ASSOCIATION INSIGHTS


Women In Trucking: For Sale by Owner


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ave you ever questioned how some terms or phrases are either outdated or don’t even make any sense? For example, when was the last time


you actually “dialed” the phone? Except for your great aunt Edna, rotary dial phones are no longer in existence. We don’t dial anything; we just tap it or touch it.


What about taping a video? We don’t use tape anymore. We’re not using VCRs to record anything; we record it in bytes, not footage. Footage implies the film is measured


in feet, but there aren’t any length measurements when it comes to digitally recording a video.


A friend of mine goes crazy when he sees a sign on a motorcycle or a car that states, “FOR SALE BY OWNER.” Seriously? Who else would be selling it? A neighbor? A house, sure, but anything else should be assumed that the owner is selling it, right?


What if I listed a number of terms that you should know if you’re in the trucking industry? Do you know what an ICC bumper is? ICC stands for Interstate Commerce Commission, which was created in 1887 to regulate railroads. Wait, what does that have to do with the piece of metal on the back of your trailer?


It’s because of the four wheelers who wanted to drive under your trailers. In 1953, the National Highway


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