Kevin JonesVoicesDriver shortage: Veteran operators’ views on who’s filling itIn the final installment of this series, longtime drivers Kenny Frye, Jim Hoskins, John Minders and Mike Hogan offer views on the quality of professional entering the industry today.September 4, 2013BusinessDriver shortage: Many are called, fewer are chosenPart 2 in this series examines carrier management and driver views on solutions to improved conditions to attract people to the trucking industry.September 2, 2013BusinessDriver shortage: Countdown to a capacity crunch, and a boost in rates?Is higher driver compensation just around the corner? This series — part 1 available here — looks at the tightening of the employment market for drivers, and the potential for a rate boost.August 29, 2013Overdrive ExtraNSA leaker cleared by firm that dings driversMaybe truck drivers should apply for Top Secret clearance first: That should look good on a resumé — and then they could claim PSP records are classified. . .July 8, 2013Overdrive ExtraI-40 lanes back open in Arkansas“Interstate truckers need a good federal highway system. The price we pay is regulation. Want the feds out of your business? Get used to sitting around in local traffic.”July 4, 2013Overdrive ExtraTrucking with environmentalistsWhat the President’s new Climate Action Plan has to say about heavy-duty trucks yields odd alignment of environmental / trucking perspective in discussion.June 28, 2013BusinessWhite House plan would tighten fuel standards, emissions for trucksPresident Barack Obama proposed this week more comprehensive and challenging standards for truck emissions and fuel economy that would be phased in through 2018.June 27, 2013Previous PagePage 4 of 4Top StoriesOverdrive RadioFreight recession? Trucker of the Month insulates biz with direct customersRon Kelsey’s achieved something of an "owner-operator holy grail," trucking for decades now in a still-pristine modified two-stick 1981 Peterbilt 359 and hauling direct freight for customers that date back three decades for the owner.EquipmentCummins delays new X15 diesel amid regulatory and demand uncertaintyCustom RigsWisconsin fleet owner's 1998 Freightliner cabover 'Never Finished'RegulationsTruck aftertreatment systems are here to stayFeatured SponsorDezl Trucking Headsets 100/200 Series - Life on the road never sounded so good
