Overdrive StaffRegulationsHousehold mover ordered to pay nearly $22M for deceptive practices | Memorial Day week rates recapA Florida-based HHG moving company and its owner were ordered to pay nearly $22 million for deceptive business practices. Also: Spot rates dip during low-volume Memorial Day week; New Kenworth dealership open near Cleveland.June 9, 2022RegulationsOwner-operator asks FMCSA for exemption from HOSThe owner, Leland Schmitt, says his decades of safe driving demonstrate an equivalent level of safety as the regulations; around half of recent poll respondents continue to rely on the COVID hours waiver. Also: Bill would streamline TSA credentials.June 8, 2022EquipmentBrake Safety Week inspection blitz coming in Aug. | New I-10 right-lane restrictionCVSA's annual brake-focused inspection, enforcement and education initiative will be held in August. Also: Diesel prices jump 16.4 cents over last week to new record high; Arizona restricting trucks to right lane along stretch of I-10.June 7, 2022EquipmentPOLL: Cargo or equipment theft -- what's been your experience?With reported thefts of some categories of commodity experiencing a steep rise during the last couple of years, this poll asks for your experience with theft, whether of the truck, trailer, the load or all three.June 7, 2022Reader RigsSteve Crane's 2020 Kenworth T880The rig is equipped with a 75,000-pound Galfab rolloff hoist and a Shurco SWAT tarper.June 7, 2022ParkingATRI seeks parking feedback from operators in Midwest | I-20 closures this weekATRI is asking operators in the Midwest to provide feedback on the region's real-time parking information system that was installed in eight Midwest states in 2019. Also: Nighttime closures planned along I-20 in Louisiana; new electric APU from Dynasys.June 6, 2022BusinessATA asks Biden to take action to bring down diesel pricesATA's suggestions to the president mostly involved easing the process for offshore and onshore energy production. Also: FMCSA awards grants to states to help curb rising highway fatalities; Volvo adds dual PTO to I-Shift automated manual transmission.June 3, 2022Trucker Talent Search'Heavy Load' -- Tank hauler and singer-songwriter Guy Archer liveArcher has been on the move since his big win in the Overdrive/Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search in 2021. In addition to continued songwriting and his mostly night work hauling, he was featured on the Red Eye Radio stage at MATS in March.June 3, 2022Hours of ServicePOLL: Are you still using the COVID-emergency HOS limits waiver?Continuing the hours waiver for a bevy of commodities June 1, FMCSA cited evidence of truckers' continued reliance on the now more-two-year-old HOS exemption. How often, if at all, have you used the waiver since significant changes last year?June 3, 2022Reader RigsOscar Sherman's 2007 International 9400The rig is powered by a Cat C15 with a PDI single turbo and a 10-speed Eaton-Fuller. Sherman leases the truck to Gary, Indiana-based OSTT Inc., specializing in flatbed and conestoga work, hauling mostly steel products and tubing from Chicago to Texas andJune 3, 2022Previous PagePage 141 of 1665Next PageTop StoriesBusiness'Great news for spot rates'? Supreme Court rules against Trump emergency tariffsThe court's ruling sets up potential for a "flood of goods out of bonded warehouses and foreign trade zones into the 'consumption channel'" with some further court action, according to one analyst. At once, the president claimed most tariffs would remain in one form or another. Details on the ruling here.RegulationsNon-domiciled CDL drivers, advocates call for California, Pennsylvania to fight DOTCustom Rigs1.8M miles and counting: Missouri owner-op's '05 W900LRegulationsFMCSA shuts down 500 'CDL mills' after wave of in-person auditsOverdrive ExtraFederation of Professional Truckers explains ELD exemption push with FMCSA, future plans