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Prepass, Oregon programs now interoperable for bypass
PrePass carriers that operate in Oregon can now allow their transponders to be enrolled in and utilize Oregonâs state-operated Green Light weigh station bypass system at 21 facilities throughout the state, with a waiver of Prepassâ data privacy policy.
January 17, 2018
Channel 19
Driver-facing cams an invasion of privacy? Answers at Real Women in Truckingâs GATS legal Q&A
In a word, if the driver agrees to work for the company providing the equipment, no. Attorney Paul Taylor: âShould drivers do something about it? Yeah, they should â to a certain extent, drivers have to quit working for bad companies.â
August 29, 2017
Channel 19
Why âautomaticâ may or may not mean âautomaticâ when it comes to ELDs
In OOIDAâs case against the ELD mandate, it argues FMCSA has not conformed to Congressional statute requiring ELDs because it didnât require devices that âautomaticallyâ record all hours. Did Congress really mean what it said?
April 15, 2016
Electronic Logging Devices
OOIDA hits FMCSA with lawsuit to block ELD mandate, calls rule arbitrary and unconstitutional
The Owner-Operator Independent Driverâs Association this week filed initial arguments in its challenge to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs electronic logging device (ELD) mandate final rule.
March 31, 2016
Business
Who you talkinâ to?
Wendy gets a laugh out of cartoon showing what can happen when you mistake a bluetooth conversation to be directed at you, until she realized â âIâve been the dummy thinking someone was having a conversation with me, and it wasnât so funny anymore.â
May 20, 2015
Business
Video witnesses: Honoring the privacy bargain with drivers
Privacy worries over dual road- and driver-facing video systems in trucks are being mitigated, makers say, by a bargain with drivers to be âminimally invasive.â More on systemsâ utility for small fleets in Part 2 of this feature here.
July 23, 2014
Business
Ruining a good thing: Bathroom privacy
Another doozy of a restroom tale from Wendy: âIâve written more stories about bathrooms than pretty much anything else, and if you didnât know any better, youâd probably think I was weird.â
June 27, 2014
Business
Privacy is a matter of opinion
âSometimes, life on the road is hard.â What happens when a little kid squeezes under your bathroom-stall door and just, well, hangs outâŚ
May 23, 2014
Channel 19
ELDs: Privacy, competition, adoption
While the expectation of privacy and freedom of business choice are two different things, both tend to dominate ELD concerns⌠More voices on the mandate.
May 10, 2014
Electronic Logging Devices
Drivers stand to benefit from ELDs?
Jack Roberts, writing in CCJ, highlights âgrowing evidence that ELDs wonât be all bad for driversâ and the core of ELD opposition as of a piece with reaction to the growing âsurveillance stateââŚ
April 23, 2014
Voices
Readers to government: âClamp down on homeland spyingâ
A large majority of Overdrive readers favor limitations on the much-debated NSA spying effort.
July 29, 2013
Business
Twitter: Protect privacy
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September 19, 2012
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