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Overdrive Radio
Having the âdifficult conversationsâ: Race in trucking, wider U.S. culture with owner-op Rico Muhammad
In this week's Overdrive Radio, owner-operator Rico Muhammad details some of his own experiences of police interactions as an African-American. Listen here.
June 25, 2020
Voices
Nearly 70% of readers appear to favor policing reform to mitigate excessive use of force
Following the death of George Floyd, an outpouring of protests resulted in proposed police reform measures. These reform elements were singled out by readers.
June 17, 2020
Voices
POLL: What policing reforms being proposed and in some cases adopted might best mitigate excessive-use-of-force issues?
In the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis, various policing reforms have been floated. Which, if any, would best target use of force issues?
June 9, 2020
Parking
Sometimes, renegade booters get their just desserts
A case in Charlotte saw a booter operating on a disused lot without the permission of the property owner. The result, after research on the part of local police and the small fleet owner whose driver was booted â an after-the-fact arrest. And the $2,500 boot-removal fee? Well, itâs complicated.
January 3, 2020
Channel 19
Owner-operator Keith âPaleriderâ Lawson âswattedâ dangerously with false 911 call during live stream
âSomebody had called 911 and said Iâd shot my wife in the house,â PaleriderTVâs Lawson says, which wasnât the case. She wasnât even home. âA good thing,â he says, as sheâd probably have been the one nearest the door and âshe would have probably had a heart attackâ when police showed up with guns drawn ⌠Lawson urges anyone streaming to take precautions around location sharing. âŚÂ [related-post id="124471"/]That wouldnât have been the first unintended consequence of such a âswatting,â as such malicious events are called. Police killed an innocent man in Wichita, Kan., after showing up at his house in response to a fake 911 call placed by Tyler Rai Barriss from Los Angeles, who claimed a hostage situation at the manâs location.
September 11, 2019
Custom Rigs
Fleetâs 2019 Cascadia honors fallen police officers
The owner of a La. trucking company wanted to ensure fallen police officers were not forgotten. Check out the police themed Freightliner Cascadia on Overdrive.
February 13, 2019
Overdrive Radio
On the âflower gravy trainâ: Direct-ship greenhouse freight, 10-4 D.C. convoy and more with Scott Hampton
Hampton pulled hoppers before transitioning to the operation heâs in today, which he describes as his âflower gravy trainâ doing multi-drop distribution runs for shipper Dallas Johnson Greenhouse in Council Bluffs. Also in this latest Overdrive Radio edition, the tale of how he got back to the front of the 10-4 D.C. convoy that Oct. Saturday in Northern Virginia
December 7, 2018
Voices
Report: Truckers take to D.C. streets (one Tased and arrested) and engage FMCSA, Congress on hours change, more
Grassroots groups of owner-operators and drivers returned 30-40 power units to Constitution Ave. between the White House and Washington monument yesterday, April 9, to press concerns to the public, lawmakers and regulators over the ELD mandate and hours of service flexibility. In an otherwise productive day, according to participants, one owner-op tells a story of use of force gone wrong.
April 10, 2018
Business
The 18 states that issue more violations per inspection than the national average
In any of these states, itâs most likely that if you get inspected youâll walk away with a violation. All of them write more than 1.7 per every individual inspection, with Connecticut at the top of the list with more than 3.
November 17, 2016
Business
Weaver of tales, some of them true
Anybody familiar with an olâ boy running out of Arkansas, name of Bill Weaver? Heâs usually got a guitar with him, and last I saw him, he was hauling Ranger boats with a Freightliner cabover, in and out of Flippin, Arkansas.
October 7, 2016
Custom Rigs
Supporting the blue at Class 8 on the Lake with Scott Carlson
More than one common thread runs through trucking and law enforcement communities, says Scott Carlson: âIt only takes a few people to make all of us look bad.â Carlson showed his rig recently in support of the blue.
August 5, 2016
Business
Donât poke the bear
âSometimes, itâs OK to take the skinny roads, but for the love of God, donât slam on brakes for no reason.â
July 18, 2016
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