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POLL: At what age do you think you’ll retire from full-time trucking?

Thinking realistically, at what age do you expect you’ll be ready to retire from full-time trucking? Weigh in via this poll.

October 26, 2018

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FMCSA fielding feedback on weeding out insolvent brokers for another month

FMCSA is accepting public comments until Nov. 27 on its proposal to set criteria for revoking the operating authority of brokers who don’t comply with federal surety bond and trust fund requirements. Click through to find the link to file public comments.

October 26, 2018

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Spot van rates hit low for the year

On the top 100 van lanes, 64 lanes showed lower average rates last week, 29 were higher, and seven were unchanged. Also: Trends and key markets for van, flat and reefer segments.

October 25, 2018

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Video look on a 353-inch-wheelbase 1999 Classic XL and its 190-inch sleeper

Owner-op Jayme Snow showed the unit recently at the Guilty by Association Truck Show, parked up next to his parents Daniel and Phyllis Snow’s 1996 Freightliner. Jayme’s rig and its two sleeper and wheel-base extensions, among other details, are no doubt remarkable.

October 25, 2018

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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

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College admits glider kits emissions study is flawed

The study, funded by Fitzgerald Glider Kits, erroneously concluded that glider kits “perform equally as well and in some instances out-perform OEM engines” in terms of emissions of greenhouse gases and particulate matter, says a letter the university.

October 25, 2018

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Opioid bill asks DHS for progress on guidance for driver hair-sample drug testing

2015’s 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

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 aren’t in the Drivewyze network.

October 25, 2018

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Convoy digital brokerage’s 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

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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

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Overdrive Extra

Redefining ‘driver’ puts ‘self-driving’ 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

The inspiring story behind a new fallen drivers’ 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 drivers’ and employees’ desire to honor the memory of trucker Wayne Gordon after his on-duty passing. In short order, however, it’s become more than just that.

October 24, 2018

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Virginia infrastructure plan could include tolls on I-81

The draft plan includes tolling both passenger cars and commercial trucks in “time of day” 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

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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

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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 Hallahan’s 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

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Archived: Thieves employ identify theft tactics in growing cargo theft trend

From Overdrive’s March 2017 print issue and originally published online in January 2017: “Fictitious pickups,” a form of identity theft, has been a growing — and alarming — trend. How it works and how to combat it.

October 23, 2018

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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

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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 FMCSA’s ELD mandate, if you’re utilizing and ELD for logs, how is the device and its provider performing?

October 23, 2018

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Vintage black semi-truck with chrome details and orange lights displayed at outdoor truck show

The ultimate Christmas present: A.J. Field's 1969 Peterbilt 358

Texas-based A.J. Field isn't a truck driver, but he and his wife, Casey, both love trucks, especially vintage Petes. He was surprised by Casey and a friend at Christmas a few years ago with this 1969 Peterbilt 358, which they've built together since.

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Truck driver petitions FMCSA for mandatory CO detectors after deaths

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Diesel marks third week of price cuts, spot freight rates stable

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FMCSA seeks emergency action to block 'chameleon' CDL schools

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FMCSA's Motus mess improving, little by little? Weigh in

Make a bill, pay the bill: Owner-ops 'only as good as their word' trucking OTR

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