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	<title>Becoming A Truck Driver: Help, Stories, Advice, and Opinions &#187; The Economy and Politics</title>
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		<title>The Sleep Apnea Witch Hunt</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/tanyabons/2011/12/the-sleep-apnea-witch-hunt</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Bons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sleep apnea is the biggest buzz in the trucking industry right now. But is this justified? Or is it yet another money-making scheme for the insurance companies and medical industry? The statistics are fuzzy. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/tanyabons/2011/12/the-sleep-apnea-witch-hunt">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Rules: Going Back To Truck Driving School</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 08:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 10th of 2009 things changed.   We have to go back to school!!! Before that date for the Netherlands it was enough to  get your Truck Driver's Diploma and that was it for life.  In order to get this diploma you had to do three courses:  Traffic rules for Big vehicles,  Auto-(truck)Technique  and Administration  (paperwork and HOS). But from September 2009 on all truck drivers who live and work as a driver  in the European community must go back to school.     <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/angelique/2010/05/new-rules-going-back-to-truck-driving-school">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are Drivers Too Expensive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Angelique and I'm from the Netherlands. Over here we have a big problem because our drivers are paid far more than drivers from Eastern Europe and it's hard to keep a job. The international jobs are going to the lower paid drivers in Eastern Europe where the cost of living is much lower.  <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/angelique/2010/04/are-drivers-too-expensive">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment Insurance Tax? Ya Must Need a Doctor&#8217;s Degree</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/pappy/2009/03/unemployment-insurance-tax-ya-must-need-a-doctors-degree</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pappy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What on earth is unemployement tax insurance, and where the hell does it all go during times of low unemployement? Nobody ever knows what the government does with all our money. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/pappy/2009/03/unemployment-insurance-tax-ya-must-need-a-doctors-degree">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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