Equipment
Business
Regulations
Life
Custom Rigs
Gear
Tag: protests
Overdrive Radio
âTwice as goodâ: Rico Muhammad on race-related opportunity barriers, trucking or otherwise
Previously on Overdrive Radio, Rico Muhammad detailed personal experience with policing issues. Listen as he elucidates race-related opportunity barriers today.
July 2, 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
Business
Staying safe during civil protests when avoidance not possible
When routes are blocked and avoidance is impossible, heed these tips for keeping yourself safe during protests. Learn more on Overdrive today.
June 10, 2020
Overdrive Extra
Before you play the blame game, slow down, think, understand and ultimately save
Owner-operator Clifford Petersen discusses life on the road so far this year and the benefit of slowing down in trucking and life. Read more on Overdrive.
June 9, 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
Channel 19
Resource for local curfews and road closures, and a piece of beauty in an unexpected place
If you can avoid a crowd's venture into an interstate, take every available opportunity: resources for timely info here. And: A KW at the end of the rainbow.
June 1, 2020
Business
D.C. protest reached an apex inside the White House
Amid financial pressures and abysmal freight rates for many truckers, D.C. demonstrators on their 20th day enter the White House for a substantive discussion.
May 21, 2020
Business
Driver shutdown afoot? Facebook groups stir controversy over calls to turn off the keys
With some groups of truckers coalesced around a âTruckers Stand as Oneâ moniker and calling for an April 12 âindustry-wide shutdownâ â and an attendant media blitz in the run-up to that date Feb. 21 â views vary on whether any such action is necessary or even could be effective.
January 22, 2019
Channel 19
Mintu Pandherâs small fleet success in fuel hauling, truck-stop ownership
Small fleet owner Mintu Pandher, who came to the U.S. with his parents in 1999, followed the growth in oil drilling into independence as an owner-operator. His Akal Energy small fleet grew fairly quickly over several years with contracts with some fuel providers, running out of Laramie, Wyo.
February 8, 2018
Channel 19
Independence basics: Binda Atwalâs attractions to trucking
Itâs the income possibilities owner-operator Binda Atwal names as his principal attraction to trucking, for his young family â Atwal and his wife are the proud parents of two children, a four- and one-year-old.
February 7, 2018
Business
Into the limelight: Sikh truckers in America
Sikhs have been a growing part of Americaâs professional driver force for three decades. Though there are tens of thousands in trucking, non-Sikh counterparts have little information and a lot of misconceptions about them â the ELD protests began to change that.
February 6, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD protest enters third day in Miami
A group of drivers and owner-operators have shut down along U.S. 27 near the Florida 826 interchange in greater Miami through the end of the day today, at least, in protest of the electronic logging device mandate. Others have joined in around the country.
December 20, 2017
Page 1 of 2
Next Page
