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Channel 19
Report your boot: Mich. small fleet owner crowd-sourcing booting incidents
Leander Richmond launched ReportaBoot.com, intended to collect booting incident reports directly from drivers/carriers from the last few years, and in ongoing fashion — with a mind toward spurring action to tamp down particular practices of the “parking lot pirates,” as he calls a new breed of ‘parking enforcement’ providers.
May 21, 2019
Business
USPS, TuSimple begin Level 4 autonomous trials
Equipped with a network of lidar, radar and cameras that enable SAE Level 4 autonomous driving, each truck will also have a safety engineer and driver on board to monitor vehicle performance and to ensure public safety for the duration of the five round trip, two-week pilot test that kicks off Tuesday, May 21.
May 21, 2019
Voices
POLL: As state legislatures take up various new abortion restrictions, what’s your view?
Several states where Republicans control legislative and executive branches of government have taken up new abortion restrictions in recent times, most notably Alabama with what amounts to an outright abortion ban. Weigh in via this latest “hot buttons” series poll.
May 21, 2019
Hours of Service
FMCSA begins process of potentially redefining ‘ag commodities’ for hours exemptions
FMCSA has filed a “pre-rule,” also known as an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, with the White House’s Office of Management and Budget that will seek industry input for defining who is allowed to run under exemptions granted to truckers hauling agriculture commodities.
May 20, 2019
Channel 19
‘Joey’s Ride’ with trucking at Ohio elementary school; a trucker-songwriter releases first record in 40 years
Scenes from trucker-songwriter Tony Justice and Trucker Nation’s surprise visit to an elementary-school fan in Defiance, Ohio, last week Friday. Also: Longtime highway hauler and songwriter Will Beeley’s return to recorded music — after a nearly 40-year record hiatus.
May 20, 2019
Business
Trucker named Highway Angel for helping save fellow trucker from fire
He noticed something out of place from a truck in front of him and realized it was a flame, and he then saw smoke coming out from under the front wheels of the truck. Peter Lester pulled around and got on the horn to try to alert the other driver.
May 20, 2019
Business
Paccar recalls nearly 7,000 Kenworth, Peterbilt trucks over various issues
A parking brake issue has prompted Paccar to recall more than 1,800 Kenworth tractors, while an electrical system issue resulted in a recall of more than 5,000 vocational Peterbilt trucks, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents.
May 20, 2019
Business
‘Truckers Fund’ and country star team up on wellness promotion initiative
The multi-platinum selling artist Joe Nichols lost his truck-driving father at a young age from job-related health issues. Now, Nichols has inked a partnership to do “anything and everything I can to help St. Christopher and their cause.”
May 20, 2019
Business
Dashcam catches patroller crashing into truck on I-15 before ticketing trucker
In the video here, a Utah Highway Patrol officer swerved across multiple lanes of traffic before crashing into trucker Roland Terry’s tractor. According to reports, the patroller then ticketed Terry for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. Terry’s fleet plans to use the dashcam video to fight the citation.
May 18, 2019
Business
Driver stretches in attempted turn across divided highway — Preventable or not?
In this video from Overdrive sister site CCJ, driver John Doe prepared to make a left-hand turn onto a divided highway, but wound up getting T-boned. Was this accident preventable or not?
May 18, 2019
Business
Truck demand gave more ground as spot load counts fell 11% last week
The number of load posts on the DAT network of load boards fell 11% the week ending May 12. Truck posts, meanwhile, increased 5% in the latest down indicator for spot market demand for truckers.
May 17, 2019
Business
Re-purposing dry van space as a small shop
This four-foot walk-in storage compartment Daniel and Phyllis Snow built into the front of their spread-axle dry-van trailer, is accessible from the tractor’s deck catwalk via a door assembly. The Snows built it on a budget — slightly more than $200, and plenty sweat equit — to house tools, parts and other supplies.
May 17, 2019
Business
Tesla sedan’s Autopilot system was active at time of fatal crash with tractor-trailer, NTSB says
Investigators found that the Tesla was traveling at approximately 68 mph at the time of impact, and according to the report, neither preliminary data nor surveillance videos indicate the driver or the Autopilot system executed evasive maneuvers before the crash.
May 17, 2019
Custom Rigs
A new take on stainless, an amazing trailer conversion
The exterior attention-grabber is the gold-colored stainless on the Kenworth W900 and the custom RV it pulled. The interior of the trailer, though, is an equally impressive showpiece of household amenities and efficient power-sharing.
May 17, 2019
Business
SEC alleges former Celadon exec skewed reported profits with truck sales scheme
The alleged scheme allowed Celadon to avoid recording losses on the equipment — the source of legal and financial troubles that plagued the company since 2017.
May 17, 2019
Voices
Roadcheck preps: How are you preparing for the June 4-6 inspection blitz this year?
What’s your plan for June 4-6, whether business as usual, investment in preventive additional equipment inspections or a planned vacation? …
May 16, 2019
Custom Rigs
Register now for August’s Great American Trucking Show
Returning to the show in 2019 will be the Overdrive’s Pride & Polish truck show, the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search sing-off finale, Overdrive’s Partners in Business seminars, hundreds of exhibitors and more.
May 16, 2019
Channel 19
New book chronicles the pop rise and fall of the ‘first electronic social network’
From the “slanguage” used by truckers and others over the radio to the role of truckers in the CB’s popularity growth in the 1970s, Missouri writer and academic Tim Scherrer’s new book is the culmination of 23 years of research in 296 pages, with 44 illustrations and more than 200 sources.
May 16, 2019
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