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POLL: How far in advance do you negotiate your loads?
Independents, this poll probes the extent to which you pre-plan loads (negotiating a day or days ahead of time) or look to maximize rates by negotiating âthe day ofâ the load.
April 6, 2015
Voices
POLL: Will the GermanWings crash result in changes that improve air travel safety?
With pilots around the U.S. sounding familiar to many truckers on subjects of safety, medical certification, and more, this poll probes reader opinion on potential changes that could result following the recent disaster.
April 3, 2015
Channel 19
Reckless four-wheelers, bad road designâŚ: Two factors, among others, in many truck rollovers
A recent mainstream-media report reinforces what many truckers know about truck-occupant and other fatality numbers, too: Thereâs more to them than meets the eye.
March 31, 2015
Voices
POLL: How many freight-rate negotiations do you conduct in a week?
Independents, how negotiation-heavy is your business when it comes to rates? This poll asks how many rate conversations you have in any given week with a broker or freight agent.
March 30, 2015
Channel 19
Whatâs your CB handle and howâd you get it?
Find several operatorsâ anecdotes about how they got their handles here.
March 28, 2015
Voices
POLL: Should an independent Palestinian state exist?
Given recently re-elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuâs commentary suggesting to some watchers declining support for the goal of an independent Palestinian state, whatâs your take on such a state?
March 19, 2015
Voices
POLL: Best day of the week to negotiate for and book a load?
Independents, in your experience, what day of the week yields the best rates during broker negotiations? Tell us in this poll â further thoughts on the reasons why/anecdotes, sound off in the comments.
March 18, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: âDonât help the lawyers. Help us.â âReaders on insurance
In this podcast, readers weigh in on rising insurance costs, urging regulators and congress not to hike minimums, which might well serve only to line the pockets of attorneys and deleteriously affect the trucking business.
March 17, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Entry level driver training conversations following rulemaking committee meeting
Will traditional training approaches survive the Entry Level Driver Training rulemaking? If statutory language is any indication, itâs likely. Voices on training standards/practices in this podcast.
March 9, 2015
Voices
POLL: What is your detention time worth?
How much is your time spent waiting at docks worth per hour? This poll looks at the range of what owner-operators and drivers expect from detention rates, such as they may be.
March 9, 2015
Voices
POLL: Ever trained a driver?
This poll looks at the extent to which readers have been involved in pre-CDL driver training, whether through a formal or informal process.
March 5, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Audio mailbag: Minimum interstate age should be 18, insurance barriers to new owner-operators
Podcast round-up of some reader voices on minimum interstate driving age, insurance challenges for young owner-operators, hours, parking and more.
March 3, 2015
Voices
Fuel-tax hike indexed to inflation the wrong idea to fund roads
Vermont-based Michael Dudley throws a tomato at the notion that a tax hike is necessary to properly fund highways: âStop allowing our government to waste our money!â
March 3, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Entry level driver training podcast: The data problem
Whatâs dogged any training rule for the last 20 years? Thereâs no particular evidence of a relationship between adequacy of training and driversâ safety on the road.
February 27, 2015
Voices
POLL: If any, which of these load services have you used?
This poll takes a survey of some of the load-matching-tech companies that have sprung up in recent years or have moved toward more automated technology platforms. Ever used one of these to successfully book a load? Tell us here.
February 27, 2015
Voices
READER: Mixed feelings on driver training standards
âThere 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.â âMichael 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 readersâ most-recent roadside stops.
February 25, 2015
Voices
UPDATED â No place like home: More winter-trucking photos
Got a wintry trucking photo handy? Share it via the upload form in our readersâ gallery. Weâll update this story with photos as they come in through the week.
February 25, 2015
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