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‘The real problem’ isn’t ELDs
Now that it appears the ELD mandate is about to amplify the shortcomings of the hours of service rule, it’s time to address the real problem, not its surrogate.
June 30, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Audio tour through Tony Justice’s new ‘Stars, Stripes and White Lines’ album
The time has come, drivers. Tony Justice’s new record, “Stars, Stripes and White Lines,” is out and on its way to the truck-stop racks for an official June 30 release. As he and his wife, Misty, note in this Overdrive Radio podcast tour through the album, after a couple months for the physical CD release, a digital release follows in September.
June 30, 2017
Business
Large fleet raises pay for regional drivers
Drivers who have been with the Averitt Express for more than 10 years are receiving a pay increase to 50 cents per mile, and drivers with at least 5 years with the company are seeing a bump up to 48 cents per mile.
June 30, 2017
Business
Driving Miss Hazardous Materials
“Things that aren’t welcome in the Kroger parking lot for a thousand, Alex.” … Preparations for the Fourth well under way.
June 30, 2017
Truck Stops
Love’s opens new location in Ely, Nevada
The new location is the company’s fourth in Nevada. It features a Carl’s Jr. restaurant and 48 truck parking spaces.
June 30, 2017
Business
Expedite Expo kicks off July 14 in Lexington, Ky.
Drivers, owner-operators and fleet owners all are part of the target audience for the long-running Expedite Expo show, whose 2017 edition is taking place July 14-15 in Lexington, Ky., at the Lexington Center.
June 30, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL update: What’s your most likely response to the ELD mandate?
With the principle legal challenge (OOIDA’s court battle) to the ELD mandate at an end, assuming the end-of-year enforcement deadline remains, what’s your current plan for dealing with the mandate? Weigh in in this poll.
June 29, 2017
Business
TransComply, Iron Apple enter agreement on food safety compliance training
Under the agreement, the companies will consult on the development of new services for carriers regarding the transport of perishable food, and refer their customers to the other company’s services.
June 29, 2017
Business
Cyber attack disrupts operations of major carriers, closes port terminals
Another broad scale cyber attack, the second one in a month, has crippled computer systems at some of the world’s largest carriers, including FedEx’s European trucking subsidiary TNT Express and A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world’s largest maritime carrier.
June 29, 2017
Business
Trucking rap sheet: DOT-approved drug screener charged, truck stolen and recovered in S.C.
A DOT-approved drug and alcohol tester in Georgia was charged for falsifying medical exam reports, certificates and more; and a truck and trailer loaded with electronics in South Carolina was stolen and later recovered fully intact.
June 29, 2017
Business
U.S. Xpress offering new lease-purchase program
U.S. Xpress, the nation’s sixth largest carrier, announced Thursday a new lease-purchase program for drivers, offering 2015 Freightliner Cascadias for weekly lease payments starting at $493.
June 29, 2017
Business
Watch: Silicon Valley panel on trucking tech
Shoaib Makani, CEO of e-log and fleet management software provider KeepTruckin, and heavy-haul marketplace Fr8Star’s CEO, Matt Kropp, spoke in the first trucking-technology forum at Fr8Star’s San Francisco headquarters.
June 29, 2017
Business
North Carolina trucker shut down following fatal alcohol-involved hit and run
According to FMCSA, Simranjeet Singh Sandhu was driving on the Cross Bronx Expressway on March 27 when he allegedly changed lanes without signaling, then struck a car, killing the driver and hospitalizing a passenger. He then fled the scene.
June 28, 2017
Business
PrePass expanding weigh station bypass services in North Carolina
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol says it has seen success at the existing PrePass sites at the Hillsborough weigh stations along I-40 and wants to expand the service.
June 28, 2017
Business
Terrorist truck attacks spur attention to AEB systems around the world
Australia is reportedly moving toward mandating AEB for all new heavy trucks, following Europe’s lead, after automatic braking prevented further loss of life in last year’s truck attack at a Christmas market in Berlin.
June 28, 2017
Business
Notes on having notes
“I firmly believe enough interest can be generated to get the ELD law delayed until the hours of service rules can be amended, but it’s going to require sticking to the point and being very specific about what the point is, and it’s going to require numbers of people to direct their concerns to the correct places.”
June 28, 2017
Business
Spot market opportunity: End of month, end of quarter, pre-holiday picks
Given it’s the end of June and the end of the second quarter of the year (when freight typically rises in volume as shippers move inventory) and we’re headed into a four-day-ish Fourth of July, conditions are strong for van, reefer freight.
June 28, 2017
Business
Preventing cargo theft during July 4: SensiGuard, Travelers offer tips
Because July 4 falls on a Tuesday this year, SensiGuard says many facilities will be closed on Monday, July 3, extending the weekend and resulting in trucks being parked for longer periods of time.
June 27, 2017
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