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Bon voyage — a final word on leaving trucking
Thomas Dempsey’s farewell to trucking “toward a more stable industry, one that young people will want to enter, and current drivers will choose to stay with, and be proud to do.”
November 16, 2013
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Solidarity with the dispatcher, forces against CARB low-use exemption change
FirstFleet drivers band behind a dispatch/payroll office employee battling cancer. Forces at work against CARB’s low-use mileage boost?
November 14, 2013
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Best Christmas song ever?
The potentials are many, from “I’ll be home for Christmas” to “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch” — tell us yours toward building a top 10 list to put up for a vote this season. . .
November 12, 2013
Channel 19
A bone to the industry from an agency in the doghouse
Boosting the low-use mileage exemption just won’t be enough for some operators with CARB-noncompliant engines. For others, it doesn’t change their thoughts on the agency’s emissions regs.
November 11, 2013
Channel 19
Inside small-fleet advocacy at NASTC annual meeting
Rounding up highlights from the NASTC annual meeting: CARB politics, enforcement; speed limiter rule with retrofit requirement expected in 2014, “conditional” rating the new “unsatisfactory”…
November 9, 2013
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Roundup: River States in Wis. hosting show, hanging a fuel-mileage shingle, new vid series…
Overdrive’s Pride & Polish heads to Wisconsin in 2014, with River States Customz in La Crosse hosting.
November 7, 2013
Channel 19
Anne Ferro on a haul — finally
Riding along with owner-operator Leo Wilkins yields new insights for FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro.
November 5, 2013
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Horror or not: Growing consumer interest in driverless cars
Does growing interest show potential for four-wheeler safety improvement — or the opposite?…
November 4, 2013
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Crowdfunding handbags made from recycled tires
The “Necessary Recycling” start-up makes various bags from recycled tractor-tire inner tubes — they’re conducting a Kickstarter.com funding campaign to reclaim 30 more tons’ worth of tubes.
November 2, 2013
Channel 19
Scenes from “Highway Angel” truck stop tour finale in Nashville
Video, pictures and more from the event, including the performance of Erin Flanigan, daughter in a long line of generations of owner-operators and drivers associated with Cincinnati-based Flanigan small fleet.
October 31, 2013
Channel 19
Simple diet shifts for weight loss, breaking free of apnea, more
For some obstructive sleep apnea sufferers, there might be a simple — thought not always easy, of course — method out of the condition: Losing weight.
October 29, 2013
Channel 19
Trucking music from down under; cargo theft in ATL, and more on prevention
Owner-operator Gordon Alkire recommends the War-Lok security devices for truck/trailer/cargo theft prevention — and a new trucking tune by Australian former driver Caede Ridgway.
October 28, 2013
Channel 19
Looking for fleet/owner-operator common ground
If drivers and fleet folks truly presented a united front on hours to Congress and regulators, would anything change for the better in terms of flexibility?
October 26, 2013
Channel 19
Light violations aren’t the only ones being stacked
Readers offer further examples of multiple violations written that stem from one root cause, known as “stacking” and discouraged at the federal level.
October 24, 2013
Channel 19
Sneak listen to Tony Justice’s new ‘The Big Road’ track
Listen in on this mixed — not yet mastered — track from trucking troubadour Tony Justice’s forthcoming “Apple Pie Moonshine” record.
October 22, 2013
Channel 19
One quarter down: Economic impact of new hours rule?
Have you seen direct mileage and/or revenue reductions over the last quarter yourself? If so or if not, let’s keep the conversation on the rules ongoing. (Bonus: Trucker’s Wife tee available…)
October 21, 2013
Channel 19
Other ways through the health-insurance maze
Another look at potential Affordable Care Act health-insurance exchange scenarios.
October 19, 2013
Channel 19
Pit stop at the Charlotte Motor Speedway
I had the opportunity to attend the NASCAR race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway over the weekend, during a personal trip back to my hometown of Rock Hill, S.C., due south of the Queen City, as they call it. “Wish I could have been there,” noted one commenter on Overdrive‘s Facebook page when we posted […]
October 15, 2013
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