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Oil slid again. I am sure every Cottrell owner, carhauler, trucker, autohauler, etc is enjoying this. Oil going down is good but the reason for it is not. Post sequester I have witnessed the economy hit the brakes whether it was merited or not. Now hold on, I do not mean the affluent economy of the stock market or the large international company that benefits by less US debt and increasing value of the dollar.

Cottrell Trailers And The Price Of Oil?

I am talking about our economy. You know the real economy. The one that surrounds buying and selling, job creation (or lack thereof) or the reality that 98% of the American Population faces. That economy is slowing.

So lower oil prices may be good, but they are not part of a good trend..

http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2013/4/17/Oilslidecontinuesendsat8668.aspx

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If you have ever seen the insurance commercial where “Mr. Mayhem” pretends to a confused GPS system, this might be for you. I always figured GPS systems were not 100% accurate, but it really never dawned on me how far reaching the impact of that could be.

Well according to a Transport Topics article they are not designed for trucks to use either, at least not the version that was originally designed for cars. The GPS versions that were designed for cars do not calculate (or recalculate) the height of your truck and the height of the bridges around you.

Thus you have a rash of bridge collisions by truck drivers who faithfully listened to their GPS. In fact the article I pulled this from said the vast majority of bridge collisions in New York State were caused by truckers using a GPS system designed for cars.

I guess there was truth to that commercial after all about mayhem being in the GPS.

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=31461&t=FMCSA-Warns-Truckers-to-Use-Truck-Specific-GPS

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