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Channel 19

Did Joe Biden drive a truck or didn't he?

Whatever the case, he did take a ride with an independent trucker in 1973, evidenced in this lookback. Trucking could use a little more of what Biden seems to have had back at that time, an empathy for the realities of the independent trucking business.

September 10, 2012

Regulations

FMCSA renames ‘Fatigued Driving’ CSA category, among changes

Changes to the CSA program — including a new Hazmat category, adjustments to speeding severity weights and more — will go live in December.

August 24, 2012

Channel 19

Challenge No. 1: Adapting to change

Among the many challenges owner-operators face, perhaps the biggest is choosing exactly how to adapt to industry change to remain competitive and profitabile.

August 22, 2012

Hours of Service

Forecast: EOBR proposed rule likely by March

Congress directed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to mandate electronic onboard recorders.

August 16, 2012

Business

Xata now XRS, new platform

The new mobile-centric XRS platform of trucking software combines Xata Turnpike’s RouteTracker EOBR solution with reportedly robust business data management and analysis software.

August 13, 2012

Channel 19

The forces at work on detention pay

Operators and industry reps weigh in on the problem of uncompensated detention time at shippers and receivers, and what is being and could be done about it. The problem was No. 3 in Overdrive‘s 2012 poll of top challenges for owner-operators.

August 6, 2012

Business

Uncompensated detention: Owner-operator challenge No. 3

Following our quiz of readers about what they saw as the No. 1 problem for owner-operators, here’s a closer look at challenge No. 3 of the top five, Uncompensated and excessive detention time, with partial solutions from owner-operators, fleet representatives and others.

August 6, 2012

Channel 19

Hours, EOBRs: Adapt or fight?

Owner-operators’ No. 2 named challenge, the unsettled nature of the hours of service regulations and a potential electronic logs mandate, has moved some to embrace change, others to fight for fairness.

August 3, 2012

Hours of Service

Hours and EOBRs: Operator challenge No. 2

Using a survey and our social media channels, we quizzed readers about what they saw as the No. 1 problem for owner-operators. Here’s a closer look at challenge No. 2 of the top five, Hours and EOBRs, with partial solutions from owner-operators, fleet representatives and others.

August 3, 2012

Business

Join radio discussion of top trucking challenges

On the Truth About Trucking Live radio show Aug. 16, 7 p.m. EDT, join Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills for a talk with hosts Allen and Donna Smith about Dills’ “Owner-operators’ top challenges” feature in Overdrive.

August 2, 2012

Channel 19

Landry questions White House integrity on EOBRs

In a hearing before the Small Business Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week whose title was a markedly direct question — “Is FMCSA’s CSA program driving small businesses off the road?” — Republican Rep. Jeff Landry of Louisiana took the opportunity during questioning of FMCSA Deputy Administrator Bill Bronrott to question […]

July 13, 2012

Channel 19

Does the EOBR mandate have another problem?

Some believe the electronic on-board recorder mandate written in this year’s highway bill could well be impossible to achieve, given the legislation’s language defining the electronic logging devices.

July 11, 2012