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Parking
Parking perils: The increasing cost, and risk, of booting and towing
Booting and towing incidents have become more numerous and more costly, owner-operators and others report. Some advocates call for national regulation of the practice, particularly when drivers are asleep in their trucks.
January 2, 2020
Business
NASTCâs âAmericaâs Best Driversâ team named for 2019 attendant to annual conference
As longtime NASTC leader David Owen has it, these men and women represent the bread and butter of any small trucking business, and the hands-down safest, altogether best drivers around. Also: Scenes from Nashville singer-songwritersâ warm-up for NASTCâs drivers-of-the-year celebration this coming Saturday,
October 31, 2019
Hours of Service
Stress relief the hours proposal stands to deliver
NASTCâs David Owen on the hours of service proposal: âWhat the unnecessary ELD mandate has required is a closer look at the HOS and relief from the odious stress and pressures created by the current rule. I feel if the âadvocatesâ were true advocates for safer highways, they would see and appreciate this.â
October 11, 2019
Business
âWinds of changeâ at FMCSA: Administrator Ray Martinez opens NASTC conference with keynote
Leadership at the Department of Transportation on up to the President of the United States, Martinez said, âwants us to work with the regulated communityâ to boost safety and efficiency. Also: NASTC honors Dan Baker on his 80th birthday, Roar Logistics as Broker of the Year and Women in Truckingâs Ellen Voie for promoting female truckers.
November 2, 2018
Channel 19
Hereâs proof your input can be effective in changing regulation â for the better
Take a look at how your voice is effective at bringing about regulation changes and don't forget to file your comments with the FMCSA about hours of service.
September 20, 2018
Channel 19
The small-fleet stop on Martinezâs tour through the industry this Nov.
Ray Martinez, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator, is slated to be the keynote speaker for the annual NASTC meeting from Thursday-Saturday November 1-3.
August 28, 2018
Overdrive Extra
2017: Regulations, the economy and your career path
Is your career path leading you to become a âcritical-thinking, problem-solvingâ business owner?
January 1, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Audio mailbag: Minimum interstate age should be 18, insurance barriers to new owner-operators
Podcast round-up of some reader voices on minimum interstate driving age, insurance challenges for young owner-operators, hours, parking and more.
March 3, 2015
Overdrive Radio
NASTC head David Owenâs sleep apnea story
NASTC president David Owen is firm in his belief in a professional driverâs ability to manage fatigue. And while he clearly knows the benefit of apnea treatment in those who suffer from it, Owen cites a fundamental disagreement with those who believe untreated apnea is public highway safety danger No. 1.
November 18, 2014
Business
MATS New Entrant listening session yields new ideas
Among voluminous thoughts on New Entrant testing, responding to commentary from owner-operator Michael Potwin Anne Ferro revealed that the agencyâs plan to downgrade adjudicated citationsâ violation weight in the CSA system could be in place as early as this summer.
March 28, 2014
Business
Be your own boss: 14 âdo or dieâ compliance duties
Failure to perform these 14 tasks will automatically fail you when the FMCSA comes calling for your New Entrant Safety Audit in the first 18 months youâre in business.
January 10, 2014
Channel 19
Inside small-fleet advocacy at NASTC annual meeting
Rounding up highlights from the NASTC annual meeting: CARB politics, enforcement; speed limiter rule with retrofit requirement expected in 2014, âconditionalâ rating the new âunsatisfactoryââŚ
November 9, 2013
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