Let’s keep an adult perspective about the CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
Remember back in school, I mean way back in school, like, grade school or middle school? Remember how teachers would try to scare you out
Klint Lowry
- About Klint Lowry
- Klint Lowry has been a journalist for over 20 years. Prior to that, he did all kinds work, including several that involved driving, though he never graduated to big rigs. He worked at newspapers in the Detroit, Tampa and Little Rock, Ark., areas before coming to The Trucker in 2017. Having experienced such constant change at home and at work, he felt a certain kinship to professional truck drivers. Because trucking is more than a career, it's a way of life, Klint has always liked to focus on every aspect of the quality of truckers' lives.
Posts by Klint Lowry
FMCSA reminds truckers drug, alcohol clearinghouse coming soon
Remember two years ago, when it seemed like the entire trucking industry was counting down the days to the ELD deadline? Well, the Federal Motor
Reluctantly, we’ll bid adieu, but we’ll do it with a song in our hearts
By this time next month, trucking will have just lost a good friend. No, no, Mr. Deejay, hold up on the somber string quartet. That’s
After 31 years on the road, driver sees more is lost than gained through ELD oversight
Standing at the grill counter, picking out the side dishes to his early afternoon meal, Thomas Bast seemed to be in no particular hurry. Or
System Transport driver Paul Mathias named Goodyear Highway Hero
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For most people who attended the first day of the 2019 Mid-America Trucking Show, March 28, the show ended at 6 p.m. But
A battle for the ages: Who’s too young to drive a truck? Why not ask who’s too old?
Hey, in case you missed it, remember the DRIVE-Safe Act? That was the bill that laid out training criteria by which anyone as young as
TCA names its 2018 Driver of the Year honorees
LAS VEGAS — Professional sports leagues have their MVPs, Hollywood has its Oscars. If you’re a professional truck driver, one of the most prestigious marks
Driver who aided woman after wrong-way crash named Highway Angel of the Year
LAS VEGAS — For most people, there are maybe only a handful of instances in their lives that call for an act of heroism. “We’d
We’re all just passing through, and it’s easy to be more than just a face in the crowd
A couple of Saturdays ago, I had nothing to do and all day to do it, so I decided to go out to the nearby
After a year on the open road, Gabriel Valdez says trucking suits his tastes just fine
Gabriel Valdez found himself an empty table at the Petro Stopping Center off Exit 161, Interstate 40, just east of Little Rock Arkansas, where he
FTR predicts good times to keeping rolling, albeit a little slower, through 2019
All good things must end, and things have been very good in the trucking industry for a protracted period. Knowing that the economic upswing in
Driver Ronald Feimster hopes to take the freedom of the road to the next level in 2019 Â
You don’t head out on the road without an intended destination, and the vast majority of the time you have a route planned out. And
A driver for 45 years, a husband for 44, Tim Plubell’s life is cruising comfortably along
One of the most accurate measures of how much a fellow’s age has distilled into wisdom is the degree to which he has learned to
For truck drivers, the grass should always remain greener on the other side of the fence
Covering the trucking industry is like doing the color commentary on an endless, slow-motion game of Whac-A-Mole. There’s a set of issues, and they take
They say ‘the clothes make the man,’ but we’re the ones picking out our wardrobes
In the last installment of this column, I wrote about the hidden stories we all hold inside, how you never know what’s in a person’s
Company, family histories intertwined at Freymiller
This article first appeared in Truckload Authority, the magazine of the Truckload Carriers Association. The Freymiller family must be sorry to see 2018 come to
After 13th consecutive weekly drop, average diesel price below $3 per gallon
With a drop of 3.7 cents over the past week ending January 14, on-highway diesel prices have now fallen continuously for 13 weeks, a full
If you’re trying to find your bliss in the work you do, you’re looking in the wrong place
For the last few decades, there’s been a certain breed of sanctimonious would-be life coaches out there spreading this idea that the key to professional
He lived alone, he died alone, and in this regard, unfortunately, he has plenty of company
A few weeks back, I got word that a former colleague had died. Old Gus, as I’ll call him here, and I worked together for
Pilot Flying J celebrating 60 years with breakfast for vets, $2 million for nonprofits
Pilot Flying J founder James Haslam II and several company executives held a press event at the company’s headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee, on November 1