Matt ColeMatt Cole is the Senior Editor for Overdrive and CCJ. Reach him at [email protected].BusinessCounterpoint to some truckers' tech reticence: 'If you use a smartphone, you embrace it'Owner-operator Andy Freeman contends the smartphone itself is an emblem of technology embrace for those who use one -- the vast majority of truck owners and drivers. Yet when it comes to GPS functionality, he's still pretty old-school.July 10, 2023BusinessBroker intrusions on the rise with ubiquitous location tracking capabilityWith load tracking required more often than not by shippers and brokers, many owner-operators and small fleets are wary of the insights location data accessed through apps or ELDs may be giving away.July 10, 2023BusinessCan AI transform the prying eyes of in-cab cameras for the better?Overdrive's State of Surveillance survey made it clear that drivers just straight up hate in-cab cameras, but new AI features of video event-recording cameras are attempting to win them over. Will it work?July 10, 2023BusinessTrucking's State of Surveillance: Special reportThis multipart special report launches from an Overdrive reader survey looking at costs, benefits of numerous tracking/monitoring techs, likewise author Karen Levy's "Data Driven" examination of "workplace surveillance" enabled by the ELD mandate.July 10, 2023Custom RigsIndependent's 2022 W9 hauls livestock coast-to-coastWyoming-based Cody Davis won several awards with the rig at the 2023 Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition, including first place in the Tractor-Trailer Division, Best Lights and Best Chrome.July 6, 2023Overdrive ExtraA special shoutout to trucker dads -- and one in particularTruck driving isn't an easy career path for anyone, much less someone with a spouse and children at home. Here, a special thanks to all the trucker dads (and moms) out there, especially my own. Today, he hangs up the keys on a 40-year trucking career.July 6, 2023Custom Rigs'Back in Time': Kentucky-based owner-operator's 1989 Freightliner FLC 120As impressive as the truck is, maybe even more of a draw to it at the 2023 Mid-America Trucking Show was owner Jason Earlywine's Basset hound, Cledus Snow.June 29, 2023RegulationsFlorida fleet owner charged in alleged $112M Ponzi schemeA Florida trucking company and its owner have been charged in an alleged Ponzi scheme. The fleet offered a wide range of services and high paid, flexible driving jobs. Authorities said it targeted mostly Haitian-Americans among investors.June 27, 2023Trucker of the YearMaster management, mechanical prowess pay off for 20-year independentHer 27 years in trucking and two decades as an independent have played out in numerous niches, leading her to where she is today, hauling for a direct shipper customer pulling a van, and hauling logs as a side gig.June 27, 2023Custom Rigs'Livin’ the Dream' with Willie Flores Jr.’s 1995 Pete 379After spending its first 27 years as a show truck in the United Kingdom, Flores bought the truck and brought it home, where it made its U.S. truck show debut at the 2023 Mid-America Trucking Show.June 22, 2023Previous PagePage 33 of 184Next PageTop StoriesBusinessBrokers, parking, emissions regs: Owner-ops' top trucking concernsThe trucking industry as a whole -- drivers and motor carriers -- ranked the economy as the overall top concern in ATRI's annual issues survey. Carriers and truck operators had different views of what's most concerning, though, with differences among different operator classes on offer, as well.Small Fleet ChampTFX, Oberman come out on top: Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet ChampsCustom RigsRebuilt 2002 Pete 379 dump truck a father's tribute to late sonBusinessLike a 'bronco buster at a rodeo': Truckers' experience on American roadways todayFeatured SponsorBlueParrott S650-XT Bluetooth Headset
