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Bank robbery: The things some will do for health care
Perhaps youâve heard this story already â desperate for something he thinks is totally out of his financial range, man does something over-the-top, creating a national media circus along the way. The latest variant comes from Gaston County in North Carolina in the form of a former beverage delivery driver feeling so much in need [âŚ]
June 23, 2011
Business
Jasonâs Law call-in set for June 23
Hope Rivenburg requested truckers call their representatives to demand more parking facilities nationwide.
June 16, 2011
Channel 19
Jasonâs Law national call-in day June 23; drivers urge action
Last year it came on the heels of calls for passage from often at-odds constituencies in the industry, and this year, drivers and other industry parties are following similar unity after Jasonâs Lawâs May reintroduction to the 112th U.S. Congress by New York Congressman Paul Tonko to urge drivers to make vocal their support next [âŚ]
June 16, 2011
Business
LogBook
Hours comment deadline extended, lawmakers protest cross-border plan, bill would allow truck safety tax credit, FMCSA issues CDL amendments and other industry news items are featured.
June 2, 2011
Channel 19
Driving Miss Crazy shoots straight
Just how Birmingham News âDriverâs Sideâ traffic columnist Ginny MacDonald settled on the handle Driving Miss Crazy is something of a mystery. But like the friendship that evolved between the black chauffeur and the elderly Jewess in the film the handle plays on, the moniker smacks of a magnificent sense of humor. And thatâs something [âŚ]
June 2, 2011
Channel 19
Unity diaries: Jasonâs Law lives
Itâs been more than two years since New York trucker Jason Rivenburg was slain in South Carolina after being held up while parked at an abandoned commercial property. Itâs also been two years since House member Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) introduced the bill named for Rivenburg, âJasonâs Law,â to provide boosted funding for states to expand [âŚ]
May 12, 2011
Business
Jasonâs Law re-introduced
Jasonâs Law would provide $20 million annually over six years for truck parking upgrades on the National Highway System.
May 11, 2011
Channel 19
Skydiving to the ark: A Channel 19 2010 âYear in Reviewâ
Itâs been a banner year for dramatic, contentious, weird and/or humorous trucking news here on the Channel 19 blog. I canât possibly predict how 2010 will be remembered years down the line, but read through the lens of this blog, well, it was nothing short of tumultuous, containing the highest of highs and the lowest [âŚ]
December 31, 2010
Channel 19
Stand-up treadmill desk begs questionâŚ; cargo theft connection to Jasonâs Law?
In the P.R. copy blasted out with announcements about the new TrekDesk Treadmill Desk, the company talks about the dangers of the âsedentary lifestyle,â noting studies of various characters that have probed ârising obesity rates and ill health caused by âSitting Diseaseâ (a term given to the multitude of syndromes and diseases caused by sedentary [âŚ]
September 2, 2010
Business
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September 1, 2010
Channel 19
Live online CD release party for âWhen the Big Rigs Donât Rollâ
Join the www.AsktheTrucker.com proprietors this Wednesday for a live online exclusive release event for a new record aimed squarely at the politically conscious among you. âWhen the Big Rigs Donât Rollâ is its title, and the country musicians/songwriters behind the 10 songs on the CD, David Ayers and Barry Allen, have birthed several winners in [âŚ]
August 16, 2010
Channel 19
âNo Parkingâ â another day in the trucking headlines
As the folks with AsktheTrucker.com report a soon-to-be-released musical paean to the truck parking legislation known as Jasonâs Law, there are at least two new blows to truck parking availability worldwide: The first comes from Arnold, Mo., where state rep and former truck driver Tim Meadows was on record supporting an aggressive local ban on truck [âŚ]
July 12, 2010
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