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February 2018 | Overdrive | 33 who runs his independent business in a 1999 Peterbilt cabover. "I've always been pretty closed-minded about anyone who wears a turban or looks remotely anything like the terrorists do. I've never really been ashamed to say that." Landis had been told the Sikhs are a peaceful people, but didn't care, con- tinuing to resort to false stereotypes. "But when they showed up [for the Washington, D.C., protests] and they wanted to shake our hands and thank us for being there, and seeing how many of them showed up, I would say it was four-to-one they outnumbered us 'proud loud-mouthed Americans,' " he jokes. "Then here you have these people who know a lot of people look down on them just because of how they're dressing and how they look, and they're thanking us for being there in our trucks. It was extremely humbling." Reed says he also "ate crow" over his own past statements in the wake of the D.C. demonstrations, and he believes rip- ple effects from a new appreciation and a sense of unity will continue for years. "Man, I really feel like a piece of crap for feeling and thinking the things I've felt over the years," Landis adds. "I'll never feel the same way about them again. I'd defend them with everything I've got if I had to." Find out more about how this app can revolutionize how you weigh your truck. 1-877-CAT-SCALE (228-7225) catscale.com | weighmytruck.com Now accepting: Time is money, and you need to make every minute count. The Weigh My Truck app is the fastest way to weigh. It's a game changer that streamlines the weighing process and payment all from your mobile device. IT'S THE FASTEST WAY TO WEIGH! CAT OD 112017.qxp_Layout 1 11/20/17 11:31 AM Page 1 Untitled-13 1 11/20/17 1:31 PM Racchpal Singh Dhillon is one of many Sikh truck- ers who went to Washington, D.C., to protest the ELD mandate. Dhillon came to the United States in 2004 from India and quickly earned his CDL. In 2014, he started his own company, OnTime Trans, based in Noblesville, Indiana. He now owns and operates 16 trucks. His wife, Nancy, immigrated from India in 2012 and now handles OnTime's accounting, paperwork and management. Jenna Ruiz

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