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New bill explores path to interstate driving for under-21 truckers
The legislation would allow 18-20-year-old CDL holders to cross state lines, as long as they stay within a certain range of their home base. Also: PGT Trucking expands with acquisition; Wyoming warns truckers of recent high winds, blow-overs.
December 12, 2025
Business
State of freight 'sluggish,' even amid spot spikes, capacity hits with ELP/CDL focus
What's the recent seasonal rates jump worth to the average owner-operator? How much might English language enforcement/non-domiciled CDL rule changes move the market? A Thursday "State of Freight" session charted market performance, finding a mixed bag of encouraging signs and warning lights en route to 2026.
December 12, 2025
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March 24, 2025
Regulations
FMCSA Administrator Barrs to make radical changes to driver training, ELDs, med cards
FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs on Thursday announced the end of self-certification for training providers, ELDs, and medical examiners.
December 11, 2025
Business
Diesel reverses course, falls 20 cents over 3 weeks
After hitting a 2025 high point in mid-November, diesel prices fell on average across the nation. Also: Texas oil-field fleet to deploy 30 Aurora autonomous trucks in 2026; storm-relief fleet's HOS waiver request denied.
December 10, 2025
Regulations
Even 21% of non-citizens support DOT's purge of 200,000 non-domiciled drivers
An Overdrive survey revealed that roughly 1 in 5 non-citizens who would lose their CDL eligibility support DOT's move to purge nearly 200,000 non-domiciled drivers from trucking work.
December 10, 2025
Business
Hogan Transports acquired by vehicle rental giant | HOS relief in two states
Enterprise Mobility, parent company of Enterprise Rent-A-Car among other businesses, is expanding into the Class 7-8 truck market with the acquisition. Also: Heating fuel haulers get HOS relief in two states; former USPS employee guilty of taking bribes from trucking companies; new TA in Colorado.
December 9, 2025
Trucker of the Year
Trucker of the Year 'exit interviews,' Part 2: Flatbedder's edition
This podcast episode concludes Overdrive's Trucker of the Year "exit interviews" series, and features an all-flatbedders group. With updates from a tough yet successful year, you’ll hear more than a bit of what some call "bygone" driver camaraderie amongst the four owners featured around -- what else? -- the subject of tarping.
December 8, 2025
Regulations
CVSA asks for FMCSA guidance on paper medical card waiver
With nine states still yet to fully implement FMCSA's electronic medical certificate system, CVSA is asking for guidance on drivers' use of paper medical cards. Also: New bill would bring TSA into cargo theft fight; Internationals recalled for ECU issue.
December 8, 2025
Business
CRST downsizing one-way OTR business | Truck stop prostitution sting nets arrests
The company is reducing its one-way OTR Capacity Solutions unit, including approximately 200 power units from its fleet of more than 4,300. Also: Human trafficking, prostitution sting at I-5 truck stop; Highway Angel of the Year voting open.
December 5, 2025
Overdrive Extra
'Peanut's Pride': Owner-op's second chance after close brush with death
Charles "Peanut" Pilkington and his 2005 Peterbilt 379, featured here, were lucky to survive this certifiable "act of God," a dramatic wreck caught on video. Here, he tells the story of the rig's resurrection, and new appreciation for his trucking life.
December 5, 2025
Regulations
DOT's non-domiciled CDL crackdown hugely popular with truck drivers: Overdrive survey results
More than 5,000 Overdrive readers have spoken, most strongly supporting DOT's non-domiciled CDL emergency rulemaking restricting eligibility for foreign drivers.
December 4, 2025
Overdrive Extra
FMCSA's training-provider purge: 'Crackdown' or cleanup?
With DOT rattling sabers around "illegal trucking" flooding the roads with "unqualified drivers," Overdrive found a familiar name among training providers proposed for removal from the provider registry. The company's story illustrates realities of FMCSA's registry-cleanup effort.
December 3, 2025
Regulations
No winter-long HOS waiver for propane haulers: FMCSA
FMCSA denied a request that would have allowed propane haulers to drive up to 12 hours a day with a 15-hour on-duty clock through the winter. Also: Relay Payments now accepted at TA, Petro locations; LED lighting company petitions for warning device waiver; more.
December 3, 2025
Regulations
ATA, trucking execs reveal plan for non-domiciled CDL, trucking data overhaul
ATA launches an offshoot group of trucking executives to deliver their vision for how CDL issuance, non-domiciled drivers, and fraud should be addressed.
December 1, 2025
Trucker of the Year
Catastrophic engine failure delivers customer calamity: How these owners prep for the worst
The "exit interviews," round 1, with four 2025 Trucker of the Year contenders, with the big push to the opportunity a new year always brings to set goals, lay plans and start acting on them. Yet it’s also true that in so many ways the time for that is now -- for any small trucking business, at any given moment.
December 1, 2025
Regulations
Canada plans inspection blitz targeting misclassified operators | Three recalls hit International, Volvo, Mack
In the coming weeks, inspection blitzes will be held in Ontario focusing on truck drivers misclassified as independent contractors. Also: 11K International trucks recalled for transmission issues; Mack, Volvo issue recalls for lights, more.
December 1, 2025
Equipment
The push to 12 mpg: How Joel Morrow's doing it with this VNL spec
For owner-operators, fuel mileage improvement once depended in large part on speed. In order to maximize fuel economy, "you were driving 55 miles an hour," notes Joel Morrow in this new video about the "Purple Haze 2" VNL860, "agressively downsped" to achieve high torque at lower rpms. Slowing down still works, but powertrain specs contribute mightily.
November 25, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Truckers' tools to prevent fuel fraud, from complex AI to simple cybersecurity self-help
At the annual NASTC conference, Wex's security team leader emphasized the human element in fuel-fraud prevention as the biggest factor any size carrier can address to make the most gains in preventing losses, empowering themselves through self-education and passing it on to team members.
November 24, 2025
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State of freight 'sluggish,' even amid spot spikes, capacity hits with ELP/CDL focus
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