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Channel 19
Hours wish list — change if you could, would, should…
To improve the hours of service with a mind toward doing the work of driving a Class 8 truck in the safest manner possible, what one change would be the most effective?
January 10, 2015
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Overdrive Radio
Audio mailbag: FMCSA ‘barked up the wrong tree’ with 2013-implemented restart changes
Podcast: In the wake of Congressional efforts to force a stay on the 2013 restart provisions of truckers’ hours of service this week, readers weighed in on their view of the so-called ‘Collins amendment.’
December 10, 2014
Parking and hours of service
Overdrive Radio
Audio mailbag: Liability insurance, sleeper berth flexibility
The first in a series of Voices podcasts airing editorial comment on a variety of issues, here stemming from discussion of both sleeper berth period flexibility and FMCSA’s planned liability insurance hike in D.C. Call 530-208-6423 at any time to record a message.
October 31, 2014
If you’re using a mobile device, tap the image to call and weigh in on these or any other pressing issue with a message. If you’re on a desktop, call 530-408-6423. Make sure to tell us your name and state of residence.
Hours of Service
FMCSA planning to launch split-sleeper flexibility study
The common refrain that the hours rules need to better encourage drivers to “drive when rested and sleep when tired” to be tested by the FMCSA.
October 27, 2014
TruckerTim0095 – sleeper – sleep hours
Electronic Logging Devices
More hours flexibility could ‘ease e-log angst’?
Overdrive Equipment Editor Jack Roberts asked the question in the title of a blog post on the CCJ website in which he discusses the hours flexibility issue relative to the proposed electronic logging device mandate.
May 14, 2014
Roberts and others throughout the industry have questioned the results of this question, asked as part of Overdrive’s late March/early April ELD Survey. Read more about the results via this story.
Channel 19
Running in reverse: Channel 19 year in review, part 3
The ruckus that was the “Ride for the Constitution” and ongoing confusion over CARB’s emissions rules, irritation with CSA and a slight hope for hours flexibility rounded out 2013. Happy early New Year, drivers. Hang on tight…
December 31, 2013
This image was the Ride for the Constitution Facebook page’s avatar preceding the Oct. 11-13 event. The Facebook page, formerly facebook.com/ridefortheconstitution, is now housed under the facebook.com/guerillamedia URL, a promotional vehicle for the Guerilla Media Network website.
Voices
Podcast: Safety, the best argument for more flexible sleeper splits
Also in this Voices special edition podcast, operator dispatches on the California Air Resources Board’s Truck and Bus Rule, which officially goes into effect for 1996-2006 model year engines Jan. 1.
December 31, 2013
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Channel 19
Split sleeper wishful thinking, redux
Is there hope for a good outcome of FMCSA’s apparent focus on split sleep? Utilize 530-408-6423 to leave a message to contribute to a future podcast on the split-sleep subject.
December 19, 2013
Rear of convertible hopper bottom trailer
Channel 19
More off/on-duty discussion
Debate continues over loading/unloading situations and what exactly consitutes “off-duty” time under the new hours rule.
August 1, 2013
Night In Nashville, Loading Dock
Overdrive Extra
Hours of service option: Earning flexibility
Gold Card status would bring freedom from hours of service regs on the assumption that this is an experienced, safe, mature driver who knows to drive when rested and rest when tired.
July 25, 2013
Jeff Clark, 54, has been driving 25 years. He’s leased to Paper Transport of Green Bay, Wis.
Channel 19
Driver dispatches to DOT: New priorities for a new secretary
What should the new DOT Secretary focus make a priority as he takes office? We asked, and drivers responded.
July 2, 2013
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Voices
More hours flexibility would improve safety
Drivers, responding to an FMCSA study that some interpreted as backing up what they have been saying for years, showed unity around the call for more berth-use flexibility to improve safety,
February 14, 2013
Scan the code or click through the image to download a copy of the split-sleep-period study conducted at FMCSA’s behest by researchers at Washington State University’s Sleep and Performance Research Center.
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