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Overdrive Extra
How to navigate 'frost laws' in northern states
Gary Buchs on how to handle tiny jurisdictions' seasonal weight restrictions in more northern states. Do your research, don't trust your GPS and question everything -- before you end up in front of a judge.
February 2, 2021
Business
News roundup, May 13: FMCSA extends coronavirus HOS waiver; OOIDA asks for end to overweight exemption
The U.S. DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended its nationwide hours of service exemption for drivers hauling loads as part of COVID-19 relief, and OOIDA calls for an end to COVID overweight exemption.
May 13, 2020
Overdrive Radio
Share the Road: Why do heavy combos slow down so much going uphill?
Next up in the "Share the Road" series, we'll be discussing why heavy combos slow down so much going uphill. Call us today and let Overdrive know your thoughts.
March 18, 2020
Business
One cargo van owner’s competitive edge in vehicle configuration
Years ago, West Michigan Expedite small fleet owner Steve McNeal began purchasing cutaway vans and designing a single-bed sleeper behind the cab. For the cargo area, he designed a lightweight aluminum-constructed box capable of accommodating up to six skids — double the pallet capacity of a stock van, if not the weight capacity.
April 9, 2019
Channel 19
New onboard scale interfaces with driver smartphones
Blue Ink Tech’s new “Air Scale” is of a piece with the company’s mission to help combat, by elimination of, the variety of “interruptions that drivers face on a daily basis” that suck time and money from their businesses.
March 13, 2019
Business
PrePass customers can now bypass NorPass-system scales
A new PrePass partnership with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) allows PrePass customers to bypass scales that are part of the NorPass system, 23 sites in 6 states.
March 12, 2018
Business
Truck crash data collection: Action items for new advisory committee
Report from the first meeting of the MCSAC Post Accident Report Subcommittee, tasked by Congress with identifying areas for improvement in accident data collection, including primary causation factors.
April 28, 2016
Channel 19
Ark. installing virtual weigh station on U.S. 64
“Dodging the scale” on I-40 near Alma, Ark., might well get a little bit tougher, according to reports that the state is building a “virtual weigh station” on U.S. 64 in the area.
March 28, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: ‘All about the money’? — Reader views on increasing truck weight
A sizable majority of Overdrive readers (64 percent) see negative primary consequences of any significant rise in interstate truck weight limits. Find a bevy of views in this mailbag podcast.
September 17, 2015
Voices
POLL: Where do you stand on raising truck weight limits with an extra axle?
With recent introduction of the so-called “Safe Trucking Act” in Congress to boost weigh limits to 91,000 lbs. with an extra axle, what’s your view of the principle effects of such added weight?
September 11, 2015
Business
I’ll say ‘no’ to corn dogs for $2.6 million, Alex
“The National Institutes of Health have spent a $2.6 million gubmint grant to help truckers lose weight.” Such programs aren’t “rocket science, and should cost as much” …
August 2, 2015
Business
New weight restrictions on two Minn. bridges
With 11 percent of U.S. bridges structurally deficient according to the U.S. DOT’s stats bureau, April 16 officials from MnDOT put in place truck detours around two Highway 169 bridges in Champlin, Minn.
April 17, 2015
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