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POLL: How do you feel about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines?
Whether you've actually been vaccinated or not, which of these choices best describes your general feeling about the safety of the COVID vaccine?
March 10, 2021
Channel 19
Owner-operators wrestle scheduling hurdles with double-dose COVID shots
Two days' notice for a vaccine appointment in Tarrant County, Texas, just wasn't going to cut it for Landstar-leased flatbedder Bill Ater, he said. As states have opened up the COVID shot to older residents, scheduling obstacles for truckers abound.
March 2, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Trucking’s bit part in the 'COVID long-haulers’ name
A teacher's trucker cap provides inspiration for her to borrow trucking's "long-hauler" designation for COVID-19 survivors who discover they're facing an indefinite period of further suffering.
January 14, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Brass tacks, bad brokers, big loads to count down the hours with a long run into 2021
Business brass tacks, bad brokers, big loads -- and plenty more in this year-in-review in audio. Join us to listen in with Overdrive Radio to ring in 2021.
December 31, 2020
Voices
POLL: Do you plan to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when available to professional truckers?
How would you rate the likelihood you’ll be in line for the Pfizer/Moderna vaccines approved for emergency use against COVID-19 when they become available to drivers? Weigh in via this poll.
December 22, 2020
Voices
COVID-19 relief bill: Majority of owner-operators favor direct payment, small-biz assistance
Most owner-operators anchored behind support for working people as their top priorities for any eventual COVID relief/stimulus legislation out of Congress.
December 15, 2020
Business
‘Contactless’ load and unload on the rise, but far from universal for owner-operators
It's far from universal for owner-operators, yet replacement of paper BOLs with electronic versions has hit trucking mainstream thanks to COVID-19.
December 10, 2020
Channel 19
Another annual tradition thrown off in this crazy year
With the National Association of Small Trucking Companies' announcement, a window on the planned address by FMCSA chief Wiley Deck in this prepared video.
November 18, 2020
Business
No Turning Back: New era for direct freight
Contract innovations are emerging due to COVID-19 economic turmoil and are translating to long-term opportunities for the smallest truckers. More on Overdrive.
November 18, 2020
Overdrive Extra
When a pandemic gets personal, or ‘Why I wear a mask’
The pandemic gets personal for Long Haul Paul. Read his tribute to two friends stricken with COVID-19 and why he chooses to wear a mask on Overdrive.
November 16, 2020
Business
Trucking Law: Does workers’ comp cover COVID-19 infections?
In this installment of Trucking Law, Brad Klepper explains if COVID-19 is considered a workplace injury covered by workers' compensation.
November 12, 2020
Truck Stops
Continuing proliferation of self-serve mobile tech reducing in-person contact at truck stops
As the coronavirus continues proliferating, drivers and truck stop operators are minimizing contact with more tech-based innovations. Details here on Overdrive.
October 22, 2020
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