Crime & Courts, News
Court allows H-2A worker forced to drive trucks to proceed with federal lawsuit
A South African man claims he had to work as a truck driver despite being hired under an H-2A visa to perform farm work.
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Podcast: Lease-purchase agreements something best avoided
When it comes to lease-purchase agreements, OOIDA advises everyone to avoid them at all costs. But some might wonder why.
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Features, OOIDA Member
Litalien calls Citizen Driver ceremony ‘the best day of my life’
OOIDA Life Member and longtime truck driver Denis Litalien is fine with remaining anonymous. However, the winner of a 2016 Citizen Driver Award recently was in the spotlight when the TA in Greeland, N.H., was named after him.
Features, OOIDA Member
‘Granny Glitter’ and her heart of gold
TA Petro Citizen Driver Honoree “Grandma” Candy Bass has been trucking for more than 40 years. Along the way, her big heart has made her a fixture in charitable and service organizations, including Trucker Buddy and Special Olympics, as well as with veterans.
Features, OOIDA Member
Citizen Driver honoree Jon Osburn all about helping others
From his years as a Navy medic and EMT to now a truck driver, OOIDA Senior Member and “Skipper of the Spirit” tour truck, Jon Osburn is all about being of service to others.
News, Truck Parking
Weed, Calif., is high on trucks
The small, California town of Weed has gone above and beyond in providing truckers with parking spaces, staff writer Tyson Fisher reports.
News, Truck Parking
City of Elmira, N.Y., solves truck parking problem
While some cities are putting up a fight against truck parking, other cities like Elmira, N.Y., are quite accommodating.
Opinion
Cheating on logs, not just for paper anymore
What does an eggshell “baby” have to do with cheating on electronic logs? Managing Editor Jami Jones takes on the notion that more and more technology will eliminate cheating on electronic logs.
Features, OOIDA Member, Truck Shows
ATHS Golden Achievement Award goes to OOIDA Life Member John Taylor
One of OOIDA’s first members received ATHS’s Golden Achievement Award for over 66 years and 7 million safe miles in trucking.
Features, OOIDA Member
Hat’s off to you, Mouse
Robert “Mouse” Fernald, an OOIDA Life Member, is one of the 2015 TA Petro Citizen Driver honorees for his distinguished trucking career.
News, Opinion
From the cab: Freightliner’s autonomous truck
The Freightliner Inspiration truck drove itself down the winding road and across the historic concrete arch-gravity Hoover Dam on the evening of May 5. At that moment, the term “AV” was probably jumped 10 places on the industry’s list of buzzwords. Just remember, autonomous vehicle doesn’t mean driverless. The driver is responsible for the safe […]
Opinion
‘Semi terrified’? How about ‘Hell on Four Wheels’ instead…
An Ashville, N.C. columnist and aspiring novelist wrote a story about a “terrifying” late-night encounter with a trucker on a lonely stretch of highway, which sounds awfully familiar to a certain Steven Spielberg movie…
