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A simple following-distance cheat proves effective âself re-trainingâ in speed and space management
Buchs, like so many of you, hauls in a truck built well before whiz-bang factory-equipped radar, lane-departure warnings, and automatic braking became a standard for owners opting into the systems. He devised a simple following distance cheat after self-evaluation via his own dashcam footage revealed behaviors he thought needed correction.
November 6, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD maker launches petition to add 14-hour flexibility, presents data on detention and race-the-clock dynamics
KeepTruckinâs petition has a goal of garnering 10,000 signatures, and it believes their data shows hard evidence of the hurry-up effect of undue dock delays. It could provide evidence of ârace-the-clockâ dynamics many operators have long suspected as part-and-parcel of the 14-hour rule/ELD/dock-delay combination.
November 14, 2017
Channel 19
North Dakota contemplating 80-mph speed limit
How fast is fast enough? Revisiting the question in light of a potential boost in speed limits to 80 mph in North Dakota, and more on Trumpâs two-for-one out/in regulatory order âŚ
February 6, 2017
Business
All the things are meth
Itâs happened again: âYet another innocent person ⌠jailed for three days because he had a sock full of gel kitty litter in his car to reduce the fog on his windows, and it popped for meth in a field drug test kit,â twice.
January 11, 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
Voices
POLL: If any, what top speed should the speed limiter rule require?
Last weekâs notice of proposed rulemaking on speed limiters from NHTSA/FMCSA looked at 60, 65 and 68 mph in its analysis, but requested comments on speeds from stakeholders. Whatâs your view of where speed should be set, if at all? Weigh in here.
August 31, 2016
Business
DOT proposes rule to govern truck speeds
The U.S. Department of Transportation Aug. 26 released a proposed rule that would require trucks weighing more than 26,000 pounds to be equipped with speed limiting devices.
August 26, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Audio mailbag: Mandating speed limiters is âunsafe, periodâ, readers say
Requiring speed limiters for nearly all on-highway trucks would be a detriment to highway safety, readers say in this mailbag podcast near universally. And, as one reader noted, regulators âwill never find outâ unless âthey get out on the road with usâ to see for themselves.
May 23, 2016
Overdrive Radio
âHuge mistakeâ: Readers sound off on speed limiters
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, voices are raised against any speed limiter mandate, while some emphasize alternatives to imposing a single speed on on-highway trucks, such as adequate training and rewards for voluntary governing,
May 20, 2015
Business
Speed limiter mandate one step closer to publication, sent to White House for approval
A proposed federal rule to require the installation and use of speed limiters on heavy trucks has been sent from the DOT to the White Houseâs Office of Management and Budget for its approval.
May 19, 2015
Voices
Do you manage your truck/trucksâ ECM data?
Do you download and examine data recorded by your truckâs electronic control module? Hard brake events, last-stop information, speed and fuel economy data are all among the parameters measured.
May 6, 2015
Business
Science doesnât lie
âI propose that all the people who think itâs a good idea to further castrate the big diesel engine should have to drive a governed truck in full-on bumper-to-bumper rush-hour traffic around Atlanta on 285, where the median speed is âballs to the wall.'â
April 10, 2015
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