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Montgomery Transport
feeding OTR drivers
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1-Swine
On Trucking
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General Manager: Megan Hicks
Sales Manager: Ed Leader
Editor-in-Chief: Lyndon Finney
Art Director: Kelly Young
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PR NEWSWIRE SHOULD BE ASHAMED
FOR RELEASE LOOKING FOR BIG RIG
CRASH-CHASING LAWYERS
As if the trucking industry wasn’t already being harangued
enough … .
PR Newswire was founded in 1954 to provide
public relations agencies and in-house public relations
departments a worldwide platform for distribution of news
releases.
In 2017, it was integrated into Cision Communications
Cloud, which, according to its website “is the only platform
that empowers you to manage, execute and measure
your earned media campaigns — all in a single integrated
solution.”
Cision has 35 offices in 18 countries, including 10 in the
United States.
It’s obviously a powerful player in the communications
business.
But, in our opinion at least, the credibility of both the PR
Newswire and Cision wavers when it sends out releases
such as the one that crossed our desk recently.
It was from the Semi Truck Accident Victims Center and
started like this:
“About a week ago we started a national initiative intended
to identify the most skilled and qualified local law firm for
innocent victims of a semi-truck accident in the top 100 U.S.
metropolitan areas. We thought no problem. Unfortunately,
what we soon discovered was either there are not extremely
capable semi-truck law firms in every single top 100 U.S.
metro area, or these law firms have some serious work to do
on their websites.
“What we did discover is dog bite attorneys, slip and fall
attorneys or Social Security disability attorneys listing on
their website’s assistance for truck accident victims with no
supporting proof they know what they are doing. We (the
Semi Truck Accident Victims Center) are the top-ranked
semi-truck accident victims advocate in the United States
and if you are a partner in a law firm that specializes in
assisting innocent victims of a serious semi-truck accident
in a major metro area, please call us at (866) 714-6466 and
please let us know who you are, and we’ll provide you with
information about our initiative.
“If we can’t find a competent local law firm to represent an
innocent victim of a catastrophic accident involving a semitruck
or commercial vehicle in the state or local metro where
the accident occurred, we seriously doubt an innocent
victim, or their family members, will be able to find them
either, as we would like to discuss.”
We didn’t call the number to express our displeasure
at anyone trying to recruit lawyers to go after victims of
accidents involving a big rig, but we are recommending
a few changes to the organization’s website where it lists
reasons why a big rig might be involved in an accident.
What the organization listed is in lightface type; our
recommendations are in boldface type.
• The truck was traveling too fast.
• The passenger car was traveling too fast.
• The truck was involved in an improper lane change.
• The passenger car was involved in an improper lane
change.
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• The truck driver had highway or roadway
unfamiliarity.
• The passenger car driver had highway or
roadway unfamiliarity.
• The semi truck or commercial truck driver
was distracted or talking on a cell phone.
• The passenger car or passenger vehicle driver
was distracted or talking on a cell phone.
• The semi truck, or commercial vehicle was
involved in illegal maneuvers.
• The passenger car was involved in illegal maneuvers.
• The semi truck, or commercial truck driver was
driving too aggressively.
• The passenger car or passenger car driver was
driving too aggressively.
• The semi truck, or commercial vehicle driver had
alcohol/drug/prescription drug issues.
• The passenger car or passenger car driver had
alcohol/drug/drug prescription issues.
• The semi truck, or commercial vehicle driver was
overdriving for current weather conditions.
• The passenger car or passenger car driver was
overdriving for current weather conditions.
The list could go on, but you get the point: The
Semi Truck Accident Victims Center is trying to find
more lawyers to plaster on those billboards that show
the smiling, dental-veneered lawyer along with a car
smashed by a tractor-trailer (and there is a 75 percent
change the car ran underneath the tractor-trailer).
The news releases continued: “The reason this service
is so vital is because if you have been innocently involved
in an accident with a semi-truck or commercial vehicle
and you do not retain the services of the most skilled
and experienced truck accident attorneys, you or your
loved one will probably not receive the best possible
compensation results.”
Yet, who out there is trying to recruit lawyers who
will help the small trucking company owners and
independent contractors who can get wiped out with a
single jury decision?
The PR Newswire ought to be ashamed of itself for
sending out this “fake news,” to paraphrase the man
who lives in the White House.
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Montgomery Transport feeding OTR drivers
through food truck Breaker 1-Swine
Dorothy Cox
Montgomery Transport & Entities has begun
feeding professional over-the-road drivers
throughout the industry with the launch
of a new food truck, Breaker 1-Swine, the name
apparently a spin-off of “breaker one nine” from the
1978 movie, “Convoy.”
The 24-foot food trailer will serve Friday lunches to
Montgomery Transport staff and drivers each week as a
gesture of gratitude for all the hard work they do week
in and week out, according to CEO Rollins Montgomery.
In addition, Breaker 1-Swine will travel around to
nearby shippers and industry events to serve other
Montgomery entity professional flatbed drivers and
driver prospects.
“We saw a need for more accessible food for
professional drivers as they wait at shippers, and
although our drivers get home on the weekends, we’re
excited to provide a taste of comfort while they’re
on the road,” Montgomery said. “Breaker 1-Swine will
serve as a token of our gratitude and a demonstration
of our commitment to improving the quality of life for
our professional drivers.”
