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Wake me when it’s over

“Three things you can’t talk about with people, because they lose their minds: politics, religion and super singles. I’m not sure why, but those things seem to incite the screaming four-year-old in all of us.”

November 7, 2016

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Curbman wisdom and other assorted thoughts from the peanut gallery

A recent $25 million federal grant to eight states for parking-availability-information systems could build as many as 2,500 new spaces.

November 6, 2015

Curbman and crew, gettin’ it done.

Space truckin’, gubmint-style

"The 1,500-light-year trip will be a Herculean effort, especially since all astronauts will be required to take a 30 minute break after eight hours of spaceship piloting."

October 16, 2015

“Interstellar weigh station, one mile ahead.”

Bad ideas and agendas

“We’re from the gubmint, and we’re here to help.” –FMCSA (apocryphal) … Wendy: “No thanks. Your kind of ‘help’ is what will destroy us all.”

June 12, 2015

From the gubmint and here to help

The infrastructure is funded!

“It’s April 1, and this entire post may or may not be a filthy lie, but we all know who the fools are.”

April 1, 2015

Goat Speaker of the House

It’s the little things, like Google

Not rocket science: Allow small things to go faster than large things… they’ll explode into stardust when they hit the large things.

March 20, 2015

POLL: What’s your view of the Obama administration’s move to normalize relations with Cuba?

With the President moving to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba with the long-established embargo in effect, what’s your view of the move? Tell us here.

December 19, 2014

CSA’s Fallout: Scoring reliability woes dominate independents’ concerns

Overdrive’s 2014 CSA survey shows independents are most concerned about reliability of scores, but the system’s many flaws haven’t halted third-party use of the rankings in business decisions.

June 3, 2014

POLL: Would you support a detention-pay mandate?

Following the Obama administration’s inclusion of a mandate for detention pay equal to or greater than the minimum wage in its draft highway bill, this poll probes the debate over the measure.

May 29, 2014

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Amid government shutdown furor, a tap on the sleep apnea brakes

For now. There are indications that Congressional mandating of FMCSA taking a rulemaking approach to any apnea regulation would slow the process down, though some readers didn’t see it that way.

October 3, 2013

“CPAP saved my life,” wrote Bill McVay, responding to the question posed by this poll, which showed a solid third of drivers have actually taken the apnea test to date. Others responding positively to treatment included Edward Lomas, who has a CPAP machine and uses it. “It’s not as bad as you think.” Driver Ed Webb, interviewed in 2011, agreed with such sentiment, though navigating Indiana’s independently instituted apnea program for medical certifications proved difficult. Hear him tell his story in the video at the bottom of this post.

Will you participate in the ‘Truckers Ride for the Consitution?’

The “Truckers Ride for the Constitution” Facebook page has been calling drivers to participate in an Oct. 11 Washington, D.C., area convoy, demonstrations around the country through the 13th and more, likewise a buy-nothing solidarity gesture from the general public. Will you take part? Or not hardly…

October 1, 2013

Hot Button: What would be the No. 1 effect of a wide owner-operator shutdown?

Opinion on the potential effects resulting from a wide shutdown has varied widely among Overdrive readers — from a solid negative for truckers’ public image to political leverage on regs.

September 27, 2013

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