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By JOAN LOWY, Associated Press Writer  – Tue Dec 2, 12:01 pm ET
WASHINGTON – Federal regulators are taking steps to get medically unfit truck and bus drivers off the road after being accused for years of dragging their feet on the issue.
Under a rule approved by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, states will be required to merge commercial [...]

The proposed new rules for the hours of service regulations have been tossed out by the court, thus keeping the HOS rules the same. Set to go into effect in January, 2009, the agency officials chose to keep the current hours of service rules the same, in order to prevent more confusion to both truck [...]

by Donna Smith
I have to say that I am pretty annoyed with a lot of folks out there who are continually trying to pretend that everything is “peachy keen” within the trucking industry. It appears that their goal is to create a rosie picture in order to get more people to join an industry that , well, [...]

 by Allen Smith
There still appears to be alot of confusion concerning whether or not persons with insulin diabetes are able to obtain a CDL license. For years, there was a ban that prevented those with diabetes who used insulin from driving commercial vehicles within interstate operation.  However, in 2003, the FMCSA introduced the Diabetes Exemption [...]

One of the most courageous woman truckers right now is writing on the AskTheTrucker blog, exposing the treatment and tactics allowed to continue within the trucking industry.  The purpose for these posts are two fold:
1) To warn women desiring to get into OTR trucking  about the many “red flags they must be aware of so they may avoid them.
2) To [...]

Thanks to all who tuned in and listened to our DUI’s, FELONIES and Other VIOLATIONS show on Truth About Trucking “LIVE.”   Our contest which was to give away FREE copies of our upcoming new book - “The BEST Truck Driving Jobs - A State By State Guide” resulted in 109 freebies.  For those who won, [...]

Hello everybody . . . I wanted to let you know about a new show on Blog Talk Radio, hosted by 20 year trucking veteran, Larry Stafford out of Arizona. His new show - Independent(R)ealist, will give quick talks to enlighten people on the trucking life, and the many opportunities and challenges of truck driving.   He will be [...]

From everyone here at Truth About Trucking and Ask The Trucker - we wish you all a Safe and Happy Halloween!
Allen & Donna 
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I’m always searching and playing around on the net looking for anything and everything . . . I came across this pretty cool site that actually gives you the opportunity to practice on the CDL written tests.  If you want to know how well you did, you just put in your name and email address, [...]

Allen and I have the honor to communicate with so many people every day. Although we haven’t met the majority of them, I feel a comradery between us and them just the same. Trucking can be a lonely lifestyle in itself, but our websites, truthabouttrucking.com and askthetrucker.com, have introduced us to some of the finest human [...]