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Tag: future
Overdrive Extra
Technology and maximizing your most precious resource
How technology is âchanging some of what I want to believe about my business,â in the words of owner-operator Gary Buchs, in this his debut on the Overdrive Extra blog. Among techâs benefits: freeing up the resource of time âto study the markets and pursue new customers, making my business more efficient.â
March 20, 2018
Voices
POLL: The hours of service ruleâs future â tied to fatigue monitoring tech?
With some watchers predicting a technology-heavy future for hours of service limits, whatâs your thoughts today on the possibility of fatigue-monitoring technology brought to bear in the regs?
October 10, 2017
Voices
POLL: Whatâs your bigger business priority, profit growth or income stability?
Climing the ladder v. holding down a gig, greater risk is greater reward v. sticking with whatâs dependable, economic growth v. stability â the prioritization choice is cast in a lot of different ways. Which side, if any, do you fall on when thinking about your businessâ future?
May 18, 2017
Channel 19
A nine-year-oldâs view of the so-called âautonomous futureâ
âWhen I asked if she could imagine a big truck going down the road maneuvering with its own controls, with no person behind the wheel, the look of horror that passed across her face was fairly priceless.â
May 11, 2017
Business
Letters to the future
âItâs kind of hard to decide what to tell someone in the future. As nutty as the world is today, thereâs really not much advice to give, except for, âKeep your head on a swivel.â While itâs excellent advice, itâs not really profound.â
February 10, 2017
Business
Rate forecast functionality coming to Truckstop.comâs Rate Analysis tool in Q1 2017
The Rate Forecasting tool will allow users to âpredict the futureâ in a sense, offering the ability for carriers and brokers to see with some confidence just âwhere youâre going with rates,â company reps said.
November 4, 2016
Business
Futureâs so bright, I gotta wear lead underwear
âIâm not sure where all these people who are envisioning a rash of child molesters grabbing kids in the bathroom ⌠are coming from â or what bathrooms theyâre sending their kids unattended into âŚâ
May 6, 2016
Business
Wired, watched and weeded out: How constant monitoring by fleets, regulators will shape tomorrowâs driving force
In this special series, built on months of reporting by Overdrive editors, an in-depth exploration on the acceleration of driver monitoring systems, biometric health readings, the availability of massive data sets on truckers and how it all gives way to constant monitoring by fleets â and regulators â of truckers, their habits and their fitness to operate.
April 18, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Change for the better or nails in the coffin: Talking the future with Gary Carlisle
Whether the future landscape of greater risk translates to a boon for the future generations of owner-operators willing to assume the risk themselves as independents, or not, is one of many areas discussed in this podcast conversation with current owner/former operator Gary Carlisle.
March 17, 2016
Business
Tomorrowâs Trucker: How a rapidly evolving trucking industry is reinventing the owner-operator
In this special series, built on months of reporting by Overdrive editors, we take a realistic look at what truck operators can expect from their livelihood in the coming decades, including a look at the evolution of the business model, likely regulatory reform, the daily tasks of tomorrowâs trucker and shifts in the trucker pay model.
March 14, 2016
Voices
POLL: Do you see a benefit to Wireless Roadside Inspection?
With technology in the test phase, questions remains as to safety credit/violation policy as well as whether any Wireless Roadside Inspection program would be voluntary or not â whatâs your take on potential benefits/drawbacks of any future program today?
February 5, 2016
Voices
POLL: The future of rates and driver pay models?
Looking out over the next decades, what do you see for mileage, percentage, hourly (or salary) pay models for leased and/or company drivers, and whatâs the future of rates for independents look like? Choose up to three of these scenarios or suggest your own under this poll.
January 20, 2016
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