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Parking
Texas town can now enforce truck parking bans on private property
The new ordinance in Midland gives business owners the ability to prohibit truck parking on their property with enforcement provided by the city. The ordinance allows the city to fine truckers parked in posted no parking zones on commercial property up to $500.
October 25, 2018
Business
College admits glider kits emissions study is flawed
The study, funded by Fitzgerald Glider Kits, erroneously concluded that glider kits âperform equally as well and in some instances out-perform OEM enginesâ in terms of emissions of greenhouse gases and particulate matter, says a letter the university.
October 25, 2018
Business
Opioid bill asks DHS for progress on guidance for driver hair-sample drug testing
2015âs FAST Act highway bill directed DHS to develop guidelines within a year for drug testing drivers via hair sample as an alternative to urine-sample tests. However, nearly three years later, no such guidelines have been produced.
October 25, 2018
Business
Drivewyze partners with Switchboard to integrate bypass into ELD app
With the integration, Switchboard will offer bypass opportunities at more than 700 weigh stations in 43 states and provinces. It will also provide heads-up warnings for weigh stations ahead that arenât in the Drivewyze network.
October 25, 2018
Business
Convoy digital brokerageâs power-only options for owner-ops, small fleets
Since May of this year, and after quietly purchasing and leasing trailers and testing its program at a select group of shippers of receivers among its customer base, the Convoy digital brokerage has been adding to the power-only load options available to carriers in its network via the Convoy app.
October 24, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
ATRI looking to create database of ELD data, soliciting participants
The American Transportation Research Institute, a non-profit research arm of ATA, announced Wednesday it is looking for fleets and owner-operators to share logging data from their ELDs in hopes of creating a database. The group says the data will be kept anonymous.
October 24, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Redefining âdriverâ puts âself-drivingâ into sharper focus
With a sobering awareness of driverless truck challenges, the road to Level 5 autonomous trucking should be a very long one.
October 24, 2018
Channel 19
The inspiring story behind a new fallen driversâ memorial along EB I-30 in Arkansas
Near EB I-30 in Little Rock at the edge of CalArk headquarters, the memorial began with CalArk and Central Hauling driversâ and employeesâ desire to honor the memory of trucker Wayne Gordon after his on-duty passing. In short order, however, itâs become more than just that.
October 24, 2018
Business
Virginia infrastructure plan could include tolls on I-81
The draft plan includes tolling both passenger cars and commercial trucks in âtime of dayâ tolling that would charge higher rates at peak travel times and lower rates overnight. The study calls for charging commercial trucks 17 cents per mile, which would be $55.25 to cross the entire state across I-81.
October 24, 2018
Business
Show us your Halloween pet pics
Overdrive and Truckers News want to see your pets dressed up in Halloween costumes. Snap a picture and submit it before Nov. 1, 2018. Learn more here.
October 24, 2018
Custom Rigs
Custom 2019 Kenworth W900L: Chi-Town Large Cars-themed flagship of Hallahan Transport
Get a close look at Chi-Town Large Cars trucking club member and five-truck small fleet owner-operator Rob Hallahanâs new Hallahan Transport flagship, a 2018 Kenworth W900L with plenty custom adds and revisions, working with Big Rig Chrome Shop in Oshkosh and River States in La Crosse, Wis.
October 23, 2018
Business
Archived: Thieves employ identify theft tactics in growing cargo theft trend
From Overdriveâs March 2017 print issue and originally published online in January 2017: âFictitious pickups,â a form of identity theft, has been a growing â and alarming â trend. How it works and how to combat it.
October 23, 2018
Business
Trucker stops to save children from burning home
KMEG-TV reports Martin Hughes was driving through Sioux City, Iowa, on Oct. 18 when he saw a woman and two of her children on the side of the road flagging him down. Hughes, who is from Nebraska, stopped and was told there were two other children inside a burning home.
October 23, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: Are you satisfied with your electronic logging device and provider company?
Independent owner-operators, six months and counting since the April enforcement deadline for the FMCSAâs ELD mandate, if youâre utilizing and ELD for logs, how is the device and its provider performing?
October 23, 2018
Business
UrgentCareTravel opens new medical clinics in Ohio, Arizona
UrgentCareTravel, the medical clinic partnered with Pilot Flying J, has opened new locations in Phoenix, Arizona, and Perrysburg, Ohio, giving truck drivers in these areas access to quick medical care while on the road.
October 23, 2018
Business
DOT begins Congressionally required audit of FMCSAâs outline for overhauling CSA
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs punch list for how it intends to reform the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program is now under an internal audit by the U.S. DOT, as required by Congress in the 2015 FAST Act.
October 22, 2018
Channel 19
Truckers and diesel enthusiasts, among others, coming together in Maine to support hospitalized two-year-old
Saturday, October 27, truckers, motorcyclists and more will have a police escort to I-95 and up through Bangor to where Enoch McGovern is recovering. More here.
October 22, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Faces of the Road: â18 wheels and a dozen rosesâ singer-songwriter Kathy Mattea and her new record
âLong Haul Paulâ sits down with a trucking-country legend for a talk, in part, about her new âPretty Birdâ record: âIn the end, we all become characters in a Kathy Mattea song. In three years, if I can tough it out, I will literally receive a gold watch at my own trucking job. âŚâ
October 22, 2018
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