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âAmerica respected and loved truckers a lot more back thenâ
Six-million-mile man Gregg Blair, now retired, remembers a long career.
July 4, 2014
Channel 19
âAmerican Trucksâ from across the pond; Need-a-new-lane blues
Swiss photographer Ulysses Frechelinâs âAmerican Trucksâ fine-art photo book; and reader Eric Buckel on I-15 from Barstow to Vegas: Add a new lane!
July 1, 2014
Channel 19
âPerfect stormâ for driver issues afoot?
In the words of driver Allen Smith: âwith all that has just happened in just the last 3 weeks, we have the momentum and leverage needed to encourage the FMCSA to listen intently, while everything is out on the table from all sides.â
June 28, 2014
Voices
POLL: Has your most recent DOT physical resulted in a sleep apnea test?
With no official regulation or guidance on testing for the sleep apnea condition in the rulebooks, practices vary around the nation â some say apnea testing is on the rise. Tell us your recent med cert experience in this poll.
June 26, 2014
Electronic Logging Devices
E-log proposed mandate comment period nearing end
Following the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs extension of the public comment period on its proposed electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, comments close finally on June 26.
June 24, 2014
Channel 19
Luck of the drive; Poetry for a husband
A promotion nets a free set of drives for one Indiana owner-operator; And from a self-proclaimed âtruck driverâs wifeâ to her husband, a message âfrom the heart.â
June 23, 2014
Voices
View: Fleets can lead way toward renewal of respect and honor for driving profession
Overdriveâs Jack Roberts answers the question: âWhen did we, as a society, transition from holding drivers in high regard to regarding them as people who drive trucks because âthey canât do anything else?'â
June 23, 2014
Voices
Truckers favor none-of-the-above option on Iraq
A small majority of Overdrive readers favor no U.S. intervention in the ongoing crisis in Iraq.
June 19, 2014
Hours of Service
POLL: Would rolling back 2013 restart changes affect highway safety?
Whatâs your intuition on highway safety relative to the restart changes that went into effect last year? If successful, would Congressional attempts to roll back the changes for a year influence highway safety in any way? Tell us here.
June 17, 2014
Parking
Some people think driving in America is just âfantasticâ
Meet former European haulers Martin Cassidy and Veronika Lengvarska in this profile of sorts by George & Wendy Show writer Wendy Parker.
June 16, 2014
Channel 19
âRestartâ hits the mainstream; rhyming couplets for the road
As with Anne Ferroâs now-infamous blog post about the Congressional efforts relative to the restart, NPRâs report on hours makes it sound like an attack on the entire rule is at issue.
June 14, 2014
Voices
POLL: What role should the U.S. play in Iraq crisis?
With the Obama administration considering a variety of options from air strikes to intelligence and military targeting support, weigh in here on how you think the U.S. should be involved in the current crisisâŚ
June 13, 2014
Voices
Reader: Truck drivers essential to American way of life
This letter and salute to the American driver came in from Elberta Bocock, administrator of a Facebook page that is itself something of a salute.
June 11, 2014
Channel 19
Voices on the call for FMCSA head to resign
Was OOIDAâs move the right one â or is the âbe careful what you ask for, you just might get itâ adage an appropriate consideration? More views here on the orgâs call for Anne Ferro to resign.
June 10, 2014
Voices
VAâs hard work begins with Shinsekiâs departure
One in three Overdrive readers got what they wanted when Veterans Affairs head Eric Shinseki stepped down in late May. More on reaction to VA problems here.
June 9, 2014
Voices
POLL: Do you support OOIDAâs call for Anne Ferroâs resignation?
OOIDAâs June 6 letter to the DOT secretary alleged a âbias against truckersâ that precluded Ferroâs impartial conduct in her job as the FMCSAâs chief regulator. Where do you stand on the call for her resignation?
June 6, 2014
Hours of Service
POLL: Where are you doing your restarts?
Since the 2013 hours changes and new restart restrictions, are you getting your restart at home, a fleet terminal or out on the road? Or are you operating solely on recap hours? Tell us in this poll.
June 5, 2014
Voices
The scrum over mandatory detention pay
Following the Obama administrationâs nod to the notion of mandatory detention pay in its draft highway bill, debate has intensified over whether the federal government ought to be involved in detention at all.
May 30, 2014
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