Report: Highway conditions improve
State highway conditions are the best they’ve been in 19 years, according to Reason Foundation.09.09.10
| 2009 highway accident involved a tractor-trailer that plowed into stopped traffic on I-44, killing 10 people.
09.09.10
| Show floor exhibitor space was up nearly 20 percent over 2009 with almost 450 companies in attendance. 09.09.10
| Fatalities of large truck occupants dropped from 682 in 2008 to 503 in 2009, a 26 percent decline. 09.08.10
| Over the next six years, the plan would include rebuilding 150,000 miles of roads and constructing and maintaining 4,000 miles of rail. ...
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Speeding ticket insurance?
September 9, 2010
A new service offers "Prepaid Traffic Tickets," investments as a sort of hedge against the likelihood of getting a speeding or other ticket in a specific amount of time in ...
APU rebates, Leslie train horns for East Tennessee’s Sams Trucking
September 8, 2010
Check out my story in the September Overdrive magazine on various financial incentives -- rebates, grants, various low-interest loan programs -- state governments are making available to owner-operators and carriers ...
Massachusetts soda delivery driver bags $50,000
September 7, 2010
His name is Scott Matthews, and in case you missed the original television airing Sept. 1, you can check him out competing with a game partner in Atlanta Falcons cheerleader ...
Driver ‘health movement’ hitting stride
September 3, 2010
On the blog of the U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a shout-out was posted yesterday to the Heathy Trucking Association of America and the Trucking Solutions Group 61+ Driver Health Advisory ...
Stand-up treadmill desk begs question…; cargo theft connection to Jason’s Law?
September 2, 2010
In the P.R. copy blasted out with announcements about the new TrekDesk Treadmill Desk, the company talks about the dangers of the "sedentary lifestyle," noting studies of various characters that ...
Sept. 29 webinar: Load selection for profit
September 2, 2010
Trucking radio host and Overdrive columnist Kevin Rutherford will discuss how to make wise choices in planning your loads in Overdrive’s next webinar
Reporting cargo theft — balancing act in more ways than one…
August 30, 2010
Tune in Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern for the Truth About Trucking online radio program with host Allen Smith. My fellow Truckers News/Overdrive Senior Editor Max Kvidera and I will be ...
October: They say it’s our birthday
August 29, 2010
You’ll find monthly features in Overdrive, starting with the October issue. That month we’ll also launch a 50th anniversary website, OverdriveRetro.com.
Rolling out to Dallas ‘Too Hot to Trot’ 5K
August 27, 2010
Well, folks, I finished -- no surprise to regular readers, I'd guess, since you've seen a little proof I can do some long-distance running. Get over a couple miles, though, for me, ...
Put your CD player in ‘Overdrive’ — hauler Joe Lee Smith reissues record
August 26, 2010
Sitting outside Overdrive sister mag CCJ's Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference in Dallas yesterday and typing away on a story, one of the presenters, with whom I've talked in years past, walked by ...

