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Open letter from Larry Klimek Trucking urging reps to delay ELD mandate
The Grand Island, Neb.-based small fleet urges Congress and the President to stand with Rep. Brian Babin’s H.R. 3283 ELD delay bill, after a similar measure was defeated when it was attempted as an amendment to an appropriations bill.
September 13, 2017
Voices
Letter to Trump: Parking, 14-hour rule, congestion ever more urgent issues with ELDs
Reader Clifford “Chappy” Petersen’s open letter to Donald Trump ranges through his views on a variety of issues — from parking and congestion to driver pay and more — that he says are set to be further exacerbated by the ELD mandate.
May 2, 2017
Business
Dear Governor [insert appropriate name] …
During the changeover in administrations for elected offices won in November, making your voice heard is incredibly important, and it’s valuable for the incoming officials to hear it.
December 19, 2016
Overdrive Radio
ELD mandate: Small fleet owner urges Congress to reconsider, more voices on the mandate
“It’s high time for our government officials to start using some common sense by listening to the voices of experience who know what they are talking about. It’s time to reconsider this mandate to the benefit of all.” –Z-Tranz small fleet owner David Morin, based in Morganton, N.C. BONUS; New mailbag podcast on the mandate.
October 21, 2016
Voices
Driver to Speaker of the House: ‘Be a politician for the people’
Driver Steven Brown makes an economic argument against speed limiters in his letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, calling the DOT’s proposed mandate “just another way to tax the working class.”
September 23, 2016
Business
Confessions of a two-timing writer
Wendy asks for forgiveness for fiction: “I’ll make it up by continuing to report the real-life road weird, and promise to never intertwine the two — unless, of course, I’m telling one of my filthy lies.”
August 12, 2016
Voices
LETTER: Do unto drivers as you would have done unto you
A sort of mild-nightmare scenario at a receiver for Prime driver Bob Sauter leads to larger thoughts on the terrible treatment many drivers see from shipping/receiving facility personnel.
May 17, 2013
Parking
More parking now, please; alternatives to ‘sailboat fuel’
A reader follows up on our parking-push coverage from September 2012, and several offer preferred slang options for that lightest of loads — nothing.
January 11, 2013
Voices
More than an office: Other novel uses for shipping containers
Readers offer different ideas for ways to repurpose intermodal shipping containers in building projects.
December 12, 2012
Channel 19
Don’t pay for the privilege to haul
Second Wind Transport independent owner-operator Greg Trott was offered a load recently he would have paid out of pocket to haul — had he made the wrong decision and taken it.
December 11, 2012
Voices
Securement 201: How best to chain to a stake pocket
What is the best way to use a stake pocket as a chain anchor point? Reader J.D. Bronson, among others, offers his preferred method.
September 25, 2012
Voices
Reader offers top 10 regulatory wish list
TruckerPetition.org founder offers her best recommendations to DOT for prioritizing regulatory review.
September 19, 2012
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