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Fleet survey probes tech-advancement challenges
A new survey conducted by TD Bank’s equipment-finance group at the April-held annual expo of the NAFA association showed more than half of the respondents naming new technology as posing the biggest challenge for the coming year.
August 5, 2019
Overdrive Extra
The time is now: Build truck parking capacity
Bottom line for lawmakers sent by us to the nation’s capitol: We need an infrastructure bill that will open the flow of traffic, make safer merge lanes and truly spur on badly needed truck parking. Please don’t wait for another bridge to collapse, for another trucker trying to provide for his family to be killed for the few dollars in his pocket.
February 18, 2019
Parking
TxDOT moves on truck-parking survey, workshop series throughout the state
Texas Department of Transportation reps have moved on efforts to assess a way forward on potentially taking steps to improve parking infrastructure for truckers hauling to, through and from the state. TxDOT wants input now from carriers and drivers on parking issues in the state.
November 20, 2018
Parking
Reservation systems, pay-to-park efforts in critical eye of new truck parking analysis
Close to half of all driver respondents to a wide-ranging ATRI survey on parking reported no willingness to pay for parking whatsoever — the survey examined this and other parking issues.
September 23, 2015
Business
FMCSA attempting to fill the driver-training data void
A national driver survey relative to training — and a more in-depth study — are ongoing, but won’t be finished in time for the ELDTAC committee to utilize in work on a negotiated rulemaking.
February 28, 2015
Business
Driverless trucks: Public shows concern with safety in survey
Results showed two-thirds of all survey respondents “said they would feel less safe sharing the road with driverless semi-trucks,” a majority showing no change in sentiment even “if it meant cheaper consumer products or reduced carbon emissions.”
November 3, 2014
Business
General public in touch with reality? 8 in 10 view truckers as more safe than passenger-vehicle drivers
A survey of public opinion of the trucking industry and its drivers also concluded that the public views the industry favorably in large part. More results reported here.
October 13, 2014
Business
Carriers’ crystal ball: Load One keeps drivers with help of Stay Metrics
The Stay Metrics program uses driver feedback to improve retention. It does this by tracking engagement in a rewards program and evaluating results of periodic satisfaction surveys and exit interviews.
July 2, 2014
Channel 19
Top 16 unsafe four-wheeler maneuvers; Big closure in Indy ongoing
Insurance.com’s most recent consumer survey reveals some fairly common rude — and unsafe — practices among motorists; and: details on the Indianapolis South Split construction detour.
September 9, 2013
Channel 19
Mobile trends: Has your smartphone replaced your GPS?
Survey results from uShip’s annual mobile technology survey showed a majority of operators either relying on their smartphones for navigation more than their GPS units or recognizing that potential.
November 12, 2012
Channel 19
Owner-operators’ road trip guide from Atlas
Atlas Van Lines’ King of the Road operator survey, conducted earlier this year, garnered close to a couple hundred responses to questions running the gamut of operational details and preferences for various businesses delivering services to drivers the nation over. Favorite coffee? Dunkin Donuts. Best fast food? Subway. Biggest difficulty on the road? Eating right, […]
April 10, 2012
Channel 19
Suvey says DOT’s happy, how ’bout you?
We couldn’t help but chuckle here at Overdrive HQ when we saw a particular press release blast from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s halls a couple weeks back now. Its title, “Latest Survey Shows DOT Employee Satisfaction on the Rise,” read to our trucking ears like a piece of news full of all manner of comic, […]
July 22, 2010
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