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88 Overdrive JUNE 2009 , 3200 Rice Mine Road N.E., Tuscaloosa, AL 35406, or e-mail tdills@rrpub.com. Channel 19 Todd Dills SEND US STUFF Now that's a dedicated driver On April 28, Torrey Lang made the mis-take of leaving his truck running in a parking lot near Atlanta while he visited a cell phone shop. Police allege that Milo Banks, a 27-year-old Albany, Ga., resident, hopped in the bobtail to drive away. Lang noticed and after failing to get into the cab, ended up on the deckplate, where he endured a 70-mile ride south of Atlanta. Live coverage of the high-speed chase showed Lang safely jumping off the truck as it slowed after its tires were blown out. Banks was taken into custody. Trick my shopping cart Florence, S.C.-based K&L Chrome Shop President Kelvin Locklear appears in a Progressive Insurance commercial with a shopping cart tricked out in a manner similar to the trucks he and his team tackle on the new season of Trick My Truck. He and his shopping cart will be at the Progressive booth at the Great West Truck Show in Las Vegas, June 25-27. No word on whether he'll bid on custom cart jobs, but he'll have his own there. n For your daily dose of trucking humor, oddities and coverage in the media, visit: www.channel19. blogspot.com. A March Wall Street Journal story probed the proliferation of traffic violation cameras and the growing resistance to their use. A camera in Schaumburg, Ill., no longer tracks right-red turns, for instance, and anti-cam websites are multiplying. One site, Trap-ster.com, takes o'er-the-CB warnings of speed traps to a new level with a free iPhone application that allows users to pinpoint cameras and frequently manned speed-traps on a Google map. With trip-planning functionality, this could be a powerful app, indeed no need to rely on drivers just ahead to tell you what's coming. Garmin and Tom Tom units are likewise supported. Trimming video bears' claws FrOm The Channel 19 blOg: big hearts, many miles, sweet songs He wears his locks in a pompadour, sports a black suit and tie and sings usu-ally around Branson, Mo., where he does a mean Johnny Cash. Jackson Cash is among musicians on the new album Big Hearted Trucker in a Good Lookin' Hat. Radio host Big Al Weekley says he played Truckers Prayer from the album on his Sunday Americana Gospel show and it quickly became one of my most requested songs. Sample songs from the album at the BigHeart-edTrucker.com. dog seeking a very particular trucker Veterinarian Heidi Rynear-son of Ames, Iowa, took in a dog from an animal shelter in August. Then Rynearson's father, a for-mer trucker, told her about talking with a Schneider National driver who, while fueling at a truck stop, spoke of losing a dog while unloading in Ames in July. Rynearson's dad relayed the dog's description and name to her. When she called her dog by the name the trucker had provided, it responded. Rynearson will return the dog, a medium/small breed weighing under 35 pounds, to its owner. She can be reached at nuts4dachies@yahoo.com. Cour tesy Lamar County Sher rif f Lar ry W aller