Carolyn MagnerCarolyn Magner is director of content marketing services and covers special topics for Overdrive. Email Carolyn at [email protected]Overdrive ExtraOverdriveās Most Beautiful Brita Nowak talks tough times, more at GATSNowak charmed everyone with her frankness about her breast cancer journey and her passion for all things trucking.September 30, 2016BusinessReinvented: Overdriveās Most Beautiful winner goes from the big screen to the big rig, excels as independent owner-operatorFormer actress Brita Nowak of Jupiter, Florida, is ready for her newest starring role. The owner of BratCat Express is the winner of the 2016 Overdriveās Most Beautiful contest.July 8, 2016Overdrive ExtraBeing Brita: Overdriveās Most Beautiful winner soars as an independent truckerIf anyone can model a competent, strong woman flourishing in a traditionally male-dominated business, itās Brita Nowak, Overdrives 2016 Most Beautiful contest winner. More on Brita and her one-truck independent business hereā¦June 20, 2016BusinessYour health ā ripe for biomonitoring and telematicsIn the not-so-distant future, your truck and its associated systems will be able to read your vital signs and alert you and others to an impending health breakdown. This data could be synced to your truckās communications system, which could automatically send select health data to your fleet, your insurance provider or FMCSA.April 20, 2016BusinessJoanneās Journey: Overdriveās Most Beautiful winner overcomes hurdles to set a standard for truckingās imageāYou are the most beautiful trucker Iāve ever seen,ā said a bashful driver to Joanne Fatta while they were fueling at a truck stop. Fatta laughed and asked him when he had last seen a woman trucker. He couldnāt recall. Fatta says being able to play a small part in redefining the stereotype truck driver [ā¦]August 24, 2015BusinessSuicide by truck, Part 4: āYou grip the steering wheel and maintain your laneāThe fourth and final installment in the āSuicide by truckā series, which examines the the largely undocumented incidents of pedestrians and four-wheelers who choose speeding trucks as an instrument of suicide. Hereās another truckerās story.August 13, 2015BusinessSuicide by truck, Part 3: Driversā best efforts sometimes still not enoughThe third installment of the āSuicide by truckā series, which examines the largely undocumented incidents of pedestrians and four-wheelers who choose speeding trucks as an instrument of suicide.August 12, 2015BusinessSuicide by truck, Part 2: āItās shocking to see something so deliberateāContinuing Overdriveās examination of āsuicide by truckā stories of truckers recounting their experiences with suicidal pedestrians and four-wheelers, hereās the second installment.August 11, 2015BusinessSuicide by truck, Part 1: Highway suicides test driver response, imprint horrific memoriesStories of truckers recounting their experiences and the emotional distress following suicidal pedestrians and four-wheelers who use moving trucks as an instrument of suicide.August 10, 2015Overdrive ExtraMy conversations with truckers dealing with āsuicide by truckā casesThereās no way to fully prepare yourself for this kind of tragedy, but being at your very best, all the time, gives you an edge.August 9, 2015Previous PagePage 3 of 23Next PageTop StoriesRegulationsDataQs reform: FMCSA pivots to new state requirements for fundingFollowing up on a 2023 proposal to add appeals processes for third-stage DataQs reviews, FMCSA responded to comments received by pivoting to a different approach, state-level changes to the DataQs requirements for MCSAP Grant funding.Small Fleet ChampClock is ticking: One month left to enter Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet ChampionshipOverdrive RadioOwner-op Kevin Bruns: A Millennial's journey through car haul and tanker to dump and now step deckEquipmentUsed-truck market rife with uncertaintyFeatured SponsorRead More
