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POLL: Have you filed a coercion complaint under the rule protecting drivers?
Proposed in tandem with the ELD mandate, the prohibition against entities coercing or attempting to coerce drivers to violate a regulation with threats of punitive action (withholding work/payment, disciplinary measures, and the like) has been active since early 2016. Have you ever filed a complaint with FMCSA under the rule?
September 26, 2019
Voices
POLL: Whatâs your take: should the House of Reps impeach the President?
On Tuesday, Sept. 25, the House speaker formalized several investigations of alleged executive wrongdoing under a banner of an impeachment inquiry/set of proceedings. Whatâs your take on the effort and whether reps should vote to impeach if they get to that point?
September 25, 2019
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Preventing convex mirror cracks in winter
The latest âHighway Hack,â with a few preventive measures: Seal the housing when installing replacement mirrors. Manually create moisture drain if thereâs not a drain hole thatâs obvious upon installation. If one is obvious, make sure any existing drain is correctly positioned.
September 23, 2019
Overdrive Radio
âTruck parking onlyâ: Working together toward a new get-in reality
The need for greater parking capacity, well-positioned, throughout the nation is no secret. The need along Texas lanes was the subject of the lively discussion devoted to parking at GATS. In todayâs edition of Overdrive Radio, hear just what could well provide a model toward engaging with other states, too.
September 20, 2019
Channel 19
Approaches to pay-to-reserve parking: Readers diverge on âlast resortâ and âoperational benefitâ upshot
While the largest share of respondents to our recent polling on pay-to-reserve parking reported never using such systems, the remainder showed a split on the operational benefits of such systems, with a third of those who use them doing so only as a last resort upon arrival at a stop.
September 17, 2019
Overdrive Radio
After the accident: Coping, personal perspective, first-responder heroics and practical guidance
And a story of reunification of Harry Pierceâs ridealong pet, Blue, and his wife in Wyoming, after Pierceâs fatal head-on crash with a motorist making a reckless pass in Kansas. Listen: First responders detail accident recommendations and professional truckers discuss how to cope with tragedy.
September 16, 2019
Voices
Matt Chase presents âA Trucking Nation 2â
Herein, from reader Matt Chase, what he describes asva âvisual and dramatic look at what it takes to keep America moving.â Filmed and produced by Chase, with music and narration by James âTexâ Crowley.
September 11, 2019
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
Voices
POLL: Have you competed in a truck skills rodeo? Would you?
The truck skills rodeo was a mainstay of truck-show and trucking culture for decades. Itâs still something that happens often enough at shows or in state and national competitions. Have you participated in one or more over your years trucking? Would you do it again if the right opportunity arose?
September 10, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Engineering realities v. hyperactive marketing: The âdriverlessâ trucking future explored
The Overdrive Radio podcast transports you like so many teleporting time machines back to the Aug. 22 panel at GATS about the $64,000 question: Whatâs the role of the driver look like at it changes over time with increasingly advanced layers of auto-assist technology?
September 6, 2019
Voices
Trucking Solutions Groupâs accident-awareness outreach with open call September 4
Organizers hope the September 4 call, during which three speakers, including professional truckers, will detail some of their own on-highway experiences, will provide insight on âhow to react at an accident if you are involved or if you come upon one.â
September 3, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Trucker Talent Search: Hear the performances; And: More on hours amid comment period
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, run through talent-search music, with a warm-up by Long Haul Paul Marhoefer and plenty emceeâing by trucker-songwriter Tony Justice, whoâs played a major role through the eventâs six years in making it an ongoing anchor among the community of musicians who also happen to haul freight on the open roadâŚ
August 30, 2019
Overdrive Radio
18 years old and hauling in 1917; Leon Everettte, Long Haul Paul from GATS
In this weekâs Overdrive Radio podcast from GATS, classic country star and gospel singer Leon Everette, Long Haul Paul Marhoefer, and a talk about history, training and more with Jay Thompson, whose grandfather Walter had a chaufferâs license at age 18, in 1917.
August 24, 2019
Voices
St. Christopher Fund receives large donation from TA-Petro
TravelCenters of America, operators of TA-Petro truck stops, and High Noon Sales presented the St. Christopher Fund with a check for $84,400 derived from the sale of St. Christopher Fund merchandise.
August 24, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: Worm turns a bit on regs favor with hours proposal, readers sound off
In this weekâs Overdrive Radio, readers weigh in largely favorably on FMCSAâs this-week-proposed hours of service changes â a big departure from reader reactions to new regs over recent history. Also: Better split-sleeper data blind spots that could have been avoided, mainstream news spin, more on the proposal âŚ
August 16, 2019
Voices
As industry groups laud FMCSAâs hours proposal, truckers offer mixed reactions
The proposal was met with quick praise from trade groups like the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association. However, reaction among Overdrive readers has been split, with some welcoming the proposed changes and others dismissing them.
August 14, 2019
Voices
Not âengaged to waitâ while in the sleeper? Readers respond to federal labor opinion on driver compensation
More readers than not agreed with commenter Jason McCarter that, âif you are in your truck at any time, you should be paid,â even if off-duty in the sleeper. Find other views, including those contrary, in this round-up of voices with poll results about sleeper time and pay for employee drivers.
August 8, 2019
Parking
POLL: How often, if at all, do you pay for the ability to reserve a parking space?
Is paying for a parking-space reservation a normal part of your routine trucking business or more of a last resort? You can weigh in via this poll or via our podcast voicemail message line at 530-408-6423. Be sure to state your name and home location with any message.
August 6, 2019
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