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Tag: modest proposal
Overdrive Extra
Embrace the contrary: More regulation, less parking, might be the answer
Take a peek at how the FMCSA's hours of service regulations and loss of parking are impacting one driver and where his future is headed in trucking.
September 19, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Modest proposal: Outlining a federal, graduated CDL
Spitballing a graduated CDL with Clifford Petersen, which âcould be the approach to take if lawmakers are seriously considering bringing 18-year-olds into over-the-road operations.â
September 3, 2018
Channel 19
Modest proposal: $65/hour, fair detention rate to protect small biz
A reader sees a need for mandatory detention pay to protect the small business trucking life from the continuing encroachment of big-business competition and government regulation in the form of tightening hours and EOBRs.
November 27, 2012
Channel 19
The drones keep coming â for your freight?
Apologies for a post-less Tuesday, which regular Channel 19 readers no doubt noticed. I had a mini-vacation with friends and family â hearing news of the SpaceX launch in the auto on the way home to Nashville, I couldnât help but think of owner-operator blogger Phil Madsenâs greatest post of all time, which in my view [âŚ]
May 23, 2012
Channel 19
The Keys Truckersâ âLetter to Capitol Hillâ
File this one under âmodest proposal.â Seems Keys Truckers Jan and James (pictured) McCarter are always involved when a nice slab of satire graces the blog here, not to mention good music. In any case, last week was a banner in both quarters. Amid the weekâs run of comments surrounding our top-10 trucking songs poll [âŚ]
August 15, 2011
Channel 19
Oh driver where art thou?
Dear driver, I have been hearing there is a shortage of you. Is it because all the owner-operators are succumbing to that CSA 2010 bug and electronic logs? Or are all those newfangled hybrid trucks themselves cross-breeding with a new monster species of broker to drive them out of business? Or, just maybe, since whether [âŚ]
October 14, 2010
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