Overdrive StaffRegulationsCanadian ELD mandate enforcement delayed again | FMCSA removes duplicate requirement for driversThe enforcement deadline is the first of next year. Also: FMCSA said the requirement that drivers report to their employers their convictions for traffic violations is redundant; FMCSA withdraws two rulemaking proposals; latest Highway Angel.March 8, 2022Reader RigsChris Rose's 2007 Peterbilt 379The truck features a Cat C15 with an 18-speed and is equipped with a 144-inch ARI sleeper.March 8, 2022RegulationsTexas-based one-truck carrier 'done with trucking' after crash, FMCSA shutdown orderA week after its driver was shut down following a crash, one-truck Koboat Trucking was declared an imminent hazard though had already ceased operating. Also: KY, OH seek federal funding to ease I-75/71 bridge congestion; Volvo, Freightliner recalls.March 7, 2022Partners in BusinessPartners in Business, live and in person, at MATS March 25Overdrive's PIB owner-operator business-focused program, produced in partnership with ATBS, is excited to return this year with an in-person seminar at the Mid-America Trucking Show Friday, March 25, at 1:45 p.m. local time.March 4, 2022RegulationsTeamsters, Labor Dept. meet to discuss truckers' job qualityThe meeting covered various topics, including independent contractor classification and driver compensation, collective bargaining and more. Also: FMCSA expanding allowable windshield area for mounting safety tech; two new Love's.March 4, 2022Reader RigsShawn Coll's 2019 Peterbilt 389 company truckThe rig features a 5EK Cat with an Eaton-Fuller 13-speed. Coll pulls a 53-foot Great Dane spread-axle reefer.March 4, 2022LifeTruck-involved crash deaths dip despite overall traffic fatalities increase | I-75 closure this weekendNHTSA reports that truck-involved crash fatalities fell by 1.3% in 2020, while overall traffic deaths that year increased by 6.8%. Also: ATA becomes sponsor for DOL registered apprenticeships; I-75 closures this weekend; best truck stops.March 3, 2022LifeAnnual Make-A-Wish Mother's Day Convoy returns to full scaleA full schedule for events is set for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Mother's Day, May 8. Also: Chevron acquiring renewable fuel manufacturer Renewable Energy Group; Rolling Strong helping drivers with medical recertification.March 2, 2022BusinessPOLL: How's your business faring in the daily battle against fuel, maintenance cost inflation?Are you losing the battle or winning the war? Brokers starting to push back in negotiations? Shippers balking at ever-increasing fuel surcharges and contract renegotiation? Or is everything hunky dory ... Weigh in here.March 1, 2022BusinessMichigan's spring weight restrictions begin Friday | $3M drug bust at borderBeginning Friday, March 4, weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways. Also: Mexican-licensed arrested after $2.9M in meth found in partially fake load of onions; Brandon, Manitoba, KW dealer back with new location.March 1, 2022Previous PagePage 152 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
