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Take advantage of CARBâs comment period by April 21
âThis is by no means a âdone deal,'â notes Joe Rajkovacz of the CCTA. âTruckers need to participate in the public-comment process â even show up at the Board meeting [April 24] if they can.â
March 25, 2014
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Running around Cali: Martin Jezâ 1988 Pete cabover
California-based owner-operator Jez realized heâd need to upgrade his emissions system in the near term â he delayed the need by, well, buying old.
January 19, 2013
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CSA/PSP: Due process, access key operator concerns
Diving into the issues surrounding operatorsâ access to information being collected about their businesses by DOT and due process concerns with dismissed citations/violations.
December 6, 2012
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Turkey day dispatch: More docs with CDLs needed?
âWe need more thanks paid to the nationâs drivers for the jobs you do day-in day-out. Clearly thereâs a dearth of it in many quarters.â
November 22, 2012
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10 problems with EOBRs
These problems are among many noted by frequent Overdrive commenter E.F. McHenry as Congress considered an EOBR mandate ultimately included in the MAP-21 highway bill.
June 29, 2012
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Rich Wilsonâs âstate of the industryâ; and MCSAC apnea update
Youâre likely to remember Rich Wilson (pictured), former owner-operator and current regulatory manager with the Trans Products/Trans Services company, for his part in the Truck Driver Social Media Convention last fall, where he urged the drivers and owner-operators in attendance really be a part of the regulatory process â on the front end, in the [âŚ]
January 13, 2012
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Stiff wind to pay the toll: The 2011 Channel 19 year in review
What better way to start the new year than with a look back on the previous? I did it last year, after all, so letâs make it a tradition, how bout? The Chinese Year of the Rabbit saw all manner of issues hopping in and out of the national on-highway spotlight, bookended by a proposed [âŚ]
January 1, 2012
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Former owner-operator going after MCSAC committee representation
As Iâve written about here in weeks prior, former owner-operator Fred Schaffner, a man with a passion for fighting for fairness in the treatment of drivers in the face of regulatory flux and with a keen eye on the regulatory process, came out of the Truck Driver Social Media Convention last October on a mission: [âŚ]
December 19, 2011
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Modest proposal: âLet regulators have what they wantâ
Today, a dispatch from driver and radio host Big Al Weekley (pictured), the man behind the streaming Dispatch Me Home Radio Network site. It comes in response to Nabisco hauler Buddy Wennersâ modest proposal to regulators to skip all the preamble and really just do what they really seem to want to do, âban truck [âŚ]
December 12, 2011
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Modest proposal: âBan truck drivingâ
The comments on the news of the handheld cellphone ban while driving for the interstate pilots of the nationâs tractor-trailer rigs continue to come in. (Read them for yourself here, including among them at the very end a reaction by driver Wayne Leverton to witnessing a state patrol officer in Washington State use both hands [âŚ]
December 9, 2011
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