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Overdrive Radio

‘Not adding up’: Following Supreme Court’s hit to ELD challenge, owner-operators reckon with next steps

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s official denial of OOIDA’s appeal for it to throw out the ELD rule, attention turned to the Trump administration and, more closely, Congress. A bevy of readers faced down the reality of further limited options for an ELD challenge.

June 13, 2017

Overdrive Extra

The weak arguments for skimping on behind-the-wheel training

It’s sadly ironic that the agency charged with improving trucking safety would rely on lame excuses to shrug its shoulders at a simple, common-sense way to shore up safety.

February 25, 2017

Channel 19

ELD mandate: Is drivers’ time saved by e-logs worth near $2 billion annually?

Just as it’s pretty hard to estimate time saved in a reliable way, it’s pretty hard for paper and pencil to malfunction in the same way a computer can — delving into FMCSA’s ELD mandate cost-benefit analysis.

February 18, 2016

Channel 19

An hourly future for driver pay?

There’s evidence that legal and other pressures could lead to more prevalence for a time-based pay model, particularly for company drivers. Should a state-to-state patchwork of enforceable labor laws be the way forward?

February 9, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Kevin Rutherford reveals owner-operators’ most oft-overlooked and untapped resource

Audio of Rutherford’s talk at the GATS Saturday: “There is nothing more powerful than education. … If you are not listening to something and learning something actively every day, you are missing out on the biggest advantage you have.”

August 31, 2015

Hours of Service

POLL: On average, how long do you drive per day?

Given the late attention to those in the supply chain who would waste drivers’ time unnecessarily, this poll probes just how much Overdrive readers really use of their daily maximum 11 hours drive time.

July 28, 2015

Business

Time is a frame of mind

Complexities abound in the lure of Washington state: “If we moved to the West Coast, I’d never know what time it is again.” Seriously, mom?

July 10, 2015

Channel 19

Photos: Brush-fire shutdown of SB I-85 in GA

Headed out of S.C. to Nashville through the area, a planned 9-hour-or-so run turned into one that, in a different life, would have come pretty well close to the end of the 14-hour window.

May 7, 2015

Business

Deep thinking, and many miles to go

“You can’t get two truckers to agree on anything.” This is an often used and completely untrue statement. You can get two truckers to agree on something. It’s getting a third one that’s a unicorn.

December 29, 2014

Voices

The scrum over mandatory detention pay

Following the Obama administration’s nod to the notion of mandatory detention pay in its draft highway bill, debate has intensified over whether the federal government ought to be involved in detention at all.

May 30, 2014

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD mandate could pave way for time-based pay prevalence

At least, watchers say, carriers may have better tools to support negotiation of hourly detention-pay schemes with shippers and receivers — others, however, see potential downsides in the future, such as FMCSA further limiting hours…

April 25, 2014

Voices

ELD rule public comments mixed, with renewed focus on hours rule

Among others, Mark Olsen of Clinton, Utah, echoed the overall mixed nature of the comments all told. However, he rejoined arguments in favor of the need for ELDs with a message heard increasingly — that the hours of service rules in general are the bigger problem as regards true safety.

April 4, 2014