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POLL: Whatâs your business outlook for 2016?
Owner-operators, how do economic conditions and your opportunity for profit look from the driverâs seat in your business? Will the coming year be better, about the same or worse than the one in the rear view?
December 30, 2015
Voices
Is âThe Princess and the Peterbiltâ the wrong perception?
âI donât think people gawk at female drivers any more than they gawk at male drivers who insist on wearing shiny track suits three sizes too small â it all depends on how you present yourself, male or female.â
December 23, 2015
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March 24, 2025
Voices
ELD mandate pre-2000 exemption: Manufacture date or model year?
The short answer is that FMCSA intends to draw the line according to model year, not date of manufacture. The long answer is that mixing language on model year and date of manufacture only complicates things for operators, eventual enforcementâŚ
December 21, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: Answering a few ELD mandate questions, and more trucking views
In this Channel 19 edition of Overdrive Radio podcast edition a few ELD-mandate-related questions answered, and a round-up of ongoing commentary coming in on the podcast lineâŚ
December 17, 2015
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: What will be your response to mandated ELDs?
7 in 10 readers noted theyâd consider either early retirement or another line of work before theyâd run with an electronic log in March 2014, when the recently released rule was proposed. Whatâs your outlook today?
December 16, 2015
Overdrive Radio
ELD mandate represents a âpiece of freedomâ under threat, say readers
Audio: Three views of the ELD mandate show the strong opposition felt among many â meantime, more debate on the pre-2000 model year exception and just who benefits most, by the numbers.
December 15, 2015
Voices
POLL: Whatâs your view of the âdriver shortageâ?
âDriver shortageâ â myth or reality, all about trucker pay or a reflection of a younger generationâs generally unfavorable view of long-distance trucking, a by-product of a constraining regs enivronment? Whatâs your view?
December 15, 2015
Voices
Outreach to immigrant communities among truckers should be a top priority of owner-op organizations
Reader owner-operator Ernest Tufft believes better outreach could encourage better âexpectations of wages and working conditions, as a way to stabilize the marketplace for workers like me.â
December 11, 2015
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: Owner-operators, what model year is your truck?
Does your equipment fall under the pre-2000 model year exemption to compliance with the ELD Mandate, released Dec. 10? Do you run engine-connected e-logs already? This poll examines owner-operator preference for older trucks as of today.
December 10, 2015
Channel 19
ELD mandateâs pre-2000 model year exception: One owner-operatorâs morning celebration, more voices raised
Independent Howard Salmon â owner of a 1999 Kenworth W900 â and his reaction to news of the pre-2000 model year exception in the ELD mandate â more voices on the rule, too.
December 10, 2015
Voices
POLL: Should the U.S. restrict gun purchases to combat âsoft-targetâ terrorism?
UPDATED to fix poll module â if you voted before Tuesday noon CST, please re-vote: In the wake of the San Bernardino, Calif., killings, President Obama offered some new gun-control measures as a part of the solution to problem of soft-target terror. Should such measures fit into broader strategy or not?
December 8, 2015
Overdrive Radio
CSA scores pulled behind the curtain â whatâs next?
Following FMCSAâs pull of the CSA SMS from public view, some signs that the CSA bell will continue to ring in carrier selection processes from brokers and shippers in the âprivate CSA world.â Some reader views, too, on FMCSAâs next move.
December 7, 2015
Voices
Merge gone bad â into the front right of Preston Lindsayâs daycab
Running down the list of extenuating factors in Lindsayâs review of the accident takes quite a while longer than the second or two it took to happen, illustrating the well-developed instincts of the professional driver that can avoid making things worse in such circumstances.
November 23, 2015
Voices
POLL: Do you aspire to contract for freight direct with shippers?
Independents with authority, in a perfect world, would you do most of your freight business direct with shippers? Are you already there? Or: do you most appreciate current relationships with your broker(s)?
November 23, 2015
Parking
ELDs, hours, parking: Owner-operatorsâ top 3 critical issues
Considerable fleet/operator common ground is seen in hours of service, CSA, parking and related issues, though the economy ranks higher in Overdriveâs list. Plus: Voices on the âMissouri Truck Ferryâ project.
November 20, 2015
Voices
POLL: Thanksgiving plans, driver?
Got turkey-day plans with the family back home, a well-deserved bit of time off with friends? Or will you spend it on the road? Let us know here.
November 20, 2015
Voices
Return safety to driversâ control: Fix the 14-hour rule
Texas-based Gary Carlisle weighs in on what Overdrive readers have named among the most-needed hours revisions. Also: itâs bankruptcies that will drive up rates, not wide ELD use itself.
November 13, 2015
Voices
POLL: Independents, whoâs your primary customer?
Do you haul freight sourced from one broker exclusively or a mix of multiple brokers? One direct shipper with brokered freight on the return? Other combinations?
November 12, 2015
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