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Channel 19
False-positive / -negative screens and sleep apnea
Screening criteria like the recently discussed procedures are set so broadly to refer individuals for testing that to a lot of observers it looks like a gold mine for false-positive-type situations — at once, false negatives can occur, too, underscoring the importance of having a good doctor outside the medical certification proccess.
September 22, 2016
Voices
POLL: What’s been your experience with apnea screening, testing and treatment?
This poll probes incidence of false-positives and/or -negatives among those who’ve been screened for sleep apnea testing during DOT physicals. Which of these scenarios best describes your experience?
September 21, 2016
Voices
How to ‘pay for your dashcam several times over’ …
Without video of a rig rolling back into him in traffic on I-65, it would have been Boggs’ word against that of the other driver, “and the insurance would not pay anything,” he says. “This minor incident paid for my camera several times over.”
September 15, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: One operator’s ‘hairy’ trip speed-limited at 65, more views on limiter mandate proposal
In response to recent polling, the largest share of reader respondents object to any speed limiter mandate. A larger share of responses considered together, though, favor speed settings well above the speeds the DOT analyzed within the proposed rule’s text. More voices on the proposed mandate in this podcast.
September 13, 2016
Voices
POLL: Tire balancing — do you do it?
Do you utilize one of the several methods out there for balancing tires on your truck? Weigh in here on traditional spin balancing, drop-in products and hub-mount systems.
September 1, 2016
Voices
POLL: If any, what top speed should the speed limiter rule require?
Last week’s notice of proposed rulemaking on speed limiters from NHTSA/FMCSA looked at 60, 65 and 68 mph in its analysis, but requested comments on speeds from stakeholders. What’s your view of where speed should be set, if at all? Weigh in here.
August 31, 2016
Voices
67 percent: Share of owner-operators who handle IFTA reporting entirely on their own
Recent polling showed that 67 percent of owner-operators reported handling their IFTA reporting entirely on their own — only 2-3 in 10, further, utilized specialized software or third-party reporting services.
August 23, 2016
Voices
POLL: Small fleet owners, where do you most-often find your driver candidates?
If you’ve been in the position of hiring a driver, what most commonly generates the successful job candidate — direct referrals of various natures, ads in local or far-flung places or something else entirely? Weigh in here.
August 22, 2016
Channel 19
13 reasons you hang on to that old truck
Having a truck paid off makes for a boost in versatility in decisions about the business — in a variety of ways, too, many associated with outright ownership of specifically older equipment, experienced truck owner-operators note.
August 17, 2016
Voices
Truckers: No to ‘beta’ testing when lives at stake
Truckers polled this month agreed by and large with much of Consumer Reports’ “Too much autonomy too soon” verdict about the ‘Autopilot’ technology deployed in the Tesla Model S in ‘beta’ form, recently in use during a fatal crash in Florida.
August 15, 2016
Voices
Wayne Smith presents ‘New lows for sharing the road’
Smith was hauling out of Allentown on I-78 “when a couple bikes were too impatient” — and a little reckless, well evident in the video when, “at one point, the second bike pulls into the lane already occupied by a semi and then touches the semi with his hand.”
August 15, 2016
Voices
POLL: How do you handle your IFTA reporting and info recording?
Owner-operators, how do you handle your IFTA reporting and data collection — pen-and-paper or electronic records? Specialized software? Third-party filing services? Or does your leasing carrier handle it? Weigh in here.
August 9, 2016
Overdrive Extra
Owner-operator Dan Heister on the right loads, tolerating ‘trucking’s BS’ and the importance of savings accounts
While others are sitting, Heister’s rolling. And his strategy pays him well: He’s brought home more than $100,000 in annual net income several times since the recession, and he topped $90,000 last year.
August 9, 2016
Voices
POLL: Should Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ system be pulled from its vehicles?
With NHTSA investigating crashes (one fatal and involving a truck) that occurred with automaker Tesla’s beta ‘Autopilot’ function enabled, Tesla says it’s on balance saving lives with the function, but Consumer Reports said otherwise: ‘Too much autonomy too soon.’ Weigh in yourself here.
August 8, 2016
Custom Rigs
Supporting the blue at Class 8 on the Lake with Scott Carlson
More than one common thread runs through trucking and law enforcement communities, says Scott Carlson: “It only takes a few people to make all of us look bad.” Carlson showed his rig recently in support of the blue.
August 5, 2016
Overdrive Extra
Trucking inspires stunning landscape photography
Royce, 45, has spent all three of her driving years teamed with her husband, Greg Royce, who was her trainer while leased to Prime, Inc. She grabbed a camera two years ago, while she was still in her permit stage and studying to complete her CDL. Here’s a look at some of her work.
August 5, 2016
Voices
POLL: How are prolonged hours at the wheel affecting your health?
Work that requires prolonged periods of sitting down — besides being one thing truckers and Overdrive editors have in common — has been in the news lately as a significant health negative. How do you feel it’s affected you? Tell us in this poll.
August 4, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: One driver’s bounce-back after two years lost to ‘suicide by truck’
After the head-on collision, Brian Rudisell needed reconstructive ankle surgery, but the physical rehabilitation wasn’t the toughest thing: “The more you talk about the problem, the faster you heal,” he says.
August 1, 2016
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