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Tools to help truckers get their jobs done
From Garmin's Speak Navigation Device to the Jackery PowerBar, see what gear is available to help truck drivers safely stay connected in a high-tech world.
May 7, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: Most readers feel ELDs have exacerbated parking issues
A run through the mailbag on Overdrive Radio with contrarians on and, mostly, true believers in the notion that the ELD mandate has exacerbated parking issues around the nation. And: A little detail on an hours-enforcement-with-ELD situation that begged for officer leniency, and none was to be had.
May 4, 2018
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Arkansas police seize 340 pounds of marijuana from trucker during inspection
The driver reportedly gave consent to search the truck, and inspectors found 340 pounds of marijuana and 2,340 units of cannabis oil with an estimated street value of $2.2 million.
May 4, 2018
Business
Multiple-calculator app for dump owners
The Dump Truck Math app was designed with estimators, foremen and truck owners in mind and includes three core calculators, cheats aimed to arrive at accurate rates per ton or cubic yard, number of trucks needed, and haul cost difference between two sites.
May 4, 2018
Truck Stops
Love’s opens new truck stops in Oklahoma, New Mexico
The company announced a new location in Oklahoma off of I-44 near the Oklahoma-Texas state line, and a new store in Belen, New Mexico off of I-25.
May 4, 2018
Business
California Supreme Court: Law favors employee driver classification over independent contractor status
The California Supreme Court on Monday issued a ruling outlining loose criteria by which carriers should determine whether a driver is an employee — and thereby entitled to certain benefits and  protections granted by California labor laws — or an independent contractor, and thereby not subject to requirements like minimum wage and meal and rest breaks, among other benefits.
May 4, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
How the two basic types of ELDs operate
There are two basic types of electronic logging devices: dedicated units and smartphone/tablet-based apps. Here’s a look at how they operate, and which may be a better fit for your operation.
May 4, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Truckers lose in the authenticity battles and baseless accusation flinging between ATA, OOIDA
At a time when the industry seems at least in some ways to be coalescing around a few pressing issues — need for hours of service reform, a lack of parking and battered highways, to name a few — the groups only stand to hang their members out to dry by continuing to throw punches.
May 3, 2018
Business
NTSB: Corrosion likely caused electrical conduit to fall in crash that killed trucker on PA Turnpike
A report released this week by federal transportation investigators says steel straps holding electrical conduits to the ceiling of a Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnel had corroded before a portion of conduit fell, killing a truck driver in February.
May 3, 2018
Business
Heck of a time to be a flatbedder: High demand indicators on offer in this week’s spot update
All that dark green in the map? That means flatbedders utilizing DAT load boards have been busy, with a serious imbalance between the number of posted flatbed loads and the number of posted available trucks. What’s more: It’s been that way since winter and the ELD mandate’s inception.
May 3, 2018
Channel 19
Parking since the ELD mandate — what have you seen?
Have you seen greater parking stresses since the ELD mandate came into play? Dial our podcast line at 530-408-6423 to weigh in with a message. From his perspective, awareness of the parking problem, certainly, has risen as a result, says Delaware Sgt. Walter Newton. Also a reminder: A smartphone app alone will not get you to all the way to an ELD …
May 3, 2018
Business
Queen of the Road winners announced
Real Women in Trucking crowned its annual Queen of the Road award recipients in Sandy Long (awarded posthumously), Carolynn ‘Reanee’ Swiger and Cheryl Lynn Ibana-Bean.
May 3, 2018
Parking
DOT plans to survey truck stops, states and enforcers about parking shortage
Following up on a 2014 survey of truck drivers about the challenges they face in finding secure parking, the U.S. DOT’s Federal Highway Administration announced last week it plans to survey truck stop operators, state DOT officials and enforcement personnel about inadequacies in available truck parking.
May 3, 2018
Business
Bypass wars in Mo.: State auditor finds conflicts of interest among issues limiting competition in weigh-station bypass
A unique arrangement in the state, where PrePass’ parent nonprofit HELP Inc. wholly owns weigh-in-motion equipment deployed there after a $21 million investment, however, also appears to have played a significant role in the Drivewyze service’s delay there, among other issues.
May 2, 2018
Business
Outage of examiner registry prompts FMCSA to postpone implementation of electronic medical certificate rule
Due in part to the ongoing outage of the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners, FMCSA says it will postpone the requirements that FMCSA submit information to state-licensing agencies — and the requirement that state agencies send information to the CDLIS — for three years, until June 2021.
May 2, 2018
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Medical examiners face charges, sentencing in fraud cases; trucking co. charged for illegally repairing tankers
A California trucking company owner was charged for illegally repairing cargo tankers after a tanker exploded while being welded in 2014. An Alabama woman pleaded guilty to a medical certificate fraud scheme, and two Georgia women were sentenced for their roles in a med cert fraud scheme.
May 2, 2018
Parking
Two I-29 rest areas in South Dakota closed for reconstruction
The Wilmot rest area, at exit 213 off of I-29, is expected to reopen by February 2019, while the Vermillion rest area, at exit 26 off of I-29, is expected to reopen by April 2019.
May 2, 2018
Voices
POLL: Do you use a weigh-station bypassing system?
Are weigh-station bypassing systems worth the expense? This new poll probes the extent of bypass use among owner-operators.
May 2, 2018
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