I work in the transportation (trucking, 18-wheeler) industry. [View All]

If I told you the name of my company and you asked a trucker about us, he'd tell you that we're bigger than Visa, MasterCard, and American Express combined when it came to Over The Road trucking.

Right now, it's bad. Most truck drivers use different types of specialized "credit cards" to buy fuel. These cards use phone lines or frame relay to get authorization to allow the drivers to buy fuel.

Most of the phone lines and frame connections in the southeast are down. The dispatchers are calling us asking if their drivers are even still alive. We don't know, because the connections are down.

Many major Truck Stop chains are simply out of fuel. Already.

Most of the ones who are not out, are limiting the amount that can be pumped. That means that the drivers are having to hop from one station to another on tanks that are close to empty.

There are numerous reports of price gouging. Several states have issued warnings against price gouging and given 800 numbers to report cases. The 800 numbers are swamped - if you call, all you get is a busy signal.

It's bad out there. We need some hope. We need some Leadership.
Hello, GWB? Hello, Congress? Hello, hello?

another busy signal....

Guess it's up to us! Any ideas?