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Overdrive Extra
The curse of the to-go cup: Coffee-counter conversation one missing bridge across the divide
Overdrive's Long Haul Paul on the value of face-to-face conversation in trucking industry today in bridging the many divides that plague us. More on Overdrive.
June 29, 2020
Overdrive Extra
Can you hear me now? Anybody out there?
Gary Buchs on the ālostā art of communication: āWhen I think about the way brokered freight seems to be going ā tap a button on a screen, get a load ā the phrase ātrust but verifyā comes high to the mind. Donāt give up on due diligence with the shippers and receivers in such transactions. ā¦ In small business ownership, everything is personal.ā
October 4, 2019
Overdrive Extra
All the subjects The Algorithm permits
Donāt-call-me-Short Haul Paul keys up the old one-nine with this part-reminiscence, part-dirge on the bluetooth cocoons so many of us fall into around the truck stop counters, at the loading docks, on the long road, where it seems only the āsubjects The Algorithm permitsā ever get talked about, cāmonā¦
March 25, 2019
Business
Notes on vernacular
āKeep yer panties on, son, I got a full-grown with a capture in the breakdown, Iāll mosey out of your way momentarilyā¦ stand by.ā Feel me?
February 8, 2017
Business
The perils of eavesdropping
I hate it when people eavesdrop. And now you should step far away from me, because Iām going to be struck by lightning for being a total hypocrite. I donāt like it when people eavesdrop on my conversations, but I feel an intense desire to eavesdrop on others. Itās an affliction. I could blame it [ā¦]
October 20, 2013
Channel 19
On-highway reads: Revisiting āIn the Driverās Seatā
Writer and former owner-operator Marc Mayfield will be interviewed Thursday, March 7 at 7 p.m. EST on the Truth About Trucking Live online radio program.
March 6, 2013
Channel 19
Short haul v. long haul ā Where do you stand?
Informal poll results from Overdriveās Facebook fans on the growing trend among owner-operators toward operation in short-haul applications.
July 2, 2012
Channel 19
Driversā safety conversation continues
If the handheld cell ban for drivers (which goes into effect Jan. 3) has done anything for the nationās interstate haulers, itās upped the ante on the conversation on this blog about the direction of safety in the industry. Driver and radio host Big Al Weekley is back today with a lament for the safety [ā¦]
December 20, 2011
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