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Channel 19
After following GPS up an Oregon mountain service road and getting stuck, trucker walks four days out of the forest
Itâs certainly a GPS-snafu story, but Jacob Cartwrightâs is also a story of determination, given the distance traveled out on foot and the spirit to continue after what had to be, days into the trek, a growing sense he might not make it.
May 1, 2018
Truck Stops
Loveâs updates app with mobile fuel purchases
Loveâs Travel Stops has updated its Loveâs Connect mobile app with a new design and has added Loveâs Pay for fuel purchases, which allows drivers to start diesel pumps and pay for fuel from their cabs.
May 1, 2018
Business
House passes bill with directives on driver breaks, criteria for brokers/shippers selecting a carrier
Two trucking policy riders made their way into a House bill passed Friday: One to protect carriers from litigation from drivers seeking wages for state-mandated meal and rest breaks, mostly isolated to California currently. The other is a policy provision that would protect brokers and shippers from liability when selecting a carrier to move their loads.
April 30, 2018
Business
New service to connect overdimensional haulers with pilot car operators
PilotBOSS at release will be the worldâs first on-demand matching software designed to connect carriers who need them with pilot car service providers, the company says, bringing the process of finding, securing, dispatching, tracking and invoicing jobs into a single, simple-to-use platform.
April 30, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Faces of the Road: Retired hauler and fleet owner Theldon Thornburgh
The latest in Long Haul Paulâs series capturing voices from the road: Theldon Thornburgh reflects on his long career, beginning in a 1930s/40s gas-powered International: âI was pretty lucky. I think I traveled 5.2 million miles and never did have a chargeable accidentâŚâ
April 30, 2018
Business
Todd Spencer takes the helm as OOIDA president
The Board of Directors for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association on Thursday voted unanimously to approve Todd Spencer as OOIDAâs new president. Heâs been elected to a five-year term and was sworn in as president last week.
April 30, 2018
Business
After losing legal appeal, CARB is voiding some compliance alternatives added in 2014
The time has expired for legal appeals to save CARBâs 2014-introduced âcompliance alternativesâ to the engine upgrades and retrofits required by its in-use diesel regs. Emails attempting to clarify the situation have been going out this month to truck owners with CARB-registered trucks still taking advantage of one or more of those alternatives.
April 30, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Many choices, some at low cost, for meeting mandate
Since the mandate saw its first compliance deadline date, new players have emerged that sell hardware, and offer ELD software for existing devices, some with no monthly fee. Most devices, however, take the opposite approach to pricing. Hereâs a breakdown of the myriad of ELD providers on the market.
April 30, 2018
Business
CVSAâs new working committee on crash data and investigations aims to establishment fairness, uniform practice
A motoristâs crash that didnât touch a truck but ended up on a carrierâs record as a fatality because the motorist ended up deceased under the trailer highlights the pursuit of fairness in crash investigation with consistent reporting protocols that is among goals of CVSAâs new working crash committee.
April 27, 2018
Channel 19
Camaraderie, support along the long road
Truckersâ and law enforcement recent teamwork in Michigan to talk down/raise the floor under a bridge jumper is one of those events that show what is possible when folks come together in a single individualâs moment of need. Depression and sometimes resulting suicidal ideation and action on it are no joke; there are avenues to help out there.
April 27, 2018
Business
Hotshot carrier asks FMCSA to let him install sleeper berth in pickup truck bed
A sleeper berth in the bed of a pickup do not meet the access, location, exit, communication or occupant constraint requirements in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). Castignoli Enterprises argues that because he is a solo owner-operator, these requirements are not applicable to his operation.
April 27, 2018
Business
Measure to block state laws on driver pay/breaks tacked on to House bill
The so-called Denham Amendment, offered by Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) and two other lawmakers, would exempt carriers from complying with state laws that require employers to provide paid meal and rest breaks employees.
April 27, 2018
Hours of Service
House measure related to hours of service reform withdrawn
An amendment that would have allowed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to potentially expedite hours of service reforms, if any, in the next two years was withdrawn before it was brought to a vote on the House floor.
April 26, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Will FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez thread the needle toward hours change?
Colleagues James Jaillet and Davis Hollis joined me for this special edition Overdrive Radio podcast about their interview of FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez at MATS. Full audio of that interview is included, with further thoughts on hours-change potential in light of recent Congressional moves to grease the skids for it, so to speak, on tap for withdrawal, according to aides. âŚ
April 26, 2018
Business
Nominations sought for annual awards for top truck dealer, top parts distributor
Overdrive sister publications Truck Parts & Service and Successful Dealer have opened the nomination periods for their annual Distributor of the Year and Successful Dealer awards.
April 26, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Sidestepping the âmushy middleâ of autonomous vehicles
High levels of automation in cars and trucks on public highways could be decades away. If thatâs what it takes, itâs worth waiting for, as recent autonomous mishaps showâŚ
April 26, 2018
Business
Bill to establish $25,000 penalty for operating a CARB-noncompliant glider under consideration in California
The legislation, numbered AB 2364 in the California General Assembly and put forward with support of the state trucking association, moved out of the Committee on Transportation with no dissenting votes on Monday, April 23, with a âdo passâ recommendation.
April 26, 2018
Channel 19
Another Kentucky-coal trucks tribute, this one in 3rd-grade elementary school parody video
It looks to be an NJL Trucking rig in this now-viral vid by Pike County, Ky., 3rd-grade students, put together as part of a grade-wide project with teacher Erica Rowe, a parody project after Taylor Swiftâs âShake It Offâ called âMine the Coalâ.
April 25, 2018
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At TenFour D.C. on the National Mall, Long Haul Paul Marhoefer canvassed owner-operator participants with a question on his mind. Namely: Just what motivated their three-day participation? Several among big trucking issues emerge in this week's Overdrive Radio.
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