NHTSA Releases Studies on Impaired Driving on U.S. Roads
NHTSA recently released two new studies that show that while the nation’s decades-long campaign to combat drunk driving continues to make roads safer, the use of marijuana and prescription drugs is increasingly prominent on, creating new safety questions for the nation’s highway system. The latest version of NHTSA’s Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use
Fire Uncovers Pot Operation at California Tire Dealership
A fire inside David’s Tire Shop in Fresno, Calif., uncovered a pot growing operation, according to authorities. While putting out a fire, firefighters realized there was a weird aroma that wasn’t burning rubber. That’s when firefighters discovered 100 marijuana plants growing inside the building. Police are now looking for the store’s owner, as well as
Readers Respond to December TR Editorial
A couple of loyal Tire Review readers voiced their views about the magazine’s December 2013 editorial – For a Few Dollars More – highlighting what some tire dealers are doing with used tire sales. Here’s what they had to say. Dear Jim: You cannot successfully legislate against demand. Just look what has happened with marijuana.
2013 Top Shop Winner: Community Tire Pros & Auto Service
Call it vindication. Or validation. Or even the cherry on top. For Community Tire Pros & Auto Service, winning the 2013 Tire Review Top Shop Award, presented by Ammco/Coats, is all of those things. And much, much more. “It means that what we’re doing is making a difference for our customers and our people,” says
Texas Tire Dealer Busted on Drug, Gun Charges
East Texas tire dealer Troy Shelton is resting comfortably in a Tyler hospital after undergoing open-heart surgery on July 27. Shelton collapsed while he was being arrested by police on drug and gun charges.Police found more than 30 pounds of marijuana and some 100 firearms inside Shelton’s home. He owns Lindale Tire Shop in Lindale,
Goodyear to Lay Off 70 Fayetteville Workers
Approximately 70 workers workers at the Goodyear tire plant in Fayetteville are losing their jobs, according to a report by news channel ABC11. A spokesman for the United Steel Workers Union that represents the workers confirmed the layoffs Wednesday. Union officials say the company is cutting production on one of its tire lines at the plant.
USW Says Arrested Fayetteville Workers Fired
The USW told the Fayetteville Observer that Goodyear has fired the 15 employees of the local plant were arrested on drug charges. Darryl Jackson, president of USW Local 959 union, told the newspaper that the firings were made Apr. 5-6. The group were arrested after a lengthy undercover operation by local police. The Mar. 31
Second Goodyear Plant Gets Drug Raid, Arrests
Just a day after police arrested a group of workers at Goodyear’s tire plant in Fayetteville, N.C., a separate action yielded five drug arrests at Goodyear’s Danville, Va., truck tire plant. The Mar. 31 drug bust netted five employees on marijuana charges, according to local reports, and was a follow-up to a February 2009 drug
Drug Sting Brings Arrests, Warrants at Goodyear Plant
Nine employees at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s Fayetteville, N.C., tire plant were arrested in a drug raid at the plant yesterday. The raid turned up illegal drugs in the employees’ vehicles and in the plant, police said, including marijuana, cocaine, prescription drugs and Ecstacy. Police said the arrests – and arrest warrants for five
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Michelin Reopens Closed Plant in Mexico