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What’s your business’ outlook for 2018?
It’s that time of year again — when we all take stock of the past 12 months and look ahead to the next, still with, however, the ELD mandate looming this time around. Considering all of it, amid an improving rate environment, what’s your sense of how 2018 will shape up. Better? Worse? The same? …
December 12, 2017
Voices
POLL: Are clean (violation-free) inspections more common today than they used to be?
What’s been your experience over the last five years? Do you feel inspectors are more likely today to actually finish and record a clean, violation-free inspection than before?
October 30, 2017
Voices
Truckers divided on Republicans’ go-it-alone Obamacare overhaul
A slight minority (47 percent) of readers noted general support for current efforts, while an exact half of poll respondents either urged Republicans to go back to the drawing board or leave the current system in place.
July 11, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL update: What’s your most likely response to the ELD mandate?
With the principle legal challenge (OOIDA’s court battle) to the ELD mandate at an end, assuming the end-of-year enforcement deadline remains, what’s your current plan for dealing with the mandate? Weigh in in this poll.
June 29, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: Will rates move in a positive or negative direction as a result of the ELD mandate?
What’s your view of the likelihood of a rates impact as a result of the ELD mandate — commentators have been on either side of the issue in recent time, some believing rates will rise, others doubting the projection.
May 1, 2017
Voices
POLL: How long on average do you stay on the road at a time?
How much time do you typically spent on the road between stints at home? Weigh via this poll.
March 30, 2017
Channel 19
Owner-operators trend optimistic about business in 2017
We can take the optimism expressed in these results with a crunchy-good grain of road salt or sand, but for the first time in the few years, a majority of owner-operators think this coming year will be better than the last. Recent indicators agree…
January 7, 2017
Voices
POLL: Should Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ system be pulled from its vehicles?
With NHTSA investigating crashes (one fatal and involving a truck) that occurred with automaker Tesla’s beta ‘Autopilot’ function enabled, Tesla says it’s on balance saving lives with the function, but Consumer Reports said otherwise: ‘Too much autonomy too soon.’ Weigh in yourself here.
August 8, 2016
Voices
POLL: Small fleets, which comes first — the driver or the truck?
For those among readers who’ve owned more than one truck, this poll asks a question relative to views on expansion strategy: Best to buy a truck to fit a dependable driver or the converse, focus on hiring only as needed to utilize equipment?
March 10, 2016
Parking
POLL: What’s the biggest trucking issue?
The American Transportation Research Institute’s top 10 trucking issues, identified by fleets, were released early this week. This poll asks which of them (or others) is most important to you.
October 21, 2015
Voices
POLL: Do you carry health insurance?
What’s been your situation relative to health insurance through this year? Covered on your spouse’s plan or a plan grandfathered by Obamacare? Purchased on the exchanges? Not covered at all?….
September 2, 2015
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POLL: How common are so-called ‘suicide by truck’ events?
Following our recent ‘Suicide by truck’ package of stories, this poll probes the question of just how common the phenomenon might be — what’s been your knowledge of such events over the years?
August 17, 2015
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