TalkCDL Trucking Podcast

Trucker Bites IT AT Rest Area. Nurgazy Mamyrov a trucker from Longhorn PA, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of October 5th 2021. Mamyrov was involved in a few incidents with citizens before state police were called to the scene. When state police arrived, they found Mamyrov arguing with another driver. Both were speaking in Russian language. At that moment the other driver was taken...

Trucking Company Hired A Killer. Yaimy Galan Segura, Owner Castellano 03 Trucking LLC, the trucking company that hired Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, gave a deposition after the accident. Segura's deposition was made public recently and we have a partial copy. In the writings, she admitted she knew nothing about the trucking industry. Rather she had a neighbor that owned a small company and was doing wel...

Elon Musk Trucker Killed Plus Ruthann. The his week a tragic accident in Texas. Apparently two semi trucks collided in Kermit near San Angelo TX. One driver was killed when the sand truck that was involved spilled its content into the cab of the other driver burying him alive. This kind of accident is so rare that is stunned everyone that heard about it. Bridge Collapse in Pittsburgh A bridge coll...

A TRUCKER WITH ISSUES PLUS JOHNNY ACID. Recently a trucker applied for a job. He had 7 months experience and was getting paid .41cpm. He was offered .56cpm by the potential new employer. He was also told that the carrier has a lease purchase program and he could get on that program after a short time as a company driver. Orientation. The driver traveled over 1200 miles to attend the company orient...

UNRULY PASSENGERS IN TRUCKING. Recently there was a trucking company trying to hire a driver in Illinois. Turns out the truck driver had a passenger that traveled with him. It was his wife. Let's call her Sarah. Now Sarah was a little on the "demanding side" and she was not shy about what she wanted. Let's call her husband "Bill". Bill was applying to a trucking company in Oklahoma. Bill had sever...

TRUCKERS TO THE RESCUE. Recently a snow storm had motorist stranded on I95 in Virginia. The Interstate was shut down for 15 hours. During this time people started running out of gas and had no choice but to abandon their vehicle. Luckily for many, there were quick thinking, kind hearted truckers also stuck on that road. Many truck drivers were seen handing out food and blankets to families that ne...

Justice For Truckers. This past week Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, the trucker that was involved in a quadruple fatality in 2019, was resentenced for the deadly crash. Originally Aguilera-Mederos received 110 years in prison for the charges of vehicular homicide. He was given clemency by the Governor of Colorado and his sentence was dropped to 10 years. With good behavior he could be out of prison at th...

BIG PRISON SENTENCE FOR TRUCKER PLUS TESLA. A truck driver was recently sentenced to 110 yers in prison for a crash that resulted in multiple deaths. Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was convicted of vehicular homicide Because of the way the law is set up on Colorado, a judge had no choice but too hand down the stiff sentence. Public outcry has been overwhelming for this case. Over four million signatures h...

WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR TRUCKER'S. Avi Geller, CEO and founder of Maven Machines, believes the industry, as a whole, needs to become more driver-centric. This is accomplished through an increase in driver pay and benefits, better education and training programs, more career development opportunities, and the adoption of driver-friendly technology. We sat down with Avi Geller this past week. He e...

CDL EXAMINER ARRESTED HANDING OUT CDL'S. A Pennsylvania CDL Examiner was arrested after gave passing grades to Class A CDL driver without taking the test. According to arrest records, Roberto Correas was charged with wire fraud with the alleged charges. Correas allegedly provided a pre-signed CDL skills exam score sheets to a co-conspirator, who then also allegedly would complete the sheets with p...

TEN DEADLIEST HOLIDAYS TO TRAVEL. In the United States, holidays means one thing, Celebration and celebration means alcohol and travel. We have the top ten holidays that are deadly for travel. You won't believe which holiday did not make the list. The list was compiled by Dale E. Anstine and attorney at law. Here is the bottom five holidays but you will have to tune into this weeks podcast to find...

GREAT GIFTS TO BUY FOR YOUR TRUCKER. We have this years gift ideas for truckers. How about a new memory foam mattress for that hard working trucker in your life. Or how about a pair of compression socks for that long haul driver in your life? Thats right. A pair of compression socks can mean the difference between your trucker getting blood clots and eventually swelling allot from sitting in one p...

TRUCKING COMPANIES CHEATING ELD'S. There are plenty of trucking companies that are erasing driver logs in order to give the drivers fresh hours to run on. When interviewing drivers, we have been told several times that their company will reset their hours so that a load can be delivered and a fresh load can be picked up. Although a carrier may reset the logs and show on their end that driver is co...

