stephen king

The Light Load: Whistling past the autonomous truck yard

Sometime before “The Fast and the Furious” hits peak geriatric and starts making the rounds on TCM alongside the original“Fast/Fur,” autonomous trucks will become as ubiquitous as “Free ice water at Wall Drug” signs on I-90.

But I predict that prior to those unmanned semis searing into our consciousness like hot dogs and boiled eggs in clabbered bouillon, motorists will for a time feel an eerie bestartlement when they pass a sleek rig and look up to discover no one is behind the wheel. (And no,...

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The light load: Marla meets the watermelon truck

Remember a Stephen King gut bomb by the hyperactive title “Maximum Overdrive” in which the villain and only relatable character was a haunted Western Star 4800 gussied up like an irritable Jiminy Cricket?

Yeah, me neither. Or at least I try not to.

Like all traumatized moviegoers, I should have sought hypnotherapy to blot that 98 minutes from memory, except I kinda sorta knew a cast member: one Marla Maples. Yep, that Miss Maples: a former Mrs. Trump.

We endured the same high school. And though I...

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Worthy weather movies for truckers: Part 3

Truck driver in his sleeper selecting a streaming movie to watch.

A good flick can help truck drivers wind down on off days or on breaks during long hauls. Based on reviews from critics and general audiences, these are some weather-related movies that truckers may enjoy.

‘Crawl’ (2019)

Kaya Scodelario plays a college student and champion swimmer who tries to check on her headstrong father (Barry Pepper) as a massive hurricane hits Florida. She winds up stuck with him in the dark, flooded basement of their old family home, trapped by two giant alligators. It’s a...

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Truck drivers’ favorite weather movies of all time

Trucker selecting a movie to watch online inside her truck.

Truck drivers need downtime just like the rest of us, even when they’re on the road. Watching a movie can be an entertaining way to pass the time, especially if it centers around weather. In a FreightWaves Twitter survey, this is how drivers ranked four of the most well-known weather-themed films of all time.

‘The Day After Tomorrow’ (2004)

In our survey, this movie treceived top billing with 57.1% of the vote.

When it comes to weather-related disaster movies, some people say Roland Emmerich is...

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