Troopers in Louisiana say they just busted up another staged crash scheme targeting truckers – and Congress has a plan to stop future criminals from trying something similar. Then, on the 20th anniversary of Land Line Now’s very first episode, we take a deep dive on another debut – “Convoy” by C.W. McCall, which hit the airwaves on June 6, 1975, and spurred a decade-long trucker craze. And the latest data on the freight market foretells more rough days ahead.
0:00 – Another staged crash scheme?
10:12 – 50th Anniversary of “Convoy” debut: Part I
24:48 – 50th Anniversary of “Convoy” debut: Part II
39:16 – Freight market data foretells more rough days ahead
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