Flatbed drivers of the Montgomery entities (Montgomery
Transport, MT Select, MT Dedicated and RM Logistics)
receive complimentary “driver-themed” dishes from
Breaker 1-Swine both on the road and when the mobile
eatery is parked at headquarters.
Staff and drivers have their choice of everything from
“heavy-haul” entrees like the Big Rig Beef Sandwich, the
Bandit Burger and the OD Dog (complete with foot-long
hot dog extending beyond the bun) to “bungees” such as
Bobtail Parm Tots featuring white truffle and parmesan,
golden-fried Mac Haul Bites, and the shoestring Fry
Stack “tarped” with melted cheese.
Born out of a brainstorming session over dinner about
innovative recruiting, it occurred to Montgomery that a
food truck could be the ideal solution to the challenge
of finding creative ways to tap into the existing skilled
labor pool.
Montgomery contacted his marketing team, and they
went to work creating what would eventually become
Breaker One-Swine.
The team hired a chef consultant to work with Concession
Nation to help create the food trailer concept from the
ground up.
The Montgomery team worked alongside Flex Digital
to come up with a logo that embodied the spirit of the
cuisine served as well as the exterior wrap design on
the trailer.
Then, in the true spirit of keeping things in the
Montgomery family, a Montgomery professional driver
picked up the trailer from Deerfield, Florida, to bring it
back home to Birmingham, Alabama.
Anna Lacy McMains, director of marketing for
Montgomery Transport, noted that the endeavor was a
true labor of love.
“We learned a lot about what it takes to open and run
a restaurant establishment and we’re excited to be able
to serve our team and other driver prospects quality
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Courtesy: MONTGOMERY TRANSPORT
After the idea came from a brainstorming session about recruiting, Montgomery Transport’s marketing team hired a chef
consultant to work with Concession Nation to help create the food trailer concept for Breaker 1-Swine from the ground up.
menu items named after the industry specifics they’re
so familiar with,” McMains said.
On February 6, Breaker 1-Swine served its first official
meal to one of the company’s most tenured drivers, a
seven-year Montgomery Transport veteran.
This trucker-centric food trailer is also slated to serve
as an innovative mobile recruiting tool. Prospective
drivers will be asked to fill out a short form application
asserting their interest and contact information in
exchange for free Breaker 1-Swine meals.
“Skilled labor, in general, is a very large challenge our
entire economy is faced with today,” Montgomery said.
“We knew we had to provide an innovative solution
that could reach out to different skilled labor pools and
penetrate areas most could not reach.”
For more information, visit driveformontgomery.com.
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FEATURE
TUSIMPLE IS DEVELOPING A
DRIVING SOLUTION
TuSimple, a global self-driving truck company,
has raised $95 million in Series D funding based on
a pre-money valuation of $1 billion. The new capital
investment will be used to fund TuSimple’s commercial
ramp-up and product development.
With this round, TuSimple will continue to grow
its commercial autonomous fleet, which makes daily
fully-autonomous deliveries in Arizona, and soon in
Texas, for large shippers and fleets, according to Dr.
Xiaodi Hou, founder, president and chief technology
officer. The fleet allows the company to earn revenue
while validating its SAE Level 4 fully-autonomous
system, he said.
The company currently has 12 contracted customers
and is making three to five delivery trips per day. It will
use the funds to grow the fleet to over 50 trucks by June.
The investment will also be used to fund critical joint
production programs with its OEM, Tier 1, and sensor
partners in order to achieve full commercialization,
Hou said. Suppliers essential to truck manufacturing
are working with TuSimple on the integration of
autonomous software with powertrain, braking and
steering systems, an essential step for the commercial
production and operation of self-driving trucks.
The $95 million financing was completed in
December 2018. This brings TuSimple’s total funding
to date to $178 million. This latest round was led by
Sina Corp., a technology company widely recognized
for developing Weibo, a social media platforms.
Composite Capital, a Hong Kong-based investment firm
focused on consumer, technology and transportation
companies globally, also participated in this round.
“TuSimple consistently reaches their milestones on
and ahead of schedule and we are confident that they
are poised to bring the first commercial self-driving
trucks to market,” said Colin Xie, vice general manager,
investment department, Sina Corp. “We are focused
on finding the global leaders in artificial intelligence
and TuSimple is ahead of the pack. The combination
of technical excellence and an impressive leadership
team has propelled the company into unicorn status.”
“Autonomous driving is one of the most complex
AI systems humans have ever built. After three years
of intense focus to reach our technical goals, we have
moved beyond research into the serious work of
building a commercial solution,” Hou said. “We are
thankful for the continued support of our investors
and partners. This is not only a great sign of confidence
in TuSimple, but also for the future of autonomous
trucking.” TuSimple’s Level 4 fully-autonomous semitrucks
are the only trucks capable of driving from
depot-to-depot without human intervention, Hou said.
To support Level 4 driving on complex highway
and local streets, the company has developed an
innovative camera-centric perception solution that
allows TuSimple’s trucks to see 1,000 meters ahead
of the vehicle, Hou said, noting that the vision range
is farther and delivers better visibility than any other
autonomous driving system today.
This level of performance is essential for
autonomous commercial trucks to operate safely at
highway speeds — rain or shine, he said. “TuSimple
is aiming to transform the $800-billion U.S. trucking
industry by increasing safety, lowering costs, reducing
carbon emissions and providing tools to optimize fleet
logistics for operators,” Hou said.
TuSimple is headquartered in San Diego and
operates self-driving trucks out of Tucson, Arizona.
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