Channel 19File under: U.S. trucking rules!Todd DillsApr 6, 2013Updated Apr 9, 2013 Lest you despair o’er a little (or a lot of) numerical safety rating or all the difficulty parking or the growing gridlock, take a moment to remember our brothers and sisters hauling freight round the world. It’s been two years since we interrogated the stirrings of discontent among haulers ahead of the Egyptian revolution, and nearly three since gridlock in China came up, so when I came across this piece about the woes of Syrian haulers bringing freight in from neighboring Jordan and stuck on a bridge behind a security checkpoint for an amount of time measured not in hours, but days… Yeah, I thought you might find it of interest. Key quote, from a hauler well into his third day out on the bridge: “We are living like dogs.” As the rebellion continues in that country, whatever you think of it, say a little prayer for all the hardworking guys just trying to get ‘er done day-in day-out, wherever they happen to be. Safe haulin’ this weekend for everyone out on the road…Related StoriesChannel 19‘Cowboy Capitalists’ documentary features U.S. drivers running South Africa-SudanVoicesTruckers favor none-of-the-above option on IraqChannel 19Nelson, Ga., not the first town to mandate gun ownershipChannel 19FMCSA calling off so-called ‘red-shirt mandate’Top StoriesPride & PolishLet your truck shine -- enter Overdrive's annual Pride & PolishThe entry period for the annual competition is now open through August 18. The five categories for the contest are: Working Bobtail, Working Combo, Limited Mileage/Show, Antique and Interior.Overdrive Radio4 million miles of increasing efficiency for owner-op's 1995 Kenworth T600Equipment'Long-haul with natural gas' possible: Tour new Cummins X15NCustom Rigs'His last ride': Illinois-based owner's '79 Freightliner COE goes to work after restoEquipmentEPA's Diesel Emissions Regulations: Truck pricing, reliability impacts over two decadesOverdrive RadioLatest Episode4 million miles of increasing efficiency for owner-op's 1995 Kenworth T600More episodes »