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...Overdrive--The Voice of the American Trucker," proclaims the magazine's cover; "The Price of Truth $1.50." Below this modest legend appears a full color photograph of a gleaming Peterbilt, or Kenworth, or a White Freightliner, with all chrome bumpers and wheels and stacks, always accompanied by a busty young model very scantily attired...
Transport for Christ-and its blend of safety and salvation-was a trucker's idea. It was founded by a Canadian, James W. ("Chaplain Jim") Keys, now 43. Keys, who had driven out of Toronto from the age of 13, was a veteran of a trucker's pleasures. "I wasn't such a great drinker," he says, "but women were a source of evil for me." He had also narrowly escaped death from a flash fire while fueling trucks. "At the ripe old age of 20, I was coming apart." A chance visit to a Toronto church...
...Drivers who have heeded Keys' message range from those who have given up alcohol, drugs or reading pornographic paperbacks to those who seem to find Jesus a substitute for NoDoz-and sometimes a tranquilizer. "I know Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of my Life," wrote one California trucker, "and I can truthfully say that he takes the hazards and nervous tension out of driving...
...pact was worked out in meetings in Washington between trucker representatives and W.J. Usery Jr., director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Milton Shapp had organized the meetings and acted as mediator. Still, the agreement was not good enough for many drivers, who are demanding that the Government roll back fuel prices at the pump-a difficult, if not impossible task, because of rising world oil prices...
...Lower speed limits: Truckers claim that their rigs run more efficiently at 65 m.p.h. than at the 55-m.p.h. limit already in effect in many states and slated to become the national standard. On the contrary, a General Motors computer study indicates that trucks burn 1 5% less fuel going 50 to 55 m.p.h. than when doing 70. The real issue in the cabs is not fuel economy but money in the wallet. Most hired drivers are paid by the mile, not the hour; the 400,000 who pilot their own rigs must try to haul as many loads...