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

 

• OOIDA Regulatory Affairs Specialist Joe Rajkovacz;
• Judith Stone, president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety;
• Tom Weakley, director of operations at the OOIDA Foundation;
• Country music star and former trucker Aaron Tippin;
• Mike Joyce and Laura O’Neill of OOIDA’s Washington, DC, office;
• Dr. Allan Pack of the University of Pennsylvania sleep center;
• OOIDA member Larry Sidelinger;
• Andrew Herrmann of The American Society of Civil Engineers;
• Vic La Rosa, owner of Total Transportation Services;
• OOIDA Life Member Paul Sasso;
• Anne Ferro, president of the Maryland Motor Truck Association;
• And all of you who called our listener comment line.

Our stories this past week on uniform safety laws, the nation’s infrastructure, Maine truckers, Florida traffic fines, Oklahoma overweight vehicles and legislation in Mississippi were all the work of Reed Black, who also writes and voices our daily newscast.

 

Terry Scruton reported this week on the price of diesel fuel and Aaron Tippin’s new album of trucking music.

 

David Tanner shared his thoughts on the Ontario speed limiter situation.

 

Freelance journalist Jim Park contributed an interview regarding sleep apnea.

 

Mark Reddig reported on sleep apnea, the stimulus bill, the ATA environmental proposal and DERA.

 

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 Clarissa Kell-Holland and Charlie Morasch;
• 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 our own personal microphone maniacs, Producer and Senior Sound Engineer Barry Spillman and Second Engineer James Fetzer.