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Overdrive Radio
Double-brokered loads, ELD issues, pausing that 14-hour clock already: Friday podcast round-up
This edition of Overdrive Radio further digs in around the expectation mismatch between brokers and carriers in load negotiations â plus more views on the potential for hours of service change from readers.
March 16, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: Split sleeper-berth option high on haulersâ hours wish list
The large majority of reader respondents youâll hear in this mailbag edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast took the notion of a pause button for the 14-hour rule farther. Itâs split rest, or split sleeper berth period flexibility, that most want,
February 17, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Voices on the call for a shutdown starting October 3
This weekâs edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast takes a run through the mailbag following last weekâs conversations with organizers of two ELD mandate protest actions set to take place in Washington, D.C., beginning Oct. 3.
September 23, 2017
Overdrive Radio
âNot adding upâ: Following Supreme Courtâs hit to ELD challenge, owner-operators reckon with next steps
In the wake of the Supreme Courtâs official denial of OOIDAâs appeal for it to throw out the ELD rule, attention turned to the Trump administration and, more closely, Congress. A bevy of readers faced down the reality of further limited options for an ELD challenge.
June 13, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: One operatorâs âhairyâ trip speed-limited at 65, more views on limiter mandate proposal
In response to recent polling, the largest share of reader respondents object to any speed limiter mandate. A larger share of responses considered together, though, favor speed settings well above the speeds the DOT analyzed within the proposed ruleâs text. More voices on the proposed mandate in this podcast.
September 13, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: âMajor trucking issueâ â detention at shippers/receivers and its income, safety impact
How big is the problem of detention at shippers and receivers for American truckers? For readers of Overdrive, itâs a âmajor issue,â in the words of more than one youâll hear in this âmailbagâ edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast.
July 22, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Audio mailbag from the âdriver wage shortageâ
In this mailbag podcast, an owner-operator out of Charlotte, N.C., offered an addition to the âdriver shortageâ phrase that he â along with many others â feels might well clear things up a bit. Heâs not the first to say it, but it bears repeating.
March 24, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: âAll about the moneyâ? â Reader views on increasing truck weight
A sizable majority of Overdrive readers (64 percent) see negative primary consequences of any significant rise in interstate truck weight limits. Find a bevy of views in this mailbag podcast.
September 17, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Camaraderie on the road: Where did it go?
Voices on driver-to-driver camaraderie â âpay it forward, you never go wrong.â And: A mailbag podcast rounding up reader reactions to the dismissal of one owner-operatorâs obstruction of justice case.
April 21, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Audio mailbag: CARBâs hardship exemption, e-logs and harassment
No. 2 in the mailbag series of podcasts airing views sees voices responding to recent news around the California Air Resources Board and FMCSAâs report on e-logs and harassment.
November 17, 2014
Channel 19
Mailbag: Tough inspectors a cost of doing business?
Reaching into the electronic mailbag: owner-operator Joe Bielucki of Connecticut reports from the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
October 26, 2014
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