Autocars Info Review

In the 3 a.m dark of east Texas, Eric Royster rolled an 18-wheeler down the interstate, bound for California on a cross-country run, when suddenly his rig caught fire.

 He jumped from the cab and watched the trailer burn, blazing orange in the night, but a passing pickup struck and killed him in the road.

 This would mark the sad end of the story for Royster, 36, a veteran furniture mover from Angier, a graduate of Harnett Central High School. But there’s more. When police and fire crews opened up the side door at the rear of the truck, they found roughly $1 million in small bills inside, wrapped in plastic and then again in aluminum foil – some of it burned black. What remains, beyond a grieving family, is a long list of questions, chiefly how and why those stacks of cash ended up in the back of an Atlas moving truck, driven by a small-town man.

Freddie Royster, father of the deceased and a moving man himself, supported this story. “My son had no idea what’s in that container,” he said. “We move people. We don’t know what they’re hauling. If you decide you wanted to move your money, we haul it. If you decide you want to move your toilet, we haul it.”

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/12/14/4403878/shaffer-angier-man-dies-with-mysterious.html

After a week of counting, Harrison County authorities have finally tallied up the large sum of money found in an 18-wheeler last week after the diesel caught fire and a pickup fatally struck the driver.

“We can only estimate that there was approximately one million dollars within that vehicle,” Sheriff Tom McCool reported to the Harrison County Commissioners Court Monday. “We have been able to salvage approximately three quarters of a million dollars out of that.” He said they deposited $250,000 of the money Monday morning at a local bank.

 “We’re going to count, for the third time, some of the damage to funds,” McCool said. “If, in fact, those monies are seized, I will be transporting somewhere near a half a million dollars to Washington to the department of engraving and printing for reimbursement and that could take some months for them to go through those damaged funds and so forth.

The truck driver, 36-year-old Eric Royster of North Carolina, was fatally struck by a vehicle as he stood across the highway, watching his 18-wheeler burn due to a mechanical failure. State Highway Trooper Jason Goldberg, who investigated the scene, said the accident occurred in the wee hours of the morning after 3 a.m., and Royster was wearing dark clothing, therefore, the driver couldn’t see him.

 Officials said Royster’s co-driver said he didn’t know who the money found in the 18-wheeler belonged to.

http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/police/sheriff-about-million-discovered-in-truck/article_064b83b6-4534-5a85-83f2-f9732cbcebe4.html 

Found on http://www.livetrucking.com/truck-driver-escapes-fire-climbing-window/

A major accident happened on Route 78, Dec. 06, in union involving a tanker, an Audi, and tractor-trailer hauling mulch.

 The Audi, was leaving the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey ramp into Route 78 where he got in the way of the fuel tanker, driven by 35-year-old Balwinder Singh, and resulted in the two colliding. Both vehicles crashed into the tractor trailer, driven by 53-year-old Mario Quiroz, shortly after.

“Jason’s Law” was a bill that was passed in 2009 after truck driver Jason Rivenburb was robbed and murdered for $7 dollars, just thirteen days before his wife gave birth to twins. The bill allowed for funding of safe truck parking. However, the senseless murders continue to happen such as the driver in Detroit who was robbed, shot, and then set on fire earlier in 2014.  http://www.livetrucking.com/wife-of-slain-truck-driver-whos-death-sparked-mikes-law-gives-birth-to-baby-girl/

A petition has been launched by the SBTC (Small Business in Transportation Coalition) that calls for the ATF to create a special firearm carry permit for transportation professionals that would be valid in every state.

You can sign the petition here to help get one step closer to making this a reality.

With a permit valid in all states, it will end the cross-state confusion and help protect the truckers who are transporting our goods.

This brings to mind a 'special rules for special people' situation. Why not all citizens? Truck driver or not? Go to www.handgunlaw.us, click on your home state and find out what states honor your home states carry permit and get additional NON-Resident permits from those states you travel to.

 Example, with a MN Permit to Carry and Florida non-resident and a Utah non-resident permits, you can legally carry in something like 39-40 states.

I understood the 2nd amendment to have the words "not be infringed" and if you can't be allowed to be ready and available to make use of your constitutional rights regardless of where you are or what you are driving... then I'd say that's proof they've been infringed

Of course, even if you get a gun permit, it's still a matter of if your company allows you to carry a weapon as well.

For all the talk about guns, and drivers, I'd like to point out that a shotgun is a perfect choice for self protection. Few people are stupid enough to tangle with ANYONE that racks a round into a shotgun,. the sound alone is universally understood. Shotgun pellets won't travel for thousands of feet and hit innocent people and objects, they are stopped by most anything after a couple hundred feet, hundgun bullets? Go through most anything in hundreds of feet. And best of all, you don't need to be a good aim with a shotgun, just point in the general direction and tell the asshole goodbye. 

A truck driver, Guadalupe Martinez along with his company, Martinez Trucking and Logistics, have been found guilty of hauling an overweight load in Long Beach, California without the required permits. According to the police report, the load was 10 tons more than the legal limit.

He faces up to six months in jail on the misdemeanor charge as well as roughly $20,000 in total fines. His employer, can also face similar fines. Martinez was stopped last year while hauling an 88,600 pound load, 20,000 lbs. more than the 67,500 lbs. his vehicle was certified for.

http://www.livetrucking.com/truck-driver-faces-six-months-jail-hauling-overweight-load-california/

Found on http://www.livetrucking.com/truck-driver-makes-right-turn/

Get better windshield wipers for pete's sake