Todd Dills

Poll: What is the best venue for trying terrorism suspects?

| May 17, 2013

Looks like we got ourselves a parade!

| May 16, 2013

Sam Peckinpah's 1978 "Convoy" flick memorialized the truckers' protest convoy in the days of the 55-mph speed limit. The C.W. McCall song on which it was based scored No. 4 on our 2011 reader-provided-and-voted-on ...

What have you done to prepare for the new hours rule?

| May 16, 2013

National truck-parking driver survey launched

| May 15, 2013

An online survey being conducted to ferret out national needs for expanded truck parking availability is now under way. Drivers have through August 10 to complete the survey, accessible via this link. It's the product of ...

‘Liberated trucker-babe’ embraces ‘inner cougar’ with new book

| May 14, 2013

Click through the cover image here to download the Kindle ebook version. Takes all kinds, life in contemporary America. Fourteen-year hauler Xandra "Sunny" Moon recently offered up six pieces of advice for women feeling in a ...

Carriers, drivers aligned on need for shift in enforcement priorities

| May 14, 2013

An overwhelming majority (79 percent) of Overdrive readers find themselves in full-throated agreement with a message delivered by American Trucking Associations Vice Chair and Bulldog Hiway Express head Phil Byrd at the April Commercial Vehicle ...

What part of the new hours rule will most affect you?

| May 14, 2013

VIDEO haul: I-15 southboundVideo

| May 13, 2013

Overdrive George and Wendy Show blogger Wendy Parker describes this haul as her and her owner-operator husband's "prettiest one yet," between St. George, Utah (through Arizona), and the Nevada border. Sped-up for your enjoyment, catch the ...

Infographic: Owner-operators inspected four times more often than largest fleets

An infographic on Overdrive sister site CCJ shows some of the more disparate data that favors fleets over independents.

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Crashes and interventions: The fault handicap

Inconsistent enforcement: CSA’s heat index

Todd Dills

Todd Dills is Senior Editor of Overdrive magazine and writes from Nashville, Tenn. His Channel 19 blog covers a grab bag of on-highway hearsay, owner-operator news and driver views from the roadways the nation over. His work in trucking journalism builds on a background of news feature, fiction and other creative writing and editing. Find him here at the Channel 19 blog and via his Twitter feed, or send tips to tdills@randallreilly.com.

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