LETTER: Go niche to avoid being the last independent standing

The May issue showed numerous examples of profitable niche short-haul operations. Read the piece online here. Today we say “long live the owner-operator,” but 10 years from now will we be saying the same thing? ...

Hours recap: New regs bringing old practice to the fore?; OK tornado intel

The comments of John Solliday in the Voices round-up of views on the new restart provisions in the revised hours rule (compliance date: July 1) reminded me of a conversation I had with former Overdrive ...

Hours restart looming July 1

Barring a D.C. Court of Appeals ruling throwing out or requiring further agency work on the hours of service final rule announced back in December 2011 in the next month and a half, the Federal Motor ...

Ever been pulled by a big rig?

Scary, huh? Not exactly. This picture was staged by Cookeville, Tenn.-based eight-year driver and current Greatwide subagent/dispatcher Michael Winton when he came upon the somewhat infamous Tennessee Highway Patrol Peterbilt 379 parked locally two weekends back. ...

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

Looks like we got ourselves a parade!

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?

National truck-parking driver survey launched

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 ...