Congress could act to hasten hours of service changes, revive ‘carrier hiring standards’ provision

Startup testing highly autonomous system in retrofitted Peterbilts in Arizona

Denham Amendment revived: House again eyes measure to block states’ driver pay/break laws

‘BlackGold’ scale memorial Mack, Cecil Spurlock’s son and family’s tribute to the Kentucky coal hauler

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Another Kentucky-coal trucks tribute, this one in 3rd-grade elementary school parody video

It looks to be an NJL Trucking rig in this now-viral vid by Pike County, Ky., 3rd-grade students, put together as part of a grade-wide project with teacher Erica Rowe, ...

Drivewyze adds four western Illinois weigh stations to bypass network

Drivewyze has added weigh stations on I-80 Westbound at East Moline, I-74 Eastbound at Moline, I-55/70 Westbound at Maryville and I-64 Eastbound at O'Fallon to its network.

Spot market ‘checks and balances’ on offer in the last week for van, reefer freight

Van freight volumes edged up last week, but load posts were outpaced once again by an increase in available trucks. That led to a 5 cent dip in the national ...

Trucking rap sheet: Trucking co. owner gets nine years in prison for insurance fraud

A New Jersey trucking company owner was sentenced this week to nine years in a state prison for filing more than $1.2 million in false claims for refrigerated cargo that ...

Truckers line up under Michigan overpass to prevent suicide attempt

Thirteen truck drivers were part of a coordinated effort by Michigan State Police to prevent a man's suicide attempt early Tuesday morning on I-696 at Coolidge. The truckers were instructed ...

Hear driver Justin Bowman’s Lynyrd Skynyrd cover, submitted to Overdrive’s Trucker Talent Search

The fifth annual Overdrive-Red Eye Radio's Trucker Talent Search is accepting entries through May 1.

Larry Olevnik and Michelle Capps’ 2006 Peterbilt 379

Olevnik says so far, he and Capps have replaced the bumper, visor and pipes and gutted the interior. He adds that they plan to build the truck into a show ...

Landstar agents’ meeting honors ...

Doc film project cruising with female ...

Two-day biz-topics meeting for owner-ops

Autocar adding Cummins X12 to lineup this ...

Truck Products

Autoventions’ Trailer Sentry cargo security device

Autoventions’ Trailer Sentry is a Bluetooth-enabled cargo security device built for preventing truck and trailer cargo theft. The system is designed to allow the user to lock a trailer and cab through a proprietary combination of hardware and software. The ...

Bridgestone Americas’ waste-haul tires, retread

Bridgestone Americas showcased two new all-position radial tires and a retread at WasteExpo 2018 in Las Vegas. The Bridgestone M870 features a design that provides longer wear performance in high-scrub short-haul applications and casing enhancements such as cooling fin technology ...

Maxxima’s LED strip lights

Maxxima’s flexible hybrid auxiliary stop-turn-tail/backup LED strip lights are designed for trucks, trailers, buses and other vehicles. Available in 48- and 60-inch lengths, the combo strip lights can be applied to the vehicle’s rear to produce bright white and red lighting for increased visibility during ...

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Garmin Speak and Alexa provide help on the road

Even the best, most proficient truck driver on the road today needs a little help from time to time. More often than not, most of the big stuff is handled ...

Blue Parrott offers choices for Bluetooth headsets

As a truck driver, you have more than your fair share of things to worry about as you head down the road. Aside from your truck’s mechanical wellbeing and the ...

Garmin’s dēzl 580 LMT-S loaded with features to help truckers

Garmin’s dēzl 580 LMT-S GPS Navigator is sort of an electronic Swiss Army knife that has a complement the tools to make your time on the road easier and safer. ...