OOIDA on the Road

Where you can find us

OOIDA Life Member Ron Mermis and his NASCAR simulator are at the TA in Vero Beach, FL. That’s located at exit 147 off I-95. Stop in, have some fun and join OOIDA for a $20 discount.

For more information about the simulator, click here.

Air date: Feb. 3, 2012.

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Week of Jan. 12 - 18

 

We’d like to thank the guests on our program this past week, including:

 

  • Rod Nofziger and Mike Joyce of OOIDA’s Washington, DC, office;
  • Dr. John McElligott of the PDMD Clinics;
  • Mike King of the Illinois Toll Authority;
  • Chuck Johnston and Gary Green of CTCM;
  • Researcher John Large of the University of South Florida;
  • Tom Miller, product development engineer for Ford Motor Company;
  • Ed Briley of OOIDA’s Truck Insurance Customer Service Department;
  • Kevin Fry, president of Scenic America;
  • Jeff Golimowski, communications director of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America;
  • OOIDA member Donald Snare;
  • Dick Gersh, vice president of Terrafugia Aeronautics;
  • Economics professor Gary Wagner at the University of Arkansas;
  • Atlanta City Councilman Jim Maddox;
  • And all of you who called our listener comment line.

Our reports this past week on an idle reduction bill in Maine; a move over bill in New Jersey; red-light camera research; the cost of emergency response; the Ford MyKey; New Jersey traffic engineering; a Montana port of entry; a billboard moratorium; and a flying car were all the work of Reed Black, who also writes and voices our daily newscast.

 

Terry Scruton reported this week on insurance for company drivers; sleep apnea; the price of diesel fuel; and an Air Force 1 replica.

 

Mark Reddig reported on electrical shorts; the financial bailout package; the Transportation Research Board; the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; and the new Hours of Service rule.

 

Charlie Morasch offered his opinion on BMI and sleep apnea.

 

Our theme music is performed by Webb Wilder and his band out of Nashville, TN.

 

And we’d like to thank the rest of the Land Line Magazine staff, who write and research stories used on the program, including:

 

  • Managing Editor Sandi Soendker;
  • Senior Editor Jami Jones
  • State Legislative Editor Keith Goble;
  • Staff writers David Tanner and Clarissa Kell-Holland;
  • Copy editor Elizabeth Andersen;
  • And news clerk Kerry Evans-Spillman.

Thanks also to the lady who keeps the trains running on time, our own traffic coordinator, Sherry Murry, as well as the Wallace and Gromit on our sonic sheep farm, Producer and Senior Sound Engineer Barry Spillman and Second Engineer James Fetzer.