National Association of Small Trucking Companies president David Owen is firm in his belief in a professional driver's ability to manage fatigue. Speaking here from the NASTC annual conference in Nashville in November 2014, while he clearly knows the benefit of apnea treatment in those who suffer from it, Owen cites a fundamental disagreement with those who believe untreated apnea is public highway safety danger No. 1.

In this mailbag podcast Overdrive readers weigh in on both the California Air Resources Board's hardship extension (intended for those denied a series of financing opportunities in their attempts to comply with the state's powertrain regs) and FMCSA's recent survey report on electronic logs and whether use of the devices themselves comes with indicators of driver harassment.

In this mailbag podcast Overdrive readers weigh in on both the California Air Resources Board's hardship extension (intended for those denied a series of financing opportunities in their attempts to comply with the state's powertrain regs) and FMCSA's recent survey report on electronic logs and whether use of the devices themselves comes with indicators of driver harassment.

In this mailbag podcast Overdrive readers weigh in on both the California Air Resources Board's hardship extension (intended for those denied a series of financing opportunities in their attempts to comply with the state's powertrain regs) and FMCSA's recent survey report on electronic logs and whether use of the devices themselves comes with indicators of driver harassment.

Speaking at the annual conference of the National Association of Small Trucking Companies in Nashville in November 2014, Joe Rajkovacz detailed the status of legal challenges to the California Air Resources Board's in-use emissions regulations. With his California Construction Trucking Association's own appeal long delayed in the Ninth Circuit, OOIDA's intention to appeal after its lawsuit was dismissed on the same technical "buzzsaw" CCTA ran into and more, Rajkovacz offers tough advice to those who've held out hope the lawsuits would give them a lifeline. With prolonged legal dealys, the rules are going hardfast -- small fleet owners and owner-operators will need to "bring your fleets into conformance."

Speaking at the annual conference of the National Association of Small Trucking Companies in Nashville in November 2014, Joe Rajkovacz detailed the status of legal challenges to the California Air Resources Board's in-use emissions regulations. With his California Construction Trucking Association's own appeal long delayed in the Ninth Circuit, OOIDA's intention to appeal after its lawsuit was dismissed on the same technical "buzzsaw" CCTA ran into and more, Rajkovacz offers tough advice to those who've held out hope the lawsuits would give them a lifeline. With prolonged legal dealys, the rules are going hardfast -- small fleet owners and owner-operators will need to "bring your fleets into conformance."

Speaking at the annual conference of the National Association of Small Trucking Companies in Nashville in November 2014, Joe Rajkovacz detailed the status of legal challenges to the California Air Resources Board's in-use emissions regulations. With his California Construction Trucking Association's own appeal long delayed in the Ninth Circuit, OOIDA's intention to appeal after its lawsuit was dismissed on the same technical "buzzsaw" CCTA ran into and more, Rajkovacz offers tough advice to those who've held out hope the lawsuits would give them a lifeline. With prolonged legal dealys, the rules are going hardfast -- small fleet owners and owner-operators will need to "bring your fleets into conformance."

In the first of a new series of "mailbag" podcasts, readers weigh in on deliberations over FMCSA's planned liability insurance minimum hike for motor carriers -- if the current minimum comes into effect, says one Texas-based owner-operator it may be "time for a change" in industries, even after three decades in business. Others sounded off with applause for the FMCSA for seeing the error of their ways with the 2003 reduction in hours flexibility. Not all were sure the issue of sleeper-berth-period flexibility really needed to be studied, however, given it was the rule of the day from the 1930s. Read more on the issues here: http://www.overdriveonline.com/audio-mailbag-liability-insurance-sleeper-berth-flexibility/

In the first of a new series of "mailbag" podcasts, readers weigh in on deliberations over FMCSA's planned liability insurance minimum hike for motor carriers -- if the current minimum comes into effect, says one Texas-based owner-operator it may be "time for a change" in industries, even after three decades in business. Others sounded off with applause for the FMCSA for seeing the error of their ways with the 2003 reduction in hours flexibility. Not all were sure the issue of sleeper-berth-period flexibility really needed to be studied, however, given it was the rule of the day from the 1930s. Read more on the issues here: http://www.overdriveonline.com/audio-mailbag-liability-insurance-sleeper-berth-flexibility/

In the first of a new series of "mailbag" podcasts, readers weigh in on deliberations over FMCSA's planned liability insurance minimum hike for motor carriers -- if the current minimum comes into effect, says one Texas-based owner-operator it may be "time for a change" in industries, even after three decades in business. Others sounded off with applause for the FMCSA for seeing the error of their ways with the 2003 reduction in hours flexibility. Not all were sure the issue of sleeper-berth-period flexibility really needed to be studied, however, given it was the rule of the day from the 1930s. Read more on the issues here: http://www.overdriveonline.com/audio-mailbag-liability-insurance-sleeper-berth-flexibility/