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Overdrive Extra
Liability insurance hike: Guess who would benefit?
The Invest in America highway bill would increase carriersâ minimum liability insurance requirements from $750,000 to $2 million. Details here on Overdrive.
June 30, 2020
Overdrive Extra
Roundup: Hours of service revamp MIA, highway bill framework arrives
A proposal to alter federal hours of service regulations for truck operators remains snared in the bureaucratic rulemaking process. And: the Senate has floated the skeleton of a post-FAST Act highway bill.
August 1, 2019
Overdrive Radio
A Truckstop in the halls of Congress, a hotshot carrierâs tech-informed business
Failure to fund road repairs, notes Truckstop.comâs Chief Relationship Officer Brent Hutto in this weekâs edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, can hasten the incidence and increase the likelihood of the perhaps No. 1 reason owner-ops go out business â thatâs a major mechanical failure, of course.
July 11, 2019
Business
Trucking Alliance chimes in on House hearing to question driver drug testing efficacy
The Trucking Alliance, a coalition of some of the countryâs largest trucking companies, again on Wednesday called for stricter drug testing among applicants for truck driving jobs, as well as a mandate for speed limiters in heavy trucks and a prohibition on under-21 drivers operating interstate.
June 13, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Remembering the inaugural Pennsylvania Make-a-Wish Mother's Day convoy
A special edition of Overdrive Radio looks way back into history to the first Make-A-Wish convoy to set off from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with former trucker George Ruelens, hauling for Ned Bard & Son at the time. This year's convoy sets off May 9.
May 24, 2019
Channel 19
Leaked Trump infrastructure plan heralds tolls to come; Tesla âAutopilotâ â itâs happened again
More tales of tolls told in infrastructure priorities from a U.S. administration, and opposition quick to howl. Plus: More mishaps emerging from not-so-aptly-named Tesla âAutopilotâ feature in carsâŚ
January 23, 2018
Channel 19
Safety rating poised to turn to roadside data, coalition issues challenge
The coalition that took on the recent highway billâs âpoison pillâ successfully has issued something of a pre-emptive challenge to FMCSAâs proposed changes to the safety rating program.
January 12, 2016
Channel 19
Listening session: âBeyond complianceâ with the regulations â if, and how, to reward
Whatever you think about the in-progress âbeyond complianceâ program and its origins, the fact is itâs in the works â anyone with ideas on how it *should* or *shouldnât* be structured can weigh in via a listening session Jan. 12.
January 11, 2016
Business
âBeyond complianceâ public meetings to be held in January
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will hold two public listening sessions about the potential benefits and feasibility of âbeyond complianceâ incentives for carriers.
December 28, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Highway bill: So much, yet too little
The new highway bill did nothing to create stable user-based funding to make our infrastructure program self-sustaining.
December 18, 2015
Business
CSA reform package in highway bill includes added incentive/bonus program for motor carriers
The âBeyond Complianceâ incentive/credit programâs inclusion in the highway bill ensures its regulatory pursuit. Inclusion follows exploration of the idea by FMCSA and numerous commenters earlier this year.
December 10, 2015
Business
Future I-11 route through Nevada designated in highway bill, in part to follow U.S. 95
The 5-year, $305 billion bill designates the route to follow U.S. Highway 95 before connecting with I-80 in Northern Nevada.
December 8, 2015
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