Matt ColeMatt Cole is the Senior Editor for Overdrive and CCJ. Reach him at [email protected].RegulationsFMCSA guidance reaches for clarity: Do dispatch services need brokerage authority?As required by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, FMCSA has issued interim guidance clarifying when a dispatch service is a broker or bona fide agent under current regulations, offering multiple factors for such services to consider.November 15, 2022BusinessOne-stop-shop: How a fledgling small fleet found organization, efficiency with TMSAfter using QuickBooks to manage many different aspects of the young business for about a year, Shipping Teleporters Trucking Company has already seen considerable financial growth in just a few months since switching to the Trucker Path Command TMS.November 10, 2022BusinessTransportation Management System platforms: Not just for large fleetsTMS options for the smallest fleets have been growing in number -- and can help small fleets, down to the one-truck independent, streamline back-office workload and manage comms with drivers, trucks, customers and more.November 10, 2022Custom RigsN.C. small fleet's custom 2018 Kenworth W900 bags 'top notch' recognitionOperator Chase Hedgepeth showed the rig at the 2022 Mayberry Truck Show in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, where it was recognized as a "Top Notch 10" truck -- one of the 10 best from the states of North Carolina and Virginia.November 10, 2022Hours of ServiceOwner-operator regroups after FMCSA denies hours exemption requestLee and Lisa Schmitt told Overdrive Tuesday they would be addressing FMCSA’s reasons for denying the request and resubmitting their request by the end of the day Tuesday. “We’re not going away,” Lisa said.November 8, 2022Electronic Logging DevicesCalifornia moves to implement intrastate ELD mandate for in-state-only truckersCalifornia is one of only two states that have yet to adopt the federal mandate for intrastate carriers. Intrastate California operators can comment on the proposal through Dec. 19.November 7, 2022CSA's Data TrailView from the road: ELD mandate increases pressure on operators, in more ways than oneOverdrive readers largely believe recent-history degradation of highway safety is due, at least in part, to ELDs. But some operators point to other issues in trucking as the real underlying problems negatively impacting safety.October 20, 2022CSA's Data TrailELDs and highway safety: Crashes, injuries and fatalities rise post-mandateDespite FMCSA's estimations that the ELD mandate would reduce injuries and fatalities in truck-involved crashes, crash numbers in the four years post-mandate tell a different story. Are ELDs the cause of the problem, or just one factor?October 20, 2022RegulationsWhat regs violations correlate most closely to future crash involvement?An updated ATRI study analyzed truck driver traffic violations and convictions, past crashes and more to determine which factors are statistically most correlated to future crash involvement.October 18, 2022Custom RigsNorth Carolina-based small fleet's custom '07 Pete 379Even though driver Brandon Burroughs says the truck is "nothing really fancy, it's just a work truck," the time and effort he's put into making it his own say otherwise.October 13, 2022Previous PagePage 40 of 184Next PageTop StoriesBusinessGet your 2025 Highway Report Card: Worst roads, state DOTs, parking desertsOverdrive readers graded the 48 continental United States for highway maintenance and expansion, congestion pressure and parking infrastructure, reporting broken suspensions, blown-out tires, high fees and aggressive ticketing from the worst of the worst.BusinessELD-data engagement: Your insurance premiums could depend on itRegulations‘No evidence’ non-domiciled CDLs bad for safety: Lawsuit to block DOT's new ruleBusinessBrokers, parking, emissions regs: Owner-ops' top trucking concernsFeatured SponsorBlueParrott S650-XT Bluetooth Headset
