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FEEDBACK WHAT ELECTRONIC DEVICE WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE IN YOUR TRUCK? I'd like to have a GPS or a computer to show where I'm at and all that. — Jaime Betancourt, El Paso, Texas, company driver for J. Ramirez Trucking Save drafting for the racetrack have no idea what some truck- ing companies are thinking these days, having their drivers tailgate other trucks to save fuel expenses! I've been driving 17 years, and it seems to have gotten worse since the price of fuel has gotten past $2 a gallon. You can't go five miles from a truckstop after fueling without someone putting the nose of their truck up to the back of your trail- er and staying there as long as you allow it. Don't they realize how dumb that is? That they could get hurt or killed or do the same to the other driver. I I for one am glad I'm getting out 8 TRUCKERS NEWS NOVEMBER 2011 of this before I get killed. On May 24 this year I jackknifed our truck on a rain slick road (I-94W) due to, I think, a scared new driver. He had been driving erratic speeds for 100 miles. I was taking my time because of the rain, but he was in front of me, and when I moved over in the center lane to get away from him a four-wheeler quickly moved to the lane I was in and stepped on the brakes. That's another good reason to get out all the games. Let people know how dangerous this is, please. M. Fons Mosinee, Wis. Probably a GPS. The one that's designed for trucks. The one that costs like $500. The one I can't afford. — Victor Ramirez, El Paso, Texas, owner-operator with United Van Lines GPS. Makes life easier. — Xavier Wright, Lincolnton, Ga., company driver for Con-way Truckload On-board computer to find places and browse the Internet, things like that. — Karl Walker, Dayton, Ohio, company driver for Springfield Cartage