Tag: Oregon: Page 3

Business

Oregon looking to give one-year commercial learner’s permits

The Oregon Department of Transportation has requested an exemption from a portion of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s commercial learner’s permit requirement.

November 26, 2015

Business

Top 10 toughest states on hours of service violations

Oregon was the 2013 leader on this list, and its percentage of issued hour infractions fell by only a point in our analysis of the 2014 data. Three states rose to a much larger degree in the hours rankings…

September 1, 2015

Business

Oregon ups rural highway speeds

Oregon has increased speed limits on some rural highways, but has not altered the speed differential between cars and trucks.

August 17, 2015

Business

I’ll admit when I’m wrong

Wendy eats crow — though commentary on the driver shortage still stands, there are no tapiers in the state of Oregon (unless someone knows of a recent zoo-break…). Maybe a Sasquatch or two…

June 29, 2015

Business

CSA program not ‘meeting the goal’

If you think the FMCSA’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program has misdirected carriers’ safety focus in a big way, you’ll find a friend in Oregon DOT’s David McKane.

December 16, 2014

Business

Top states for hours violations

Oregon ranks No. 1 in hours enforcement. Of the No. 2 state in hours enforcement, Wyoming, says Oregon enforcement, data-sharing is high. Find the top 15 states here.

December 12, 2014

Business

Oregon: An edge on hours

The state of Oregon is known among owner-operators for more than its scenic mountain passes and rocky coast: Oregon’s weight-distance tax data sharpens its focus on log violations.

December 9, 2014

Business

Multi-stop last mile from an Oregon National Forest

The end of the Parkers’ multi-stop load comes down the wire on hours. Wendy: “George really does amaze me sometimes. I would have been in the fetal position, sobbing….”

June 20, 2014

Equipment

W900L glider rolls in log-hauling fleet

Last year, Dan Pardovich and his brother, Ryan, took the engine and transmission from a donor truck and built a W900L glider.

April 25, 2014

Business

The vampires among us

Fast on track to make the decision already and move to Oregon for the lush scenery, Wendy Parker discovers an undead revolution in our midst.

December 5, 2012

Voices

Hot button: Call a truce with marijuana?

More than 60 percent of Overdrive readers favored some form of marijuana-use legalization or decriminalization, with a majority reflecting three current state ballot initiatives beyond medical use.

October 16, 2012

Channel 19

Courthouse News Service: ‘Truckers offended by lavender?’

Coast Truck Centers near Portland objected to a billboard above their store’s highway-side sign advertising an upscale resort. Wouldn’t you?

July 31, 2012