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Voices
New priorities for a new DOT secretary?: Take two
A bevy of reader voices raised in response to the question: âWhat would be your message to Trumpâs incoming DOT leader?â Issues of regulation (the ELD mandate chief among them), parking/infrastructure and driver pay loomed largest.
December 7, 2016
Overdrive Extra
Deciphering Trump and the trade winds
Many U.S. truckers have feared the impending hordes of reckless Mexican drivers and the loss of U.S. driving jobs. So far, such concern appears overblown and misplaced. You could say the same for Trumpâs rhetoric about isolating us from trading partners who have helped fuel Americaâs economic engines, including the trucking industry.
December 5, 2016
Voices
Hot button: The role of âwhite-identityâ politics in Trumpâs election?
With the so-called âalt-rightâ and its partial message of âwhite-identity / -grievanceâ politics receiving plenty of mainstream media coverage in the wake of Trumpâs election, whatâs your view on the role such politics played in the election?
November 29, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Trump promises big on highway funding, could open door to more tolls and privatization
Trump said on the campaign trail he wants $1 trillion invested in U.S. infrastructure. Though he was mum on specifics, he did say he intends to incentivize private businesses to invest in infrastructure projects by offering them tax breaks. Such privatization of U.S. roads could lead to more tolls, says OOIDAâs Todd Spencer. And: Readers react on regs promises.
November 14, 2016
Voices
âPlease Trump donât let us downâ: Truckers sound hopeful but wary in reaction to election victory
Views on Trumpâs win were cautiously optimistic when came to potential easing of regulatory burden and the economy, more wary on road privatization and tolls. Conciliatory notes stressed the countryâs direction âisnât just up to Trump. We all have a hand in it.â
November 9, 2016
Business
Wake me when itâs over
âThree things you canât talk about with people, because they lose their minds: politics, religion and super singles. Iâm not sure why, but those things seem to incite the screaming four-year-old in all of us.â
November 7, 2016
Voices
POLL: Whoâs most likely to get your vote in November for President?
Did the first presidential debate sway you one way or another? In this poll, Overdrive asks readers to weigh in on where their presidential votes are likely to go, whether toward the major partiesâ or third-party candidates.
September 28, 2016
Business
Canada to move to Mexico if Trump is elected
As this report was going to press, developing news suggested Mexico had fired back with an announcement it would be relocating to Canada if Hillary Clinton is elected President of the United States in November, causing much concern over whether or not there will be a tear in the space-time continuum when migrating countries collide.
September 2, 2016
Voices
Election 2016 still âTrumpedâ for truckers
Three out of four Overdrive readers report supporting Republican Donald Trump for President. Thatâs a considerably higher percentage than was supporting the Republicansâ 2012 candidate, Mitt Romney, at around this time that year.
July 19, 2016
Voices
POLL: Whoâs most likely to get your vote in the Presidential election in November?
With major-party conventions upcoming in the next weeks , which of these four candidates, including two prominent third-party candidates, is most likely to get your vote in the presidential election in November?
July 7, 2016
Channel 19
Artist Julian Ravenâs dry-box-side Trump portrait and ongoing tour
Judging from past polling here, one might have been justified in the assumption that it was only a matter of time before a Donald Trump campaign image appeared on the side of dry van. âŚ
January 16, 2016
Voices
Election 2016 âTrumpedâ for truckers
Asked which presidential candidate theyâd most like to take on a ridealong, truckers named Donald Trump far and away more than any other candidate.
August 18, 2015
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