Professional truck driver is honored for a heroic act of kindness – extracting another professional driver from rising floodwater NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Daniel Sieczkarski of Rochester, New York, a professional driver for Melton Truck Lines, Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been named the 2016 Highway Angel of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) […]
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A company driver from New York state has once again been recognized for his highway heroism. Daniel Sieczkarski of Rochester, who drives for Melton Truck Lines, Inc., has been named the 2016 Highway Angel of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Association and its partner EpicVue. The award was handed out today at the […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Daniel Sieczkarski of Rochester, New York, a professional driver for Melton Truck Lines Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been named the 2016 Highway Angel of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and its partner EpicVue. The Highway Angel program, now in its 20th year, recognizes professional truck drivers who […]
EpicVue, providers of premium in-cab satellite TV for the trucking industry, now offers EpicVue inMotion, which allows one team driver to watch TV in the sleeper berth while the other is driving. EpicVue inMotion also provides the capability to record a show while the vehicle is in motion, allowing the driver to enjoy a taped […]
— by Jim Park Would you tolerate sitting at a desk with drawers that won’t open and a block of wood holding it up on one side? Or using a Pentium II computer running Windows 95? How about an office chair that sags to one side on a broken wheel? Drivers don’t much like the […]
— Sean Kilcarr Here’s a thought: can you spec your way to better rest and sleep on the road? It’s a question both fleets and independents alike might ask themselves. Of course, one reason I’m asking it in this space is that I recently wrapped up an article addressing efforts to improve the quality of rest […]
You’re on the road a lot, and good eats are notorious for making the trip more interesting and the health fallout more fattening. Now that you’re driving the epic life, watching your favorite shows on EpicVue and taking some good quality downtime, you’re going to need a nice stock of culinary company with each […]
Everybody knows that texting while driving is a bad idea. But when you’re sitting in the cabin of a vehicle with enough weight and velocity to make boulders nervous, tiny cars with distracted drivers just seem ridiculous. Kenneth Parkhurst has been driving for 19 years, and when we asked him what the most surprising thing […]
EpicVue equipment draws a minimal amount of wattage without compromising charge time or quality. The system has three units that plug into the cabin inverter—the EpicVue dome and dish; a personal television; and a DVR receiver. Combined, they draw different wattage amounts depending on the mode: Startup (approximately 2 minutes)—102 watts Continuous operation—44 watts Standby Mode […]
One stormy afternoon, early on in his career as a fleet driver, Darrin Williams looked past his windshield wipers and watched the car beside him drive off the road and make tracks for a nearby body of water. “I was 17, it was raining like crazy, this car was by me, and all of a […]