If you have read on a regular basis , HazzardAyre or WyldAyre, here you know that I do not mince words. I call it as I see it.
I have been barking for some time, that the areas local media does nothing if anything at all about or on private or personal aviation, and damn little on those of us who rebuild vintage warbyrds.
However , I have see or is the proper here saw? Any flyte, saw that two area TV channels actually did a couple of diddy’s on aviation. One was on KTVB the other on Idaho Public Television.
While I applaud any inclusion of the media in our hobby, the other hobby, that is more than a hobby is OTR trucking, and that includes toewing.
There are those of us who consider our beasts of commerce to be more than a chariot that carries the loads. Many of us truly love our trucks. In fact, the Knytes-of-Anarchy was formed because of our love of old skool trucking, toewing and even the old skool trucking/trucker lifestyle. The way we look at it, truckers are bikers with more wheels and steel.
Yet , I’ll be damned if I see much more than a rare bit on the news or say Idaho Outdoors on Idaho Public Television, on our affection and our industry.
While short bits have been done on the violation of commercial haulers texting and using cell phones on the road, how about the rest of the story ? Like the rising costs of diesel, impacting our industry? How about doing an article on the bill killing the split speed limit in Idaho. That being running 65mph for trucks, while the rest of the motoring public fly’s by us at 75mph plus?
Hell the only way I learned of the split speed limit was reading a bit in LandLine online. Even though for many reasons I am no longer a member of OOIDA, which may change soon, by the way. Still OOIDA and LandLine, does one helluva job reporting the news of the industry. But why not the area media getting involved?
That’s why we initially went to the trouble of creating our radio network, and building a TV network, to deliver to those, that deliver for America, the information they and yes even I need to run a truck and make a buck.
With all that said , you watch and see some news organization in Idaho will now do a bit on trucking and/or toewing.
They never , ever contact me directly, but they do read this and the rest of our blogs and bet your next coffee , that they will copy us, if they can.
Dixie Diesel Radio returns to the Confederate Star Network.
That in my next report.
L8R Ya’ll
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--Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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