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Voices

Reader: There is in fact a regs constraint on the driver market

Reader Alfred Brock found a particular constraint on the driver market in his home state of Michigan — namely, a program for CDL training funding assistance that wasn’t being funded.

May 28, 2019

Overdrive Extra

Plenty blame to go around in Colo. tragedy, when the damage is done

Trucker Clifford Petersen on the Colo. disaster: “Let’s build a training program within our industry that the feds will model, because the standards are high, and expectations are even higher. The lives we save may be those of our own families. Those lives may be our own.”

May 6, 2019

Voices

Shutdown report: Participation estimated, issues raised, tactics debated as April 12 arrives

Participating truckers view any effectiveness of this shutdown as having the potential to demonstrate some unity among drivers, whose voices in regulatory and industry discussions don’t always rise to the top. At once, there’s reason to doubt that numbers are sufficient to make a statement, and others object to anarchic tactics they’ve seen.

April 12, 2019

Channel 19

‘Why I wanna drive’ — rookie CDL holder braces for new journey pulling tank

See you at MATS, drivah! Herein, a guest post on Channel 19 from second-career trucker Robin Toepp of South Bend, Ind., about her motivations to move beyond straight-truck hauling to get her CDL and go tanking over-the-road.

March 26, 2019

Voices

POLL: Are you planning to shut down April 12?

With “Stand as One” slow-roll events over the weekend, movement continued toward the April 12 date on which many slow-roll participants plan to shut down in hopes of bringing greater awareness to the driver’s voice on hours of service, parking, training, safety and other issues. Are you shutting down?

March 11, 2019

Business

Rule change eases process for drivers upgrading from Class B to Class A CDL

The new rulemaking adds an optional theory instruction upgrade curriculum for those upgrading from a Class B to a Class A that removes eight instructional units involving “non-driving activities.” FMCSA says these units are nearly identical to instructional units in the Class B CDL curriculum.

March 5, 2019

Overdrive Radio

More slow-rollin’ supporting shutdown call: A talk with owner-op Brian Bucenell

Owner-operator Brian Bucenell’s 2002 Peterbilt 379 was among the 100 or so trucks that participated in the “slow roll” event in Indianapolis last week. Bucenell’s also helping put on a Virginia “slow roll” event tomorrow, March 2, both of which he speaks to in this Overdrive Radio podcast.

March 1, 2019

Business

U.S. Xpress launching new driver training program

U.S. Xpress plans to launch a new driver training program, transitioning from a traditional classroom-style program to a multi-platform program. Read details.

February 19, 2019

Overdrive Extra

Mentoring is a two-way street when it comes to benefits

“Trucking broadly speaking has seemed to support the idea of apprenticeship and mentoring as a way to improve safety and retention, but I believe the only truly effective way to do that is through experienced owner-operators dedicating themselves to one-on-one mentorship.” Benefits “run both ways.” –Owner-op Gary Buchs on his ow experience with it

February 5, 2019

Channel 19

‘Secrets of trucking shall remain secret’: An elegy for the counter of knowledge

Gordon Alkire’s whimsical (but not all fun and games) take on so much that is gone into the past: the “In the sit-down diners was … the all-knowing, never-wrong counter of knowledge, usually manned by experts 24 hours a day.”

January 17, 2019

Overdrive Extra

Live training opportunities to jump-start your career

Participation in live training offers opportunities to network with experts, as well as fellow drivers with common interests.

December 31, 2018

Channel 19

Hours of service proposal could come by end of March

Signs point to a decision on whether to move forward with hours change from FMCSA sooner than later — by Spring, regulators said during a call with owner-operators put together by Scott Reed and Scott Jordan of the Independent Carrier Group covering hours, the ELD mandate and exemptions, training and enforcement topics.

December 6, 2018