We’d like to thank the guests on the program this week, including:
- OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer;
- U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon;
- Dr. John McElligott of the PDMD Clinics;
- OOIDA Regulatory Affairs Specialist Joe Rajkovacz;
- John Felmy, an economist with the API;
- U.S. Rep. Howard Cobel of North Carolina;
- Rod Nofziger, Mike Joyce and Laura O’Neill of OOIDA’s Washington, DC, office;
- Ryan Todd, an oil analyst with Deutche Bank;
- John Ewing of the Truckers Helper;
- Ed Briley of OOIDA’s Truck Insurance Department;
- John Turner, CPA and owner of The Trucker’s Accountant;
- Dan Arcy of Shell Oil;
- Tyler Slocum of Public Citizen;
- OOIDA Communications Director Donna Ryun;
- Robert Voltmann, president and CEO of the Transportation Intermediaries Association;
- Dale Tabat, policy manager with the Washington state DOT;
- Tom Weakley, director of operations at the OOIDA Foundation;
- Dupre Logistics president Tom Voelkel;
- Wyoming state Sen. Michael Von Flatern;
- Danielle Bellmer, a biofuel researcher at Oklahoma State University;
- Enno Jakobson of Challenger Motor Freight;
- Architect Steven Flum;
- And all of you who called our listener comment line.
Our stories this week on Truck parking reservations in Washington state, turkey and drowsiness, driver training, a Wyoming truck lane plan, Wall Street and the TRUCC Act, sorghum ethanol, Pennsylvania tolls, infrastructure financing and state legislation were all the work of Reed Black, who also writes and voices our daily newscast.
Terry Scruton reported on a congressional hearing on fuel surcharges, oil myths, the OOIDA truck insurance Web site, vitamin supplements, tax deductions, the price of diesel fuel, the FAST card and data storage.
Stephen Petit provided a piece on fatigue technology.
Mark Reddig reported on the TRUCC Act, the FITT Act, Ontario speed limiters, business advice for truckers, and the Wisconsin APU program.
Our theme music is performed by Webb Wilder and his band out of Nashville, Tennessee.
Thanks also to the lady who keeps the trains running on time, our own traffic coordinator, Sherry Murry, and to producer and senior sound engineer Barry Spillman, and second engineer James Fetzer.
And we’d also like to thank the other members of the Land Line Magazine staff who write and research stories used on our show, including:
- Managing Editor Sandi Soendker;
- Senior Editor Jami Jones;
- Copy Chief Coral Beach;
- State Legislative Editor Keith Goble;
- Staff writers David Tanner, Clarissa Kell-Holland and Charlie Morasch;
- And copy editor Elizabeth Andersen.
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