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Western Star donates 5700XE tractor to OOIDA for ‘Spirit of American Trucker’ tour
Western Star presented the Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) with a new Western Star 5700XE Thursday at the truck maker’s 50th anniversary event in Phoenix. The tractor, the third such truck donated by Western Star to the OOIDA, will be used with OOIDA’s “Spirit of the American Trucker” tour trailer.
May 1, 2017
Business
Flooding in Oklahoma prompts state to waive certain regs for relief load haulers
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency in her state following severe thunderstorms. The order suspends the requirements for size and weights permits of oversized vehicles that are transporting materials and supplies used for storm relief. The waiver lasts 30 days.
May 1, 2017
Overdrive Extra
Will ELDs or autonomous trucks make the bigger splash in the driver pool?
Progress from Google, Tesla and others with self-driving cars, including the occasional mention of Class 8 trucks, fuels speculation that driverless big rigs are about to rule the highway.
May 1, 2017
Overdrive Radio
When a straight 14 might not be the ideal, or safest, option: Four loads over two days in Ohio with Scott Reed
Hear part of Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills’ many conversations with Buckland, Ohio-based owner-operator Scott Reed over two days on the road in mid-April 2017. It tells the story of what Reed sees as a certainly less-than-ideal hours rule when it comes to his shorter-haul van operation.
April 28, 2017
Trucker Talent Search
Just a few days left to enter Overdrive singing contest
The Trucker Talent Search is back for its fourth year, and the contest winner receives a free studio recording session.
April 28, 2017
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Trucking company charged for illegal radioactive material transport, CDL scheme update
One of Puerto Rico’s largest trucking companies has been charged with illegally transporting radioactive materials, a man pleaded guilty to a CDL testing scheme, and another man pleaded guilty to illegally transporting fireworks.
April 28, 2017
Truck Stops
Love’s adds new stores in Georgia, Ohio
The new stores – in Macon, Ga., and Upper Sandusky, Ohio – add more than 170 combined truck parking spaces to the Love’s network.
April 28, 2017
Business
Drivewyze road-safety alerts come to Penn. turnpike
Weigh-station bypass service Drivewyze is rolling out a rollover-zone and other safety-notifications feature to its PreClear product later this year after a pilot test. Pennsylvania Turnpike is the latest jurisdiction/route to participate to enable safety alerts along routes.
April 28, 2017
Business
Wormholes may exist
HyperLoop has “built and begun to perfect an electric motor powerful enough to accelerate and decelerate levitated pods through tubes at incredible speeds and low costs. They intend to literally ‘sell time.’ And that’s pretty worm-hole-y.”
April 28, 2017
Business
Regs reform bills in Senate, House aim at accountability to the public good
If passed, the bill would require regulators to open comments on potential rulemakings before they are proposed, require agencies to use the most cost-effective version of proposals, establish an automatic rule review process and more.
April 27, 2017
Business
Two-truck Alabama fleet shut down following fatal crash, violations
Jeffery Finklea of Beatrice, Ala., was ordered to shut down his two-truck operation on April 24. FMCSA says a truck operated by J&L crossed the center line of Alabama Highway 13 on March 28 and collided head-on with a passenger car, killing both of its occupants.
April 27, 2017
Business
Michigan to begin increasing speed limits on 1,500 miles of highway
The Michigan DOT, along with Michigan State Police, found 900 miles of non-freeway state highways to increase the speed limit for trucks to 55 miles per hour, and 600 miles of interstate highways to 65 miles per hour for trucks.
April 27, 2017
Channel 19
Senators ask GAO to assess autonomous trucks’ potential to displace workers
In the wake of the FMCSA’s Monday listening session on regulating the highly automated driving environment expected in the future, Senators Susan Collins and Jack Reed request GAO study the issue of job displacement — more commentary from the session explored here.
April 27, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Director ELD platform self-certified
Teletrac Navman announced its Director ELD platform is now self-certified and listed on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s electronic logging device registry under the name of its in-cab ELD component, the Teletrac Navman Drive unit.
April 27, 2017
Business
Archived vid: Trucker unaware he’s dragging car
From April 2017: A motorist’s smartphone video shows a motorist’s car stuck under and being dragged up the remote Cajon Pass.The video shows the car’s driver waving for help as his car is dragged along the California highway.
April 26, 2017
Business
Tow truck driver arrested, charged in murder of trucker in Illinois
Police are calling the shooting a “road rage incident,” and say there are “no apparent ties” between the shooter and the victim.
April 26, 2017
Business
Trump proposes tax cut for owner-operator businesses
It’s unclear how many single-truck owner-operator businesses would be affected by the tax cut, as many owner-operators already are in or below the 15 percent bracket.
April 26, 2017
Business
Conversations from home
Anyone with a significant other driver on the road will totally get this post. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been married, or together, after your driver has been away for a week or so, the conversations begin to lag a little. Considering that when they’re home, you probably don’t spend three or four hours […]
April 26, 2017
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