High Schoolers now have Trucking Class. We recently sat down and interviewed a teacher from Patterson High School in Patterson California. Along with David Dein, Teacher, Instructor and former Trucker himself, he was joined by Lindsey Trent, President of the Next Generation In Trucking Association. Mentor to Trucking. Back in the day when a man could teach his grandson or his own child how to driv...

WHEN TRUCKERS ATTACK TRUCKERS. A truck driver pulls in the wrong way at a truck stop. Another truck driver is coming out of the truck stop where the first driver is trying to pull in. Words are exchanged and both men get out of their trucks. More words are said and one driver retrieves a sword from his truck, swinging it at the first driver. One man is in the hospital and one man goes to jail. In...

7 BEST SEMI TRUCK Brands. OK so you probably know which semi-trucks are on the list of "7 best semi truck sales". Volvo, International, Mack, Western Star Kenworth Freight Liner and Peterbilt. But do you know what order the fall in? You might be surprised with great gear reviews list of best semi truck brands list. The list is made up of how it impacts the industry according to side and truck sale...

VACCINE'S FOR TRUCKERS PLUS DRIVER KILLS MAN. If you are working for. trucking company with more than 100 employee's, chances are you have been told you will need to get the Covid Vaccine. All across America drivers are talking about wether they will get the "jab" of not. Some say they will but many have a problem with being told they have to. A noticeable amount of doctors, nurses, EMS workers an...

SEMI VS TRAIN PLUS TRUCKER STUFF. A trucker was convicted on 27 counts that killed four people in a horrible wreck in Colorado. CDLLife is running an article about Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, a truck driver that is facing allot of prison time when he is sentenced. To read the entire article please head on over to CDL-Life and enjoy. Trucker Stuff This week on TalkCDL Trucking Podcast, Ruthann a...

SUICIDE BY SEMI TRUCK. Over 45,000 people commit suicide every year In the United States. Over 1.3 million people attempt suicide which means there are allot of people that feel they are in a dark place. Employees At Highest Risk For Work-Related Suicide: Law enforcement officers, firefighters, and detectivesSoldiers throughout service branchesFarmers, fishery, and forestry workersInstallation, ma...

TRUCKING ADVICE AN INTERVIEW WITH MISS EUGENIA. We sat down in the studio and spoke to Eugenia Kogen. She is an aspiring truck driver. This 23 year old female future driver is full of sass and plenty of spunk. Eugenia lives in the great state of New Jersey and is looking forward to joining a Missouri based trucking company for her training to obtain her Class A CDL. Troy and Ruthann had allot of f...

THE FIVE DEADLIEST WINTER DRIVING STATES. When it comes to driving in winter conditions, some states are more deadly than others. We got the info on which states have more fatalities than the rest in the winter. Most drivers when interviewed, do not want to drive in the northwest from December to March. They feel that states like Montana, Washington and Oregon are too dangerous because of their ha...

TRUCKERS CAN'T FIND PLACES TO EAT AT. Since the pandemic has begun, it has disrupted people in many ways. Truckers are no different to these sufferings. Finding a common place to sit down and enjoy a hot meal has been challenging for most Americas Truck Drivers. A recent poll by CDLLife found that over 75% of all OTR Truck Drivers are having difficulty finding a good hot meal and a place to enjoy...

TRUCKING COMPANIES NOT TO WORK FOR. Are you a driver that is having a hard time getting a job, because of your past references? If you are, then you are not alone. Many truckers have been duped into working for certain carriers only to "not' have a job reference when they have terminated employment. Driver that work for small carriers run the risk of being ghosted when leaving a trucking company....

1099 TRUCK DRIVERS LEGAL OR NOT. We recently sat down in the studio and talked about the ever growing pool of 1099 truck drivers. We were asked a question. Is it legal or illegal to pay a truck driver without holding his taxes back, thus calling him a 1099 truck driver? We went to the best resource to find out and that was the IRS. The IRS has a series of questions they ask when determining if a c...

TRUCKERS & COMPANIES LYING TO EACH OTHER. There is a major problem in the Trucking Industry. Some truckers are constantly lying to trucking companies. Then there's the trucking companies that lye to truck drivers. Not every trucker is a liar and not every trucking company is a liar, but there are enough on both sides that have really made the industry smell. Lies that Drivers Tell. How long they h...