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Japan from the Driver's Seat

yort — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:34:05 -0800

Japan from the Driver's Seat -- American truck driver in Japan keeps a photo blog. Mr Cash is also on flickr, and has answered questions about his occupation at this site, and an archive of his columns on Japanese society is available via the web archive .

Even they get tired of fried eggs, hamburgers, and greasy coffee

ardgedee — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:01:55 -0800

My favorite entree is the salmon sandwich on foccacia bread. Water is served with a slice of cucumber which is very refreshing. Which profession dines out the most? Whose judgements can be counted on for honesty and straightforwardness? The truckers'.

tell, tell, you smell....

amberglow — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 10:30:49 -0800

Stasi, meet Highway Watch: The Department of Homeland Security this year gave $19.3 million to the American Trucking Associations, which is based So far, 10,000 truckers have signed on to become amateur sleuths. Over the next year, the goal is to add tollbooth workers, rest-stop employees and construction crews, creating a corps of 400,000 people drawn from every state. A child of Operation TIPS, of course.

Next Generation Truck Stops

mhh5 — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 18:14:33 -0800

Neato Next Generation Truck Stops IANAT (I am not a trucker), so I had no idea trucks could just plug into truck stops complete with air conditioning, power, internet, satellite TV, etc. And the bonus is that these facilities are environmentally friendly since the truck doesn't have to be left running all night.