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Readers want immigration enforcement, not reform
“There already is a legal path to citizenship,” said David S. McQueen, summing up the near-majority stance among Overdrive readers on the U.S. government’s feints toward immigration reform.
May 3, 2013
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Poll: What is the most safety-enhancing enforcement strategy?
As industry conversation heats up around the appropriate national enforcement strategy, this poll probes owner-operators’ views on the most safety-positive efforts on the highways.
May 2, 2013
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Views: Fair-labor exemption petition, truck driver as DOT secretary
Owner-operator Joe Ammons launches his petition to the DOT secretary to disallow the trucking exemption from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
May 1, 2013
Dan Heister adjust flatbed landing gear
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Why confiscation is unlikely
Overdrive’s Wendy Parker: “Here is a very basic, bare bones answer to the question of what process is required to make a change in the Bill of Rights: It’s not easy to do.”
April 18, 2013
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Voices
POLL: Has your income improved over the last year?
Vote in this poll probing economic improvement for owner-operators over the last year. Is your business doing better?
April 17, 2013
Voices
Readers to law enforcement: Look in the mirror
Some drivers responding to news of Tennessee’s use of troopers in big rigs to nab texting four-wheelers loved the idea — others suggested it might be just another safety hazard.
April 16, 2013
Tennessee Highway Patrol car and truck at weigh station
Voices
Long live the owner-operator!
Is the owner-operator a dying breed? Voices responding to the question posed on the Overdrive Extra blog suggest a shift in profitability toward short-haul niches.
April 10, 2013
Trends among profitable owner-operators continue to show short-haul niche specialization bringing high rates and good net income.
Voices
POLL: Where do you stand in the CSA Crash Indicator BASIC?
If you have your own authority for operate a small fleet, vote in this poll to help Overdrive determine how the distribution of percentile rankings in the non-public Crash Indicator BASIC is working for small carriers.
April 1, 2013
Voices
Get your load on! (3rd edition)
More pictures of interesting loads sent in by Overdrive readers — find how to send your own here.
April 1, 2013
Tim Toppin of Toppin’s Diesel and Marine Service (Maine) sent in this shot, which he describes as showing an annual removal of the “48-ft.-long by 23-ft.-wide dragger”, the Surrette Pricess, for maintenance. “This one always makes me sweat a little bit. It weighs more than 100,000 pounds alone. Getting it placed on the trailer in the correct position and then pulling it out of the water like you would do with your bass boat gets a little tense.”
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Roundup: Glider kudos, sequester FMCSA, Levi’s ‘Trucker’ classic
Readers on Alabama’s metal coil securement program and Fitzgerald’s new dual-fuel glider with American Power group — and a paean to an American denim classic. . .
March 30, 2013
Sequester FMCSA?
Voices
Will young women now have to sign up for the draft?
A 61 percent majority of Overdrive readers showed no opposition to the Pentagon’s official removal of the ban on women participating in combat roles, though questions remained for many.
March 28, 2013
Women in Combat Hot Buttons bug
Voices
Where do you stand on immigration reform?
Vote in our latest Hot Buttons poll on immigration reform law, and sound off in the comments.
March 27, 2013
Voices
POLL: Have you experienced a CSA intervention since Dec. 2010?
March 26, 2013
Voices
Hot Buttons: Women in combat
What do you think about the Pentagon’s removal of the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military? Is it a good or bad idea, or just official recognition of a role women already play?
March 18, 2013
Voices
Readers on the crash-fault ‘shell game’
In denying the possibility of fault determination, advocacy groups ignore the majority of car-truck crashes.
March 17, 2013
Highway crash scene
Voices
Letter: ‘No gray areas’ for maintenance?
“To be super safe perhaps we should all park our vehicles when the first snowflake falls.” –owner-operator Glenn Gilbert
March 14, 2013
Voices
Poll: How do you use online load-matching services/tools?
March 8, 2013
Voices
‘Hooked!’ — more on Homer’s custom wrecker
Accolades were heaped on Milwaukee-based Homer Schultz’s amazing custom 1993 Peterbilt 379 wrecker in the wake of Overdrive’s story on the rig.
March 8, 2013
Homers Custom Chrome t-shirt design by Swanson Artworks
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