Running Legal Blues

"About the Author"After witnessing an accident in which only one little girl survived, Jeffs passion for running legal and profitable grew to a peek. Offering a personal account of how drivers view the industry, and what happens when they try to improve it. By showing interested parties that some drivers do actually care and that if given a chance, more and more drivers are trying to Do the Right Thing. His goal is for these drivers to be able to run legal and safe without Reprisal. Driving for approximately 30-years, this little girl inspired Jeff to share his stories. As echoes of the little girls screams haunted him in the weeks after the accident, he decided to write Running Legal Blues. By telling his stories, Jeff outlines the old renegade ways of trucking past, and what actually happens to Drivers that try to bring positive changes to the industry on their own in the modern day trucking world. Starting with his first deuce and half in the army, Jeff then moved on to trucks of all shapes and sizes during his thirty year career. He delivered such products as food and gas locally, then on to delivering disaster relief supplies to hurricane areas. Currently he is an Owner Operator of his own eighteen wheeler running freight coast to coast.Jeff in his own way is trying to let the FMCSA and other drivers know that they are not alone when they try to make trucking safer. Todays drivers know that safety is number one. His goal is to change the current image of the trucking industry form being renegades of the road, back to what they use to be known as Knights of the Highway