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Voices: Page 110

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
Voices
Truck GPS units aren’t the problem in NYC
New Jersey resident William Smith weighs in on the need for more accurate clearance signs in NYC and calls for operators to join him in pressing Congress.
March 5, 2013
Click through the image to read the September post that began the conversation among Overdrive readers on GPS/clearance-sign problems.
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Voices
Readers split on marriage definition
Our hot buttons poll asking for reader views on the Supreme Court’s upcoming cases on the Defense of Marriage Act and state bans of same-sex marriage showed 56 percent of readers favoring a traditional view of marriage.
March 1, 2013
Same-Sex Marriage Hot Button
Voices
Get your load on, redux
More photos of hot, heavy, big, tall or just plain odd loads from readers around the U.S. and beyond.
February 22, 2013
Pipe load shuts down bridge
Voices
Operators losing business because of CSA
Data quality and negative business impact stood out as key operator concerns as readers responded to early-2013 CSA reporting.
February 19, 2013
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More hours flexibility would improve safety
Drivers, responding to an FMCSA study that some interpreted as backing up what they have been saying for years, showed unity around the call for more berth-use flexibility to improve safety,
February 14, 2013
Scan the code or click through the image to download a copy of the split-sleep-period study conducted at FMCSA’s behest by researchers at Washington State University’s Sleep and Performance Research Center.
Voices
POLL: Do you have a crash on your record?
February 12, 2013
Channel 19
The horror! Tell your craziest trucking story
A thread on Reddit yielded numerous wild road tales — what’s the craziest thing you’ve seen in your time on the road?
February 12, 2013
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Voices
FMCSA to host MATS driver-training listening session
The session will take place Friday, March 22, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in room C101 at the Louisville convention center. No registration is required. Webcast details are forthcoming.
February 11, 2013
Truck On Highway Od
Channel 19
Get your load on
Some sweet pics of readers’ recent loads, and a snatch of a conversation overheard on the radio — sometimes things on Channel 19 reach a fitting end.
January 31, 2013
This middle section of a 300-foot-tall windmill tower was sent in by reader Paul Goldstein. It was hauled from San Diego, Calif., to Jawbone Canyon by the 2009 Peterbilt 367, powered by a 600-hp Cummins with an 18-speed transmission and two-speed rears. Load weight: 106,000 lbs.
Voices
Poll: Do drivers need more flexible split-sleeper periods?
January 29, 2013
Voices
No place to turn around in Chicago
The second-place winner in Overdrive’s GPS contest got lost for several hours after encountering low bridges and U-turn troubles.
January 26, 2013
Chicago
Voices
In a tight spot in Clarksville, W.V.
John Forker got lost, and it was an awful experience with a good outcome.
January 26, 2013
Stop-Sign-at-Night
Voices
One-way streets and traffic in NYC
Michael Page didn’t want to take a load to Queens, N.Y., but the pay was going to be so high that he couldn’t say no.
January 25, 2013
One Way Sign
Voices
Lost in Germany
A reader’s tale of getting lost driving a truck for the Army in Germany.
January 24, 2013
Truck-at-night-in-snow
Voices
Changing trucking for the better
Overdrive columnist Kevin Rutherford’s suggestion that owner-operators build personal tribes to share information and advocate for positive industry change drew praise, commentary.
January 22, 2013
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Voices
Readers: More gun restriction won’t help
Nine out of ten Overdrive readers either favor the status quo on official gun control or call for fewer restrictions on ownership.
January 16, 2013
Gun Control Hot Button
Voices
Poll: What is CSA’s biggest problem?
January 16, 2013
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FMCSA's non-domiciled CDL rule in limbo after court grants emergency stay motion
The D.C. appeals court weighed in on DOT's move to cancel CDLs for almost 200,000 non-domiciled drivers on Thursday, dealing FMCSA another blow. The court found no evidence of foreign drivers lacking safety.
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