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Channel 19
Trip-planning / service locator app bags prize; hours hearing vid
Another play in the trucking smartphone-apps landscape, with a robust trip-planning function; and full video of this week’s House Small Business Committee’s hours of service hearing.
November 23, 2013
Trucker Path reps with Shark Tank biz start-up competition show actor Robert Herjavec.
Business
Attention to detention: Solutions to the problem of uncompensated time, part 2
Many carriers have moved in in the direction of time-based pay systems with hourly detention-pay plans, including small fleets; some strategies for detention-rate negotiations take shape.
October 28, 2013
detention lead
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
Overdrive published a series of reports and related stories on the top five problems ranked in this list by readers in August of 2012. Find the main reports via the following links. 1) Fuel prices. 2) Hours and EOBRs. 3) Uncompensated detention. 4) Freight rates. 5) Equipment costs / emissions regs.
Business
Five trucking grievances part of planned protest
Detail/background on the trucking-related grievances in the Ride for the Constitution manifesto and further reporting on logistical elements of the effort.
October 8, 2013
This poll ran over the weekend of September 29-30 following the Ride for the Constitution’s move toward organization earlier that week. Assuming wide participation, most readers see a potential positive in an independents shutdown.
Business
‘Truckers Ride for the Constitution’ details emerge
The Doswell Truck Stop in Doswell, Va., is to serve as a rally point for convoys to the Capitol Beltway as well as into D.C., organizers report.
October 7, 2013
This image is the “Ride for the Constitution” Facebook page’s profile picture. The agenda for the ride and weekend-long demonstration, say organizers, is focused on a mix of trucking and “constitutional” issues. The three-day demonstration has been joined by groups like Overpasses for Obama’s Impeachment, and promoters offer some rally support information via this page.
Electronic Logging Devices
E-log mandate on track as agency tries to tackle driver coercion
A proposed rule mandating the use of electronic onboard recorders is still on track for November publication, while the agency is taking steps to mitigate driver coercion.
September 17, 2013
eobr
Electronic Logging Devices
XRS inks Samsung partnership
XRS is working with Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), to develop an integrated mobile device and software package designed specifically for the trucking industry. The company announced the collaboration during its annual XRS User Event (XUE) in Minneapolis last week. The partnership will bring together XRS compliance and performance tools with Samsung Mobile’s mobile devices. […]
August 30, 2013
Electronic Logging Devices
Keller launches e-log tablet
The tablet is a 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 operating on Verizon’s 4G network — built for exclusive use with Keller E-Log system for hours of service recording and other compliance functions.
August 29, 2013
Keller Compliance Tablet
Electronic Logging Devices
Qualcomm sells Omnitracs; uDrove launches new EOBR
Electronic logging device market, benefiting from government efforts toward a mandate expected in the next couple years, saw big changes in the fourth week of August 2013.
August 26, 2013
eobr
Channel 19
‘Wireless Roadside Inspection’ inches closer to reality
Mobile communications technology stands to transform the way truck inspections take place, with big implications for the CSA program and owner-operator businesses.
June 27, 2013
On-site in 2011 for the final day of a Wireless Roadside Inspection test project, also the day FMCSA proposed to mandate electronic onboard recorders for hours of service compliance.
Overdrive Extra
The writing on the wall
Hard truths: European trucking technology tends to lead adoption in the states. Dash-mounted video cameras, EOBRs, breathalyzers as required equipment can be expected here.
May 10, 2013
Channel 19
Owner-operator walk-and-talk with Anne Ferro
Several operators took the opportunity the Trucking Solutions Group’s health walk at MATS represented to walk-and-talk issues with FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro.
March 23, 2013
Owner-operator Scott Grenerth was one of several operators who took the opportunity the Trucking Solutions Group’s health walk at MATS represented to walk-and-talk issues with FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro.
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