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Hours restart looming July 1

Todd Dills | May 19, 2013

Barring a D.C. Court of Appeals ruling throwing out or requiring further agency work on the hours of service final rule announced back in December 2011 in the next month and a half, the Federal Motor ...

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LETTER: Do unto drivers as you would have done unto you

Overdrive Staff | May 17, 2013

Many drivers call me for prayer because of the way they are treated. Too many shippers and receivers do not provide restrooms. We are treated like cattle -- no overnight parking, long waits for loads ...

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Carriers, drivers aligned on need for shift in enforcement priorities

Todd Dills | May 14, 2013

An overwhelming majority (79 percent) of Overdrive readers find themselves in full-throated agreement with a message delivered by American Trucking Associations Vice Chair and Bulldog Hiway Express head Phil Byrd at the April Commercial Vehicle ...

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Readers want immigration enforcement, not reform

Todd Dills | May 03, 2013

“There already is a legal path to citizenship,” said David S. McQueen, summing up the near-majority stance among Overdrive readers on the U.S. government’s feints toward immigration reform. A near-majority favored the current law status coupled ...

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Views: Fair-labor exemption petition, truck driver as DOT secretary

Todd Dills | May 01, 2013

Anthony Foxx Make a truck driver DOT secretary! In the wake of President Barack Obama's nomination of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to replace Ray Lahood as U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary, Trans Products Trans Service Regulatory ...

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Why confiscation is unlikely

Wendy Parker | April 18, 2013

“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty ...

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Readers to law enforcement: Look in the mirror

Todd Dills | April 16, 2013

While no small amount of law-enforcement kudos piled on in the wake of our reporting on the state of Tennessee's efforts to use big rigs on the highways to nab four-wheelers texting behind the wheel, ...

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Long live the owner-operator!

Todd Dills | April 10, 2013

Trends among profitable owner-operators continue to show short-haul niche specialization bringing high rates and good net income. The challenges in today's market for owner-operators were on full display after Overdrive Editorial Director Max Heine asked ...

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CSA'S DATA TRAIL

Who’s keeping score: PSP is driver-info ‘gold standard’

FMCSA's Pre-employment Screening Program is the only place to find full driver-specific detail of the information contained in the Motor Carrier Management Information System database that underpins CSA.