Equipment
Business
Regulations
Life
Custom Rigs
Gear
Tag: Truth About Trucking
Parking
Rest area parking: Possible expansion of services for truckers sparks debate
The expansion of these services would allow states to bring in more money and possibly help keep rest areas open as parking options for truckers, advocates argue. NATSO, however, says the expansions could undercut truck stop business.
January 18, 2017
Parking
Murdered truckerâs family engages with drivers
David Clark will be among guests on the Truth About Trucking Live online radio program at 6 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 15.
July 15, 2014
Channel 19
Three advocate-operators on why they do what they do
A look back at three operators/advocates recently featured in a brief driver-appreciation Q&A at Load Delivered Logisticsâ website.
September 30, 2013
Channel 19
Treadle valve corrosion a growing problem?
Adjustment isnât the only brake problem going â observer and longtime former driver Allan Powell suggests treadle valve corrosion is a growing issue.
January 24, 2013
Channel 19
Driver kudos: Pork rinds, bagpipes and making a difference
Two driver-appreciation efforts â by Rudolph Foods and XRS (formerly Xata) â yield interesting results.
September 18, 2012
Channel 19
Hours, EOBRs: Adapt or fight?
Owner-operatorsâ No. 2 named challenge, the unsettled nature of the hours of service regulations and a potential electronic logs mandate, has moved some to embrace change, others to fight for fairness.
August 3, 2012
Channel 19
O/O challenges: More solutions to high fuel
Outtakes from interviews conducted as part of research into Todd Dillsâ âOwner-operatorsâ top challengesâ feature in the August 2012 edition of Overdrive magazine.
August 1, 2012
Channel 19
Truck parking push not over with Jasonâs Law
Following the cheers that went up around the trucking community for the âJasonâs Lawâ truck parking legislationâs inclusion in the MAP-21 highway bill in June, owner-operators like Overdrive reader William McKelvie put a quick lid on the possibility of any resulting driver complacency relative to the parking problem. âWhile everyone has jumped on the proverbial [âŚ]
July 17, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Check in with âRoadcookinâ authors on online radio
Authors of the Roadcookinâ guide to healthy eating on the road interviewed on online radio.
June 27, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Truckersâ attorney Paul Taylor, FMCSA rep at social media meeting
The folks with the Truck Driver Social Media Convention are gearing up for their second annual meeting â and have been sharing highlights of the two-day program in process for Oct. 27-28 in Kansas City via the AsktheTrucker.com blog. Among the presenters this year will be Elaine Papp, Division Chief of the FMCSAâs  Office of [âŚ]
May 29, 2012
Channel 19
The debate over fighting broker fraud
The high-profile case of fraudulent broker Kulwant Singh Gill, who last week was sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution to his carrier victims, has owner-operators and industry watchers debating just how to solve the problem of fraud in transportation for once and all. A big part of that debate is [âŚ]
April 12, 2012
Channel 19
The haps at MATS: Rounding up driver-led efforts
Iâll make an attempt, at least. So much is going on at next weekâs trucking show in Louisville it will be next to impossible to catch it all in this space today, but here are a few of the highlights folks have reached out to me about these last few months: Health walk-and-talk, blood driveAs [âŚ]
March 16, 2012
Page 1 of 4
Next Page