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Overdrive Extra

Will ELDs or autonomous trucks make the bigger splash in the driver pool?

Progress from Google, Tesla and others with self-driving cars, including the occasional mention of Class 8 trucks, fuels speculation that driverless big rigs are about to rule the highway.

May 1, 2017

Channel 19

Driver shortage alarm, redux part 2: Bills in Ohio would subsidize ‘cheap labor’

Ohio bills would funnel taxpayer money to driver-training efforts and “put the Ohio taxpayers on the hook for subsidizing cheap labor,” notes small fleet owner Monte Wiederhold. Also, video, audio: Crank it up with Scott Reed’s tuned 750-hp Cat in the Wheeling tunnel on I-70.

April 20, 2017

Business

Here’s a little story about a nail tech named Wendy

As in nails, as in trucking: “Don’t cave. Don’t cave on the prices, or the quality of service, because doing so only cuts your own throat in the end.”

April 19, 2017

Business

Survey seeks driver input on driver shortage, infrastructure funding and more

The American Transportation Research Institute is looking for truck drivers’ perspectives on several trucking topics including transportation infrastructure funding, the driver shortage and improving highway safety through a new online survey.

March 30, 2017

Business

Only those with voices in their head need apply

Consider the internal conversation one may have while doing a little internet research on trucking. “After three hours of Googling, I still don’t know if I want to be a trucker.”

October 17, 2016

Voices

POLL: What is the top trucking issue from your vantage point?

These 10 issues — including the ELD mandate and hours of service, CSA, a so-called ‘driver shortage and more — were ranked in this order in ATRI’s annual survey of carriers. Which one (or other issue) would you put at the top of your most pressing issues list?

October 14, 2016

Business

Bend over and grab the wheel

“Every single article I’ve read this week about the Chicken Little ‘driver shortage’ has neglected to mention driver pay.” …

September 23, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Driver shortage alarm, redux: ‘Turnover is the real problem’

And for too long, the situation for many drivers has been one in which “the rewards don’t match the requirements of the job,” said ATBS’ Richard DeForest at GATS. That won’t change until freight rates are able to support a better annual income for the most important part of the supply chain — the driver.

September 2, 2016

Business

Slow freight causes driver turnover rate to tumble at large fleets

The annualized driver turnover rate at large truckload fleets fell to its lowest point since early 2011 in the second quarter of this year, according to the American Trucking Associations.

September 1, 2016

Channel 19

‘The most important safety feature in any truck? The professional driver’

Jeff Clark’s video message to the next president of the United States: Think outside of the box and reward companies that keep their drivers by treating them like the professionals they are.

July 7, 2016

Business

When the bees stopped helping the potatoes

“Don’t send a potato to represent the interests of the grapes. Also, if you’re going to wine, put it in the right cask. One more thing: don’t poop in your own vineyard and expect to have a lot of visitors, especially from worker bees.”

July 6, 2016

Business

Driver shortage? That don’t make no sense

In my pursuit of daily trucking news, I read probably 15 – 20 trucking specific articles. Among these, I would say roughly half cite or have cited the ever elusive and unicorn-like “driver shortage.” These articles usually tick me off, and about 99% of them quote Beelza Bubba and his buddies over at [insert whatever […]

June 25, 2016