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Warning: Truckers distraction zone next 100,000 miles
We're not talking driving distractions here. Whether it's the infinite scroll of funny cat videos or the latest social media storm, don't lose control over decision-making. Careful small-biz and money management's a year-round necessity.
January 28, 2026
Trucker of the Year
Credit where credit's due: Trucker of the Year builds biz to sustain, pays it forward
Personal drive, clear focus on long-term business stability, mechanical aptitude with late-model equipment, and the willingness share all he learns -- the good and the bad. Did we mention 10-plus mpg? All are outstanding qualities you'll find in Overdrive's Trucker of the Year, John Penn.
January 27, 2026
Business
Double-brokering and freight fraud: Just how bad is it out there?
Have efforts to cut down on double brokering and fraud in freight markets made a dent? Just how widespread is the problem? Have you been hit? Take Overdrive's brief survey here.
January 26, 2026
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The problem with truck driver training: CDL school owner urges stronger regs, audits
Driving Academy Tallahassee owner A.J. Frankie believes DOT should focus on improving the Entry-Level Driver Training regulations and ensuring trainers are doing it right. His message to FMCSA auditors: Substandard schools "need to be checked on. Until that changes, we’re really not going to improve safety on the road.”
January 21, 2026
Overdrive Radio
What we mean when we say 'freight fraud': Ways to defend against the hydra-headed monster
While many anti-fraud moves at U.S. DOT and FMCSA are heartening, chameleon carriers persist along with all manner of other frauds perpetrated on legitimate truckers, brokers and the American public writ large.
January 20, 2026
Overdrive Extra
How to change a truck tire at 46 below zero: 'Don't panic'
Alaska-based Dalton Highway heavy hauler Troy Call's got plenty experience at those temps. Long Haul Paul here salutes Call and the "elite corps of truckers" on the "Kamikaze Trail," full of 12% grades and windstorms that can cause whiteouts for days.
January 16, 2026
Overdrive Radio
'Who here knows their numbers?' For truck owners who do, and act on them, profits stack up
Kevin Rutherford "failed miserably" on long-term goals to increase the number of owner-operators who can answer yes to the question in the title. Yet he's succeeded in other ways: those who can answer yes and act on numbers to improve have destroyed the "freight recession" of recent years with record profits.
January 12, 2026
Partners in Business
POLL: Usage-based trucking insurance -- is it prime time yet?
There's some evidence usage-based trucking insurance is spreading fast, exchanging access to insured carriers' data to track usage for dynamic premium cost shifts. What's your experience with it, if any?
January 7, 2026
Overdrive Radio
Bye-bye 2025: Hope and headwinds for freight, costs, regs in focus in Overdrive Radio
The most-listened-to episodes of the year with market touchpoints in stories whose impacts continue to materialize. Though skeptics abound, from a non-domiciled CDL purge and boosted ELP enforcement to rates impacts with negotiation tactics and owner-ops' increasing biz sophistication, near all hold potential positives for 2026.
January 5, 2026
Overdrive Extra
CB radio glory in Houston traffic: Hey 'Bad Apple,' keep on singing
The road gives you miles, gives you money, and every now and then, it gives you a man named Bad Apple singing his heartbreak into a CB like it's the only truth he's got left, and maybe the only one you need. Writer/retired trucker Michael Singleton remembers a memorable occasion here on I-10 in Houston.
January 2, 2026
Overdrive Extra
Congress, truckers: Let's stop hee-hawing around and get to work
In D.C. this Congressional term, legislation around truckers' overtime pay, tax credits, non-domiciled CDLs and more offers promise of OTR improvement, yet current measures appear more or less stalled, pushed aside. Infrastructure legislation due in 2026 could offer opportunity to push reps across the finish line.
January 1, 2026
Business
Overdrive's top 10 trucking stories of 2025
President Trump's immigration blitz takes trucking by storm, broker transparency, CDLs canceled and ELDs cheated: These are but a few of Overdrive's top trucking stories of the year.
December 31, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Rewind: Owner-op's vets-tribute FLD and Kentucky trailer, and its story of sacrifice, achievement and hope
Household-goods-hauling owner-operator Steven Meyer's custom-wrapped Kentucky trailer delivered the "Remember, Honor, Teach" message of Wreaths Across America with five distinctive, interlocking histories. Walk through Meyer's story in this Overdrive Radio episode rewind.
December 28, 2025
Voices
POLL: Owner-ops, what's your biz outlook headed into 2026?
Get ready to turn the page on a new year -- weigh in here with your trucking business outlook for 2026.
December 25, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Red Arrow Christmas convoy rolls strong over first three years
This week's Overdrive Radio podcast tells the story of Noah Melton, long working with small fleet Big P Express, and how a fellow trucker's Christmas-season truck convoy idea grew by leaps and bounds over its first few years into a community-supported tradition in Melton's corner of Southwest Michigan.
December 24, 2025
Business
Fleets, truckers talk pay, respect: What Drivers Want
The annual "What Drivers Want" survey asked truckers why fleets have a hard time finding and keeping drivers, and 81% of survey respondents chose "Pay," more than any other single factor. But close behind was bedrock "Respect" for those on the front lines of any trucking business, large or small.
December 19, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Trucker David May's emotional highs, lows on mission with Wreaths Across America
Trucking plays a huge volunteer role in the annual Wreaths Across America effort to remember the fallen, honor those who serve, and deliver the importance of that to the next generation. This year WAA reached nearly 5,600 sites, according to organizers, and David May's story of his own convoy participation delivers on the mission.
December 15, 2025
Trucker of the Year
Trucker of the Year 'exit interviews,' Part 2: Flatbedder's edition
This podcast episode concludes Overdrive's Trucker of the Year "exit interviews" series, and features an all-flatbedders group. With updates from a tough yet successful year, you’ll hear more than a bit of what some call "bygone" driver camaraderie amongst the four owners featured around -- what else? -- the subject of tarping.
December 8, 2025
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