Overdrive StaffBusinessNews roundup, May 7: OOIDA presses Congress for brokered transaction transparencyThe association presses Congress for required disclosure of brokered transaction records, including what the shipper paid, and more in COVID relief bill. A new truck routing program is available from the Department of Homeland Security. A Georgia-based trucker was named a Highway Angel.May 7, 2020Custom RigsArchived: ‘Chicken Thang’ rules the roostLooking back at an eye-catching working show truckMay 7, 2020Overdrive RadioListen: Channel One-Nine Special from ‘Over the Road’ — Driver’s edGary Buchs is our driver's ed instructor in this Overdrive Channel One-Nine Special. Learn how "four-wheelers" and truck drivers can operate safely together.May 7, 2020BusinessTrucking Law: How the wheels of justice turn during the pandemicFrom writing fewer traffic tickets to courts pushing out dates, find out how coronavirus is impacting law enforcement and, in turn, truck drivers on Overdrive.May 6, 2020BusinessNews roundup, May 6: Uber Freight adds lease-on option; N.C.-based towing company charged for price gouging truckersFreight-matching brokerage Uber Freight has added an option to its platform to allow owner-operators without their own authority to lease on to what the company has called a “virtual trucking carrier.” A North Carolina-based towing company has been charged after allegedly improperly booting and/or towing trucks hauling COVID-19 relief supplies.May 6, 2020VoicesPOLL: Should brokers’ per-load margins be limited at a certain percentage?Would you advocate a regulated cap/ceiling on freight brokers’ margins/percentage take on any load across the board? On certain commodities or situations like the current crisis? Or just let supply/demand sort it all out? …. Weigh in here.May 6, 2020BusinessSome markets show growth in freight volume, but rates still lagThe DAT load board network shows the number of load posts was up 33% from last week but spot market rates still continue to slip. Learn more here on Overdrive.May 5, 2020Custom RigsJohn Sabo’s 1990 Peterbilt 362The rig used to haul his antique tractor and hay for his horses. The truck, like Sabo, is retired now.May 5, 2020BusinessNews roundup, May 5: Pilot launches new fuel card for fleets of all sizesPilot Company has launched a new fleet card, the Axle Fuel Card, that can be used for fuel purchases, truck care services and select truck merchandise. Overdrive parent company Randall-Reilly is providing free Chick-fil-A to truckers. Volvo and Mack are extending coronavirus financing specials.May 5, 2020BusinessNews roundup, May 4: Demonstrating truckers get White House nodFMCSA announced it is fully launching its Crash Preventability Determination Program that allows carriers to submit crashes for review to potentially have them removed from their CSA scores. Trump “with the truckers all the way,” he tweets, as demonstration continues. The city of Gallup, New Mexico, is closed at least through Thursday.May 4, 2020Previous PagePage 232 of 1653Next PageTop StoriesSmall Fleet ChampTurnage, TFX, Oberman, Clifford Hay advance to Small Fleet Champ final roundTurnage & Sons LLC, Thomasville Furniture Xpress, Oberman Logistics and Clifford Hay Inc. -- all are mastering the fine arts of trucking-biz management in myriad ways. Two Small Fleet Champs among these finalists will walk away with the title belts at NASTC's annual conference Oct. 23 in Nashville.Small Fleet ChampTurnage & Sons strikes balance with 29-truck organic milk-haul fleetCustom Rigs'Light it up': Restored '90s W9, million-mile Pete 389 keep milk-haul fleet rollingPartners in Business'Foreign driver capacity' hit incoming? Fleets watch, as owner-op income back on a slow riseFeatured SponsorBlueParrott S650-XT Bluetooth Headset
