Overdrive StaffBusinessAnnual use-tax filing period opens | Chicken processor fleet wants to use HOS ag exemptionHere, find tips to help make your Heavy Vehicle Use Tax as painless as possible. Also: Fleet petitions FMCSA to add certain products to "agricultural commodities" definition.July 4, 2025LifeHuman smuggling: Truck driver gets 10-year sentence | 'Big beautiful bill' heads to President's deskBorder Patrol agents found 25 people inside a sealed tanker trailer in November. Also: House passes Trump's "big beautiful bill" budget legislation; PA Turnpike set to increase tolls again in 2026; Mass. seeks CDL testing exemption for tests on Martha's Vineyard.July 3, 2025BusinessTrucking costs hit all-time high excluding fuelATRI reported average cost for operating a truck in 2024 fell 0.4% from 2023, but when cheaper fuel prices are excluded, remaining costs actually increased 3.6%. Also: CloudTrucks seeks waiver from truck driver employment application regs; new Boss Truck Shop in West Memphis.July 2, 2025LifeCargo thieves operating at record pace: July 4 warning | HOS waiver for fireworks haulersCargo theft recording firms offer tips on how trucking companies, drivers and others in the supply chain can protect cargo during the July 4 holiday period. Also: NYC expands weigh-in-motion overweight fines; fireworks haulers' HOS exemption renewed.July 1, 2025RegulationsParking boots on trucks banned by North Carolina legislationIn addition to outlawing booting of trucks for parking enforcement, the state is poised to prohibit bad actors from holding cargo hostage after a tow. Also: I-40 near Tenn./N.C. line back open; separate recalls impact 156 Mack units.June 30, 2025RegulationsDOT looking into states' non-domiciled CDLs, legislation aims at ELP | Alert: Slow-moving superloads hitting I-80A new bill in the U.S. Senate would require English proficiency of CDL applicants and prohibit CDL knowledge tests from being administered in any language other than English, as DOT officially moves on non-domiciled CDLs. Also: Massive super load moving across I-80 next week; new Love's along I-40.June 27, 2025RegulationsNew 'Expedited Inspection' service available through select ELDsIt's not a full Level 8 automated, no-stop inspection, yet the new service from Fleetworthy's Drivewyze automatically transfers fleet and vehicle registration data and driver hours over the air, directly to roadside enforcement to pre-fill inspection forms.June 26, 2025Hours of ServiceCongress asks FMCSA for earlier emergency declarationsA letter from members of the U.S. House asked FMCSA to issue emergency declarations in advance of predicted disasters rather than after the fact. Also: Oversize haulers should keep HOS-exemption paperwork in truck; ATRI updates idling regs, sustainability compendiums; more.June 26, 2025VoicesSafety, competition: What's your view of driverless trucks?Will on-highway trucks without an operator behind the wheel ever be feasible in large-enough numbers to provide competition for owner-operators? Weigh in here with your views around automated driving technology and thoughts on potential timing for its competitiveness with traditional operations.June 26, 2025BusinessDiesel prices spike as global tensions rise | ELP out-of-service enforcement in effectAs crude oil prices climbed through June, so did diesel prices in the U.S. -- from a nearly four-year low to an 11-month high in 3 weeks. Also: As ELP OOS enforcement begins, new driver language assessment released; 31 "superloads" moving in Oregon; shop owner faces charges over emissions "deletes."June 25, 2025Page 1 of 1645Next PageTop StoriesOverdrive Radio'Shake a stranger's hand' today: Remembering owner-operator and songwriter Bill WeaverIn this week's podcast, celebrate with us some of what Bill Weaver leaves behind after his untimely passing June 30. This Overdrive Radio episode features some memories, likewise re-airs of two episodes featuring his "Every Mile I Drive" and "Burnin' the Old School Down" records, from 2016 and 2018.EquipmentFTC's 'junk fees' rule could protect trucking from predatory towingCustom RigsOversize-haul owner-op's 'clean and simple' 2020 Peterbilt 389RegulationsDataQs reform: FMCSA pivots to new state requirements for fundingFeatured SponsorRead More
