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Electronic Logging Devices
Phoenix ELD revoked by FMCSA
One week after FMCSA removed five ELDs from its registered devices list, it takes down Phoenix ELD.
October 23, 2025
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Like a 'bronco buster at a rodeo': Truckers' experience on American roadways today
Responding to Overdrive's "Truckers' Highway Report Card" survey, owner-operators ranked Indiana's I-70 the absolute worst haul route in the nation. Indiana and other state DOTs who made the "worst roads" list, some recognize, can use the naming and shaming truckers' perceptions offer in a new 20-page report charting infrastructure struggles around the nation.
October 23, 2025
Responding to Overdrive's 'Truckers' Highway Report Card' survey, small-business owner-operators ranked Indiana's I-70 as the worst. The Indiana DOT and other state DOTs who made the list are well aware of the perception and are looking to solve the problem.
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Truckers' 2025 Highway Report Card: Worst roads, states, parking
Truckers grade the 48 continental United States for highway maintenance and expansion, congestion pressure and parking infrastructure. Ahead of the 2026 expiration of the most recent highway bill, this report charts a path for funding to where it's most needed.
October 23, 2025
Overdrive's 20-page 'Truckers' Highway Report Card' is available now for download, ranking state DOTs for maintenance of on-highway pros' OTR workplaces and downtime parking necessities.
Business
Diesel prices down 13 cents in October | FMCSA clearing path for autonomous rigs with recent waiver?
Since the last full week of September, fuel prices have fallen nationally for three straight weeks; used-truck pricing decline accelerating for late-model sleepers. Also: Autonomous truck tech developer Aurora gets exemption from warning triangle requirement.
October 22, 2025
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Regulations
Homeland Security explains how 'illegal aliens' get CDLs in the U.S.
After a string of high profile arrests of "illegal alien" non-domiciled CDL holders, the Trump administration explains what exactly is going on.
October 22, 2025
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Business
New budget board for van loads from well-known source | Spot rates update
The new Load Board for Dry Vans offers unlimited searches and truck postings exclusively for the segment at a lower price point than the full load board subscription. Also: Rates mostly flat last week; OOIDA calls on Congress for stronger driver training standards.
October 21, 2025
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Overdrive Radio
Taking control: Owner-op cost and revenue, income, wider trucking trends
In this Overdrive Radio edition, follow along with the latest semi-annual ATBS owner-op trends session, charting performance metrics against which you can measure your own performance. A key metric to consider, too, to ID when the iron is hot -- not in the freight market broadly but in the run of your own day-to-day business.
October 20, 2025
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Electronic Logging Devices
Five ELDs revoked from FMCSA's 'Registered Devices' list
Revoked devices include the Premium ELD, True Logbook, Xplore ELD, Kami ELD and Evo ELD. Carriers and drivers should stop using the revoked devices and revert to paper logs/replace them with a compliant device.
October 17, 2025
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Chase away the phantom: 'There is no shortage of American-made drivers'
NASTC President David Owen applauds the Trump DOT's move to change rules around non-domiciled CDL issuance and hold states accountable for lapses, hopeful for a definite end to narratives that "promulgate the phantom 'driver shortage' to obscure and deflect from the most significant" safety issues.
October 17, 2025
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Regulations
Non-domiciled CDL drivers say DOT’s new rule violates their civil rights
DOT responds to non-domiciled CDL drivers who say the new rule to purge nearly 200,000 of them from of driving jobs violates their civil rights.
October 15, 2025
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Partners in Business
Cargo theft proliferation ups the ante on truckers' prevention
Prospects can be slim for freight recovery and apprehension of thieves after freight's stolen. Prevention of theft to begin with is what owner-operators and fleets should prioritize most, as a new report and tried-and-true preventive practices suggest.
October 15, 2025
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Regulations
Bill to codify ELP requirements for truck drivers: Senate version
The bill is companion legislation to the "Connor's Law" that was introduced in the U.S. House earlier this year. Also: New insurance agency from a well-known source; truck parking info now available along I-5; Wreaths Across America needs your help.
October 15, 2025
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Prime time for cargo theft: $18M vanishing every single day
With high-profile freight losses mounting and making headlines, research from the American Transportation Research Institute found that cargo theft costs trucking writ large as much as $6.6 billion annually, or $18 million every single day.
October 14, 2025
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Regulations
Non-domiciled drivers a nuclear verdict waiting to happen: 'Legal alert'
A lawyer at Hanson Bridgett put big and small fleets, brokers and other logistics companies, and shippers themselves on notice: Make certain non-citizen drivers you work with are credentialed within the bound of new rules or face litigious consequences.
October 13, 2025
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POLL: What's your preferred compensation structure: Miles, %, hours, a combo?
If you're leased to a carrier or a company driver, weigh in on this short poll on pay preferences and reality, including insight on how carriers approach miles -- short, practical, or actual.
October 10, 2025
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Foreign driver exodus clearing parking lots and boosting rates?
Brokers and truck parking lot owners say non-domiciled drivers are leaving in droves. What are you seeing?
October 9, 2025
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Regulations
House bill would relaunch under-21 apprenticeship program
The current pilot program officially ends in November, and new legislation would relaunch the program with simplified rules. Also: Spot rates update for first week after non-domiciled CDL changes; Truckstop.com partners with NMFTA on cybersecurity resources for small fleets, owner-operators.
October 9, 2025
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Partners in Business
Overdrive's Load Profit Analyzer: How to use to assess rates, costs
This video tutorial walks owner-operators through simple steps that will help unlock insights to drive the business forward profitably, whether analyzing load offers on the front end or holding yourself accountable after the run's in the bag.
October 8, 2025
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'Peanut's Pride': Owner-op's second chance after close brush with death
Charles "Peanut" Pilkington and his 2005 Peterbilt 379, featured here, were lucky to survive this certifiable "act of God," a dramatic wreck caught on video. Here, he tells the story of the rig's resurrection, and new appreciation for his trucking life.
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DOT's non-domiciled CDL crackdown hugely popular with truck drivers: Overdrive survey results
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FMCSA's training-provider purge: 'Crackdown' or cleanup?
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