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Overdrive Radio
Countdown through a parking shortage, tech surge, truck boot ⌠2019âs Top 10 podcast episodes
Listen: A year-in-review on the Overdrive Radio podcast this week, covering a boatload of ground all told: From trucking history to shutdowns and slow rolls, parking and booting, the ELD mandate and hours of service, small fleet business and the limits to quick growth, working the spot market and so much more âŚ
December 27, 2019
Business
Missouri-based trucker shut down following fatal crash
According to FMCSA, trucker Bruce Andrew Pollard was driving a tractor-trailer in a work zone along I-465 eastbound in Indianapolis on July 14 when his truck, traveling faster than the posted speed limit, collided into a line of vehicles. Two young children and their mother were killed, and seven others were hospitalized.
August 8, 2019
Channel 19
AOBRD to ELD deadline near yearend: Switch not always easy as it might seem
Contrary to what some legacy e-log providers told us ahead of the mandate about updating then-current equipment to comply with the ELD spec, this small fleet safety director found that simple over-the-air software updates havenât been able to do the trick, for several reasons.
June 13, 2019
Voices
Shutdown report: Participation estimated, issues raised, tactics debated as April 12 arrives
Participating truckers view any effectiveness of this shutdown as having the potential to demonstrate some unity among drivers, whose voices in regulatory and industry discussions donât always rise to the top. At once, thereâs reason to doubt that numbers are sufficient to make a statement, and others object to anarchic tactics theyâve seen.
April 12, 2019
Voices
POLL: Are you shutting down April 12 with those calling for protest?
With April 12 a day away, will your business be shut down in solidarity with groups calling for protest? If so or if not, why? Drop a comment here and/or weigh in via the poll.
April 11, 2019
Voices
POLL: Are you planning to shut down April 12?
With âStand as Oneâ slow-roll events over the weekend, movement continued toward the April 12 date on which many slow-roll participants plan to shut down in hopes of bringing greater awareness to the driverâs voice on hours of service, parking, training, safety and other issues. Are you shutting down?
March 11, 2019
Overdrive Radio
More slow-rollinâ supporting shutdown call: A talk with owner-op Brian Bucenell
Owner-operator Brian Bucenellâs 2002 Peterbilt 379 was among the 100 or so trucks that participated in the âslow rollâ event in Indianapolis last week. Bucenellâs also helping put on a Virginia âslow rollâ event tomorrow, March 2, both of which he speaks to in this Overdrive Radio podcast.
March 1, 2019
Business
Indiana patrollers to monitor truckersâ on-highway protest Thursday
The Indiana State Police will have extra patrollers monitoring the Interstate 465 loop as a group of truck drivers plan a highway protest. Details on Overdrive.
February 20, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Preparing for the impossible, shutdown pessimism and the divisions in trucking history
Steve Bixler on those situations when contingency plans come up short, his long advocacy for an experienced-driver regs-review panel, the history of the âshutdownâ and whatâs changed since he started in the 1970s, and more in this Overdrive Radio podcast. Also: Slow roll convoy in the offing in Illinois this weekend âŚ
January 25, 2019
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
Hours of Service
Though FMCSA operations unaffected, shutdown could delay hours of service revisions
Agency officials hinted in December that a notice of proposed rulemaking offering potential revisions to federal hours regs could come as early as March. But the lingering closure of federal agencies will impede FMCSAâs ability to proceed with the rulemaking process, the official said.
January 16, 2019
Channel 19
âHereâs to causing a crisisâ: Is there a shutdown going on?
Those were among the words of independent owner-operator Brita Nowak, whoâs closed her one-truck business in part in protest of the 14-hour ruleâs inflexibility, combined with the new record-keeping reality of the ELD mandate.
January 12, 2018
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