Roadside Attractions

Wendy Parker | November 20, 2012

One of the Circle Bar Truck Corral's treasures that Wendy Parker finds on a return visit to the Ozona, Texas, stop. It was one of those days where you wonder if anything else can go ...

Roadside Attractions

admin | July 03, 2012

An amazing Pete-built collection ‘Uncle Pete’ Norman Adorning the walls of Uncle Pete’s Truck Stop at I-40 and Sparta Pike in Lebanon, Tenn., is a collection of 4,875 coffee cups. And still counting, says owner “Uncle ...

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Overdrive Staff | June 01, 2012

Nurse – my birthing kit, please How many roadside midwives do you know? Such is the description that can be applied to NFI driver Mike Hawthorne of Somerdale, N.J., who delivered the third roadside baby of ...

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Overdrive Staff | May 01, 2012

Hey, FMCSA: ‘Stop coming after us!’ Owner-operators had some strong words for federal regulators at a March Mid-America Trucking Show listening session devoted to electronic onboard recorders and their potential use to harass drivers. Operators urged ...

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Overdrive Staff | April 01, 2012

New life for old classics Daredevil Evel Knievel used a 1974 Mack Western series FS700 while on tour, making many of his historic motorcycle jumps in the 1970s. After the rig sat for decades in Florida ...

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Overdrive Staff | March 01, 2012

I ‘just tried to speak from my heart’ When Roadrunner Transportation Services contractor Glenn Keller, 51, decided to try out for CNN’s 2012 Fit Nation Triathlon Challenge, he was just one day away from the entries ...

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Overdrive Staff | February 01, 2012

File under ‘don’t try at home’ It wasn’t a bad injector or cracked cylinder head that put this truck out of operation. Rather, the 2011 Mack Titan was the truck of choice for part of the ...

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Overdrive Staff | January 01, 2012

Watch your roof The driver of this rig was fueling at a Laredo, Texas, truck stop when a fellow hauler saw his extra passengers and attempted to locate the rig’s driver. The trucker approached someone else ...

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CSA'S DATA TRAIL

Inconsistent enforcement: CSA’s heat index

State inspection intensity ratings range from Maryland, where 32 inspections per lane-mile of National Highway System were conducted during CSA's first two year, to Idaho, where only two inspections per lane-mile were done.