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Voices on the issues in post-crash litigation following June cover story
Readers respond to the issues around post-crash litigation, including strategies for prevention in the event that the worst happens.
July 5, 2016
Voices
Mike Boggs presents âCar loses it, driving too fast on black iceâ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atBgAolr5r8 Running across central Illinois early one morning, Mike Boggs took note of âblack ice in the road,â he says, well invisible in the video above. âI was just moving into the left lane to pass some slower vehicles,â he goes on, when a young woman whoâd just come âaround me driving too fast for [âŚ]
June 29, 2016
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Downtown Chicago on the Dan Ryan: Bad place for a motorbike breakdown
Enter self-described âJohnny Be Good,â or the Youtube nom de plume of a fashion behind the JBG Travels channel. Mr. Be Good captured this recent moment on his dashcam, giving new meaning to the âgood samaritanâ term.
June 28, 2016
Voices
POLL: Ever leased a truck?
Though the routes to equipment procurement for most readers has traditionally been cash, financing or lease-purchase, the rising cost of new equipment and questions about reliability lead many to believe more interest in full-service leasing could emerge. Whatâs been your experience with leasing?
June 28, 2016
Channel 19
Better rates: Employee drivers need fair-labor protection, reader argues
A prescription for improved rates long-term â a reader argues for federal wage protection for company drivers.
June 23, 2016
Voices
Dave, Amanda present âRunaway trainâ
Caught on dashcam: Boxcars on a slow downhill run, engine in pursuit: âThey tell drivers to expect the unexpected⌠Even off the road, it seems âŚâ
June 14, 2016
Voices
Mailbag: ELD choice â âwait and seeâ mode a hope for common sense?
Among other voices responding to recent ELD market, privacy reports: âMost experienced, knowledgeable professionals still hold out hope that some common sense will prevail in the government to recognize any positive impact on safety will not be due to the implementation of ELDs.ââŚ
June 13, 2016
Hours of Service
POLL: Have hours of service violations been an issue for your business?
With more states showing evidence of ramping up hours of service enforcement in recent years, have violations been an issue for your business?
June 8, 2016
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How ELDs could be the new radar guns
If the SFD process as proposed becomes regulation, and the ELD mandate isnât struck down by the federal courts or otherwise derailed, on-site auditors may garner an extra-effective tool in their arsenal for declaring a carrier Unfit on the basis of hours, moving violations.
May 26, 2016
Voices
âBe the change you want to seeâ
From the cab of Clifford âDream Walkerâ Petersen on the state of the industry. Drivers have strength in numbers, and individual actions will go a long way toward improving conditions for owner-operators.
May 24, 2016
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Audio mailbag: Mandating speed limiters is âunsafe, periodâ, readers say
Requiring speed limiters for nearly all on-highway trucks would be a detriment to highway safety, readers say in this mailbag podcast near universally. And, as one reader noted, regulators âwill never find outâ unless âthey get out on the road with usâ to see for themselves.
May 23, 2016
Voices
Caught on camera: Attempted insurance fraud?
The extreme-brake-check entries are growing in Overdriveâs Dashcam Central repository for reader-submitted and other videos of on-highway events, this one in a center lane on the George Washington Bridge into New York City.
May 13, 2016
Voices
POLL: Ever been tested/treated for sleep apnea?
With two years gone now since drivers were required to utilize a medical examiner of the national registry for med certification, this poll looks at the extent to which apnea testing has grown more common â or not. Have you ever been tested or treated?
May 5, 2016
Voices
ELD Mandate, with equipment headaches, presents âtough callâ for one owner-operator
Weighing the costs of maintenance, truck purchase and operation in the face of the ELD mandate with one owner-operator.
May 3, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: Potential 34-hour restart change reinforces elemental hours problems for readers
Given the complexity of the recently proposed 34-hour-restart change, itâs no wonder (as youâll hear in this podcast) that a desire for the simplicity of pre-14-hour-rule regs is such a topic of discussion of late.
April 29, 2016
Voices
POLL: Post-crash litigation â has it reached into your business?
Trends show awards/activity in the courts have been on the rise: Have you been involved as a defendant in post-crash civil litigation, whether you were at fault in the accident or not?
April 28, 2016
Voices
Favor for minimum wage hike growing among truckers
Since Overdrive queried readers in 2014 about prospects for the $7.25/hour minimum wage, more truckers today believe itâs time to raise the wage, following a series of states and localities that have raised their own minimums.
April 19, 2016
Voices
Staring down a head-on collision with Carroll Fulmer driver
Latest from Dashcam Central: When you see somebody coming at you out of the distance, it can take a moment to realize just what youâre seeing. In this case a pair of headlights emerging and, it becomes increasingly clear, attached to a four-wheeler who is in your very lane.
April 18, 2016
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