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Channel 19
āDemand detentionā pay: Strong voices on compensation for waits
āWaiting over 6 hours to get loaded and then only getting 5 hours drive time ā¦ Then you lose another day to get your next load, and $50 is not going to cover the lost time" -- a variety of other voices offered ways to get to better compensation.
September 22, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: āAll about the moneyā? ā Reader views on increasing truck weight
A sizable majority of Overdrive readers (64 percent) see negative primary consequences of any significant rise in interstate truck weight limits. Find a bevy of views in this mailbag podcast.
September 17, 2015
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Voices
POLL: Where do you stand on raising truck weight limits with an extra axle?
With recent introduction of the so-called āSafe Trucking Actā in Congress to boost weigh limits to 91,000 lbs. with an extra axle, whatās your view of the principle effects of such added weight?
September 11, 2015
Channel 19
Long-haulinā hotel sweepstakes, brake safety in Arizona ā¦
With āBrake Safety Weekā inspections kicked off around the country, are you seeing anything out of the ordinary? And: Hotels4Truckers and Transfix launch Long Haulinā Hotel Sweepstakes.
September 8, 2015
Voices
Iran nuclear deal should be DOA, readers say
Eight in 10 readers opposed President Obamaās deal intended to slow Iranās capability of building a nuclear bomb. The deal reached an approval threshold today in the U.S. Senate.
September 2, 2015
Voices
POLL: Do you carry health insurance?
Whatās been your situation relative to health insurance through this year? Covered on your spouseās plan or a plan grandfathered by Obamacare? Purchased on the exchanges? Not covered at all?ā¦.
September 2, 2015
Parking
Truck-parking shortage back in the mainstream ā primary safety issue for drivers, says advocate
Speaking from Dallas in an interview with the hosts of the Here & Now National Public Radio-affiliated program, Desiree Wood of Real Women in Trucking detailed the parking issue.
August 28, 2015
Voices
Voices on NYTās āTrucks are killing usā column: Readers respond, ATA says column riddled with āfalsehoodsā
āWhy waste print to tell so many lies, when you can actually help the issues that truly affect the entire line of all phases of transportation?ā āMatt Whitelaw on the āTrucks Are Killing Usā op-ed
August 25, 2015
Voices
ELDs and driver harrassment: Webinar upcoming; voices raised against the mandate
Details on a free Aug. 26 online seminar, plus more views on the ELD mandate following recent coverage. Many responses took a defiant or skeptical view of the mandate, reflecting recent polling showing 83 percent of readers opposed.
August 25, 2015
Voices
Updated: Readers react to āSuicide by truckā cover feature probing the on-highway unthinkable
Several Overdrive readers responded to the magazineās āSuicide by truckā feature with stories of their own. If you have one you want to share, feel free to use the comments under this post.
August 19, 2015
Channel 19
Navigating āamateur dayā with the four-wheelers
āAmateur Night,ā by driver Bill Patterson: āI dread Saturday nights. You never know what will happen.ā Profiling the texter, the brake-footer, the rubbernecker, the NASCAR wannabe and ā¦
August 18, 2015
Voices
Election 2016 āTrumpedā for truckers
Asked which presidential candidate theyād most like to take on a ridealong, truckers named Donald Trump far and away more than any other candidate.
August 18, 2015
Voices
POLL: How common are so-called āsuicide by truckā events?
Following our recent āSuicide by truckā package of stories, this poll probes the question of just how common the phenomenon might be ā whatās been your knowledge of such events over the years?
August 17, 2015
Voices
Michael Kimball presents āLanes blocked? Use the shoulder.ā
File under āfour-wheeler impatience.ā Says operator Michael Kimball: āI had a bull hauler passing me in the left lane. I guess the four-wheeler couldnāt wait.ā
August 17, 2015
Voices
POLL: Best way to tackle detention?
Should government mandate, as the Obama administrationās DOT has attempted, that carriers pay detention to drivers, or is continued industry standardization of detention pay the best tack? Something else?
August 14, 2015
Channel 19
Exemptions adding fuel to hours debate
Bob Hearns, among others, weighs in: ākeep asking for those legitimate exemptions, and maybe the rule makers, who do not know the industry ā¦ might wake up and do not only the right thing, but the necessary thing.ā
August 11, 2015
Voices
Michael Kimball presents āLast minute decision.ā
Another accident averted by Michael Kimball: āIt happens every day ā someone decides they donāt want to exit so they jerk it back on the highway without looking in the mirror.ā
August 7, 2015
Voices
Potential FMCSA chief Darling āappreciates truckers,ā says OOIDA: That and other reactions to nomination
Both the American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association have expressed their support for the nomination of Scott Darling to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as official administrator, a role heās performed on an acting basis for nearly a year. President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Darling to head the DOTās [ā¦]
August 6, 2015
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