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The highway patrolman spotted a car driving dangerously slow on a freeway. When the patrolman
pulled the car over he found the driver was an elderly lady with four other older women as passengers. “Lady,” said the officer,” your slow driving is almost as dangerous as speeders. You need to try to keep
the speed limit.”
“But I always keep the speed limit.”
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It's Nothing Personal
Western Transportation, Inc. 1600 Hart Street Bldg 1 Unit 1 |
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Carlos always wanted to be a trucker ever since he was a young boy.
He was not only a truck driver he took pride in doing his job well. Carlos lived,
loved, and breathed trucking. Anyone can drive a truck but not everyone has
diesel running through their veins. He was a true “Road Warrior”.
Everyone who knew him has a story to tell about his outrageous
sense of humor. He was one of the biggest jokesters around.
The entire Western Transportation, Inc. staff and team members
would like to offer our condolences to his family. We will miss him tremendously.
We love you Carlos but God loves you best! “Keep on trucking in
Heaven!”
This month’s driver profile is a company veteran, 
he has served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. “Peppermint Stick” enjoys eating lobster and drag racing with his
friends, when he is not burning the rubber off the wheels of his 2003 Peterbilt. Oh let's not forget he loves to deck his truck out with the
latest lights and lots of chrome. We asked Greg for a few words that could help us describe his character. His answers were, “Handsome, Happy - Go - Lucky, and ONE GREAT DAD! In other words he says he’s a friendly, easy going guy who enjoys being a father
and “Freight Relocator”, simply stated a “Truck Driver”. Western thanks Greg for his years of commitment to our customers and company.
The FMCSA’s Cardiovascular
Medical Advisory Panel has
adopted new guidelines for medical
examiners to judge blood
pressure levels for truck drivers.
Instead of the current two
stages, the new guidelines address
three stages of hypertension
that can trigger disqualifications.
High blood pressure is
caused by many different factors
including obesity, heavy
alcohol use, high salt 
intake, aging,
a sedentary lifestyle, stress,
low potassium, magnesium, and calcium intake, and resistance to
insulin.
Usually high blood pressure
has no symptoms. That’s
why it is important to have your
blood pressure checked on a
regular basis and to follow your
health care provider’s recommendations
on home blood pressure
monitoring.
Untreated high blood
pressure increases the risk of
heart problems, stroke, kidney
problems, and eye problems.
To reduce the risk of
complications talk to your
doctor about routine
check up’s or log onto 
replied the lady.” I was doing the speed limit when you stopped
me.”
The officer asked, “What do you think the speed limit is on this road?”
The dear old lady said, “I just a moment ago saw the sign, U.S. Highway 22.”
“But lady,” warned the officer,” that is the highway number, not the speed limit.”
The lady was very apologetic and of course no ticket was given. The officer noticed all the passengers
seemed pale and had a frightened look in their eyes. As he turned to leave the car, wondering if his
presence had been the problem, he turned again and said to the driver,” Ma’am, are you sure all your
passengers are OK?” “Oh, they will be in a few minutes,” she said, “we just turned off Highway 120.” 
The “Tractor and
Trailer” trivia crossword puzzle
has 60 hidden parts, how many
will you find? Almost all of the
parts in this puzzle should be
included in your daily pre-trip
inspection.
WTI still has a ton of
prizes in our “Transportation
Treasure Box” to give away! Do
not delay; send your answers in
before the end of the month to
qualify for a prize.
Also, share your on the
road experience with the rest of
our fleet. Our new “Diary of a
Driver” wall is waiting! Send us
a clean but funny story to automatically
be entered into the
year end drawing for the
GRAND PRIZE. Below are the parts to find in the puzzle. 
