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As White House celebrates, Iām picking up produce with a ripped-up T-shirt for a face mask
As the White House celebrates, some owner-operators are struggling to find hand sanitizer and protective face masks. Details on Overdrive.
April 24, 2020
Channel 19
Whatās changed at the docks? Virtually āeverythingā
Truckers sound off on the good, the bad and the completely frustrating new protocols instituted by shippers and receivers. Details on Overdrive.
April 14, 2020
Channel 19
Owner-operators report mostly negative, if any, change in detention times since ELDs were mandated for most
Early detention-poll results show most readers feel that the load/unload locations they visit had either seen no change (44 percent) or actually gotten a little (18 percent) or a lot (20 percent) worse on detention since late December 2017 when the electronic logging device mandate first came into play.
March 6, 2019
Channel 19
Petition for rulemaking to allow split-sleeper options with at least a three-hour break
The FMCSA seems to be moving toward a change of the split-sleeper variety following a study whose roots date back to 2014. Get more details on Overdrive Online.
July 10, 2018
Business
Updating the info on Dock411
Enhancements to the Dock411 app for crowd-sourcing/vetting shipper and receiver dock and other info are coming at MATS 2018.
February 20, 2018
Business
Blockchain: Better tools to fight detention abuse, with added utility for driver, carrier credentials
Using geofencing and other location data, a blockchain system might document detention time with a highĀ degree of accuracy. If the system is part of a āsmart contract,ā a driver would receive detention pay quickly. Drivers/carriers, meanwhile, might use private keys to take control of their business data.
January 9, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDs put spotlight on the detention quagmire
The uncertainty around detention timing in live-load/-unload situations is perhaps the biggest potential problem for drivers and carriers using ELDs. Itās also one in which ELDs may be the best tool for combatting the issue, to the benefit of drivers and fleets.
December 12, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Dealing with hours violations beyond your control in ELDs
Recording hours with ELDs: State and federal law enforcement officials urge drivers to practice blunt honesty in special cases, using annotations on duty statuses and status changes to explain the situation in detail. In many cases, officer leniency could prevail.
December 7, 2017
Business
California steaminā ā just say no to being nuts
Wendy on one driverās trailer-retrofit / delivery nightmare: āIām no fan of Californiaās prohibitively restrictive laws, but Iām also not a fan of insanity. Just say no to being nuts. Please.ā
February 24, 2016
Channel 19
āTakes a villageā on detention
Driver hits the nail on the head at supply chain management conference, speaking in ādriver shortageā context: āIf we can figure out how to keep that driver moving, the [shortage] numbers arenāt that big of a deal.āā¦
October 12, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Audio mailbag: More voices in favor of swift action on the problem of uncompensated detention
Calls continue to come in from drivers around the nation in response to the Detention dĆ©tente series of reports ā in this podcast, drivers weigh in on the regulatory apparatusā potential role.
September 28, 2015
Channel 19
Thinker-tinkering: Inventors among the trucker set
Itās people like Chris Barbeau, Robert Jordan and others that lend credence to notion of the creativity-inspiring quality of the open road. Keep thinking, keep building, operators.
January 13, 2015
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