It’s easy to get stuck in the rut of talking about the poor state of our roads, both in terms of physical structure and ever-worsening congestion. After all, that’s the issue that first grabbed us here at Be Prepared to Stop. But hand-in-hand with that came our concern about safety. We can talk from now until next Christmas...

Three weeks ago we took a little trip to the future by way of Portland and Daimler Trucks North America. You may know them as the folks who came up with the SuperTruck and the autonomous Inspiration Truck. We now know them as those guys with the kick ass wind tunnel.   If you think about it, the basic...

We are headed north to Portland, Oregon, this week. As we mentioned in a recent blog post, we are verrrry anxious to speak with the folks at Voodoo Doughnut about, oh, wait, we mean the innovative people at Daimler Trucks North America about the future. Last year when we first began researching the subject of freight transportation it...

I found out long ago It’s a long way down the Holiday Road -- Lindsay Buckingham   Ah, summer. School’s out, the weather’s fine, and you just put new tires on the family car, so let’s roll! We Americans love a good road trip. The siren song of the open road, the wind rushing through open windows, Mom...