new year

Humility, and lack thereof — more new-year notes

Wendy Parker | January 04, 2013

Holy guacamole if I didn't slip up and put together the number one article of the year for the online version of Overdrive. I was completely knocked out, and still fail to believe it's true. ...

Life

Preparing for a healthier year

Elizabeth Manning | January 02, 2013

Start the year right by making sure you are current on your health checkups. To make it easier to keep those resolutions of staying healthy, we made a list of the most important health screenings ...

George & Wendy Show

Driving away from 2012

Wendy Parker | January 02, 2013

Welcome to 2013, owner-operators. The pictorial tour, below, through the last year brings us into the new one. It was put together primarily, Wendy notes, by her owner-operator better half, George. Enjoy.

Channel 19

Year of interrupted sleep: 2012 in review, Part 3

Todd Dills | December 31, 2012

Find Part 1 of this year in review here and Part 2 here. Happy new year! September Former Overdrive Trucker of the Year Mike "Mustang" Crawford was approaching his 3 millionth safe mile, all logged under the wheels of one ...

Channel 19

Year of interrupted sleep: 2012 in review, Part 2

Todd Dills | December 29, 2012

If you missed Part 1 of this year in review, find it here. Tune back in New Year's Eve for the finale. May "Roadside midwife" Mike Hawthorne, a driver for NFI, had delivered his third on-highway baby to ...

Channel 19

Year of interrupted sleep: 2012 in review, Part 1

Todd Dills | December 27, 2012

Find a link to Part 2 at the bottom of this post. Want to look back through recent trucking history both on the mainline and deep in the biways? Find 2011 and 2010 years in review via those links. January This ...

Channel 19

Stiff wind to pay the toll: The 2011 Channel 19 year in review

Todd Dills | January 01, 2012

What better way to start the new year than with a look back on the previous? I did it last year, after all, so let's make it a tradition, how bout? The Chinese Year of the ...

CSA'S DATA TRAIL

Crashes and interventions: CSA’s crash flaw

Independent owner-operators have the lowest rate of truck-involved crashes but are far more likely to be put out of service than drivers for carriers with 500 or more trucks, which have a higher crash rate.