashboard Confidential, Land Line’s Dave Sweetman says that buying items “made in America” can help end supply chain issues.
Interstate 95 turned into parking lot by crash, snow
A crash followed by a winter storm in Virginia left hundreds of drivers on Interstate 95 stranded, some for more than 24 hours.
COVID-19: The latest info brought to you by OOIDA and Land Line
OOIDA & Land Line are compiling information specifically for truckers on COVID-19 regulatory relief and the statewide crowd and restaurant restrictions. We are updating this...
Dashboard Confidential – December 2021/January 2022
Paul “Hot Air” Abelson has been such a great mentor, teacher, journalist, colleague and genuine good friend for so many years. I could never repay...
The smell of desperation
ATA’s stranglehold of media’s coverage that pushed the so-called driver shortage has not only slipped, but the script has been flipped.
Editor’s Desk – July 2021
The American Trucking Associations has successfully convinced masses that there is a driver shortage, a perfect example of the illusory truth effect.
Dashboard Confidential – July 2021
Something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear