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READER: Mixed feelings on driver training standards
“There probably should be some minimum standards. But as long as the government is setting them, I am not sure there will be meaningful rules that make sense.” –Michael Goodman
February 26, 2015
Voices
To carry or not to carry: 65 percent of readers say physical med card still key in inspections
As evidenced by February polling here, the physical medical card remained part of more than 6 in 10 readers’ most-recent roadside stops.
February 25, 2015
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UPDATED — No place like home: More winter-trucking photos
Got a wintry trucking photo handy? Share it via the upload form in our readers’ gallery. We’ll update this story with photos as they come in through the week.
February 25, 2015
Channel 19
Strike! For .. lower freight rates?
Errant headline from a Colombian driver strike. Also: More on fuel surcharges: 3 in 4 readers collecting/charging fuel surcharges per mile report a base mpg between 5 and 7.
February 24, 2015
Voices
Why aren’t 20-somethings interested in truck driving?
A bevy of voices in response to one twenty-something’s prescription for the industry on attracting the next generation of drivers.
February 19, 2015
Voices
POLL: During your last inspection, were you asked to supply your med card?
With the recent change in rules around drivers’ need to carry paper medical cards after 15 days beyond renewal, what are you seeing on the road?
February 18, 2015
Voices
Keystone XL: Congress sends approval bill to the White House
Legislation granting necessary approvals for the pipeline has now passed both houses of Congress — President has signaled he would veto the measure.
February 13, 2015
Voices
POLL: What mpg is your fuel surcharge based on?
With some carriers shifting upward the mpg their fuel-surcharge contracts are based on, what’s behind your own calculations of surcharges, such as they exist?
February 13, 2015
Voices
POLL: Percentage, mileage, hourly — what’s the ideal pay package?
Assuming an hourly rate for detention, what pay scheme do you view as most preferable: pay-per-mile, percentage or hourly packages?
February 9, 2015
Voices
Not so fast on med cards: Non-CDL commercial drivers still must carry
Non-CDL holders are not required to self-certify or submit a copy of their medical card to their state licensing agency. Given such commercial drivers don’t self-certify, if you are one of them, keep carrying the card.
February 4, 2015
Channel 19
Strong voices on parking
Conversations on the situation continue in the wake of mainstream media attention to truckers’ parking needs.
February 3, 2015
Voices
POLL: How often do you nap to recharge on the road?
This poll looks at the extent to which drivers utilize that tried-and-true recharge method on the road: the nap.
February 3, 2015
Channel 19
One bull hauler’s mid-1980s test
The 1979 Kenworth W900 — pictured above hooked to a 1976 Barrett cattle trailer — is the truck Don Christner was running as a company driver in 1985 when the story below took place. Before that, as a 19-year-old in 1984 he took his maiden turn in the KW for Barger Grain Co. out of Wauneta, […]
February 2, 2015
Voices
The champions of the mom-and-pop truck stop
Driver Jeff Barker, with Debra Miller and Todd Ramey, is currently operating a Facebook group dedicated to sharing information on independent mom-and-pop truck stops.
January 28, 2015
Voices
Trucking groups on FMCSA’s crash accountability study: Incomplete data in CSA still inexcusable
NASTC, ATA, OOIDA and most readers lodge displeasure with FMCSA’s crash-fault analysis, while some readers suggest the feds may have it right in reticence to rely on police reports to assess fault.
January 28, 2015
Custom Rigs
Craig Ryan’s 1965 International CO4000: Lookback photos, more
Craig Ryan gives a personal account of his brief time trucking leased to Dart and otherwise hauling bees in the 70s and shares photos of his 1965 International CO4000 cabover.
January 27, 2015
Parking
Parking shortage hits the mainstream
A Wall Street Journal story last week took on the issue of the difficulties faced by truckers finding a safe parking spot in widespread congested areas around the nation.
January 27, 2015
Voices
Most readers endorse body cameras for police
Most readers were positive about the potential efficacy of body cameras used widely to help in preventing or at least sorting out the high-octane situations that have dominated discussions of race and politics across the country.
January 23, 2015
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