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Channel 19
Pro drivers clear air on the practice of flashing brights to signal space to merge, and a highway-speed-cutoff PSA
A West Coast newspaper columnist corrects the record on signaling with truckers leading the way, and: A PSA of sorts for motorists with a tip from pro Gary Buchs â use your turn signal early and often when passing a combination truck to combat impatient traffic behind you and the âhighway-speed cutoff.â
December 3, 2019
Channel 19
The âBrexit muppetâ playing role in warning EU truckers; Redux: âThe drones are coming!ââŚ
The Port of Rotterdamâs blue-monster âBrexit muppetâ and its PR mission among truckers there. Also: How long before DOT actually puts drone bears in the air? Package-deliver pilot program, at least, is under way.
October 21, 2019
Business
House opens probe into DOT boss Chao over alleged ethical violations
News reports from earlier this year contend that Chao has used her position to benefit her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and her familyâs maritime shipping business, the Foremost Group. She also allegedly failed to divest shares from a holding company that receives roads contract from the DOT.
September 17, 2019
Channel 19
Careful with CBD: False-positives in drug tests are possible
One example from an Ohio hauler, and if you have any doubt about the purity of what youâre using â the FDA has approved just a single pure-CBD-containing drug for use treating severe seizures â the safe choice may be to steer clear.
September 10, 2019
Channel 19
Short documentary look inside lives touched by a Transport for Christ mobile chapel
Itâs rare to see a close look at the realities of the lives of individual drivers and owner-operators anywhere outside the trucking press. Here find a look at Andrew Cohnâs short documentary âDestination Park,â centered around a Transport for Christ mobile chapel in Grand Rapids.
August 21, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: Worm turns a bit on regs favor with hours proposal, readers sound off
In this weekâs Overdrive Radio, readers weigh in largely favorably on FMCSAâs this-week-proposed hours of service changes â a big departure from reader reactions to new regs over recent history. Also: Better split-sleeper data blind spots that could have been avoided, mainstream news spin, more on the proposal âŚ
August 16, 2019
Channel 19
Round-up: Jerry Wardâs final ride, trooper-to-trucker credit where itâs due, donât be âthat guyââŚ
Jerry Ward (1936-2019, rest in peace) is laid to rest in Colorado after a funeral procession fronted by a Nestor Trucking Pete, one âMama Bearâ from the Illinois State Police salutes a grain hauler, and advocacy on the other side of the parking issue activates in great Des Moines, IowaâŚ.
April 30, 2019
Channel 19
Round-up: When a negative for investors is a positive for drivers, and early look at fully-electric Mack truck
Driver pay is bringing more cost to carriers, and thatâs a good thing. Take the good with the bad, though: Freight outlook for the year, judging by the past few, isnât great. Also: Mackâs first LR all-electric refuse truck goes to NYC sanitation, brief video ahead of WasteExpo next month.
April 23, 2019
Channel 19
A case for manual shifting, for less (not more) automation, for engagement on the long road
The incremental additions of automated features at highway speeds is ultimately an experiment with how much distraction the human brain can resist before it falls asleep at the wheel. Vehicle makers new and old, and end users, would do well to recognize and take very seriously the implications.
April 18, 2019
Channel 19
Credit where itâs deserved: Motorist says sheâs alive today on account of a few good pros
Herewith one motorist who knows what it means to share the road. Two professional driversâ training and composure âmay be the reason I am alive,â wrote a reader of the Portland (Me.) Press-Herald, lauding the swift thinking and reaction of the pros.
March 12, 2019
Channel 19
Tuesday round-up: The boomerang of brokersâ claims offsets; LGBTQ trucking; large carrier channels inner owner-op on âshortageâ
Check out Overdrive Online's lastest trucking industry roundup news which focuses on freight brokers, LGBTQ truck drivers and the truck driver shortage.
February 26, 2019
Business
A big 10-4 on hours flexibility, improved training standards and a good time â more from D.C.
Several bobtail trucks convoyed into our nation's capital to meet with the trucking group representatives as well as United States Senators. More on Overdrive.
October 4, 2018
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