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Transportation budget moves in House might help small fleets in 'Conditional' safety rating limbo
The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee's budget proposal includes funding for a public website for brokers to confirm a carrier's operating authority, and more. Also: FMCSA denies two driver training-related exemption requests.
April 29, 2025
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How to brand your owner-operator trucking business when you don’t own the trailer
You're pulling a huge, mobile advertising opportunity every day -- an ideal place (particularly for dry vans and reefers) to put company signage. Yet if you don't own the trailer, branding the business is possible in all sorts of ways as a tool for growth.
April 26, 2025
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March 24, 2025
Regulations
U.S. Rep calls on DOT to look into English language proficiency regs
Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman urged the DOT to consider rescinding 2016 FMCSA guidance that made English language proficiency not an OOS violation. Also: Two arrested in "elaborate" diesel theft scheme; fireworks haulers seek renewal of HOS exemption.
April 25, 2025
Business
Overdrive up for three prestigious journalism awards
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has been named a finalist for three Jesse H. Neal Awards for its coverage of brokered-freight transparency, freight fraud, and emissions regs' impact on truck prices and reliability.
April 25, 2025
Business
'Labor dumping' and trucking: Are foreign CDL drivers bringing down rates?
Does trucking have an "open borders" problem? Overdrive investigates claims of "labor dumping."
April 24, 2025
Regulations
DOT threatens action against NYC federal funding over congestion pricing | Nevada insurance hike advances
The DOT has detailed actions it could take against New York if the state doesn't end NYC's congestion pricing program. Also: Nevada's liability insurance hike past state Senate; fleet's bookkeeper guilty of stealing $4M from company.
April 23, 2025
Business
Tariffs' impacts on freight markets already being felt
Despite signs of improvement earlier in the year, freight analysts are now starting to predict a prolonged freight recession due to tariffs and other factors. Also: Truck tonnage fell in March; Volvo Group announces layoffs.
April 22, 2025
Business
AI cameras coming to a guard shack near you?
A company's AI-powered cameras, in combination with real human agents, hopes to lock out cargo theives and other freight fraudsters, all while speeding up in-and-out moves for expected truckers' picks and drops.
April 22, 2025
Regulations
Reckless driving to be focus of annual Safe Driver Week enforcement blitz
CVSA's annual Operation Safe Driver Week will be held July 13-19 with enforcement officers looking for both trucks and cars operating unsafely. Also: DOT repeals GHG emissions rule for state reporting; dry bulk axle weight variance bill introduced.
April 21, 2025
Business
Nevada looks to double trucking insurance minimum | Daimler subsidiary closer to 'driver out' autonomous tech
Nevada looks to become the second state to increase the minimum liability insurance requirement for intrastate trucking companies to $1.5 million. Also: Daimler Truck, Torc Robotics testing autonomous trucks; small fleet's coil-securement waiver renewed.
April 18, 2025
Channel 19
FMCSA's new ID verificaton test-drive, live from the Mid-America Trucking Show
FMCSA hopes its new ID verification tool for owners registering with the agency will stop fraudsters from infiltrating the system but be a breeze for legitimate, verifiable entities. At MATS, we took this test-drive to kick the tires on the new system.
April 17, 2025
Business
Congress looks to tamp down cargo theft | Another former trooper guilty in CDL fraud case
The bill would establish a multi-agency coordination center to increase collaboration between law enforcement agencies around cargo theft. Also: Flatbed rates still rising in mixed market; former Mass. trooper pleads guilty of CDL fraud scheme; more.
April 16, 2025
Partners in Business
Niche hauls: How to find yours, and tradeoffs and triumphs of specialization
Specializing in a freight niche -- heavy-haul, auto hauling, livestock, the list goes on -- can add to an owner-operator’s earning potential with higher-paying loads. The tradeoff? It comes with added expenses in many cases.
April 16, 2025
Overdrive Radio
'Keep digging' with Dice Mayhem's Trucking, growing dump roots to long-term small fleet success
Owner-operator Hunter Hubbard's advice for any aspiring truck owner belies her own dump trucking determination: "If you have your mind set to do it, go for it. Nothing's stopping you but yourself. ... Keep digging."
April 14, 2025
Regulations
NTSB details deadly I-35 crash | Regs rollback: Small-biz roundtable April 16
NTSB released a preliminary report detailing the events that led up to the fatal crash of Solomun Weldekeal Araya on I-35 in Austin, Texas, on March 13. Also: SBA hosting small-biz roundtable to discuss DOT's call for regs review; new Love's in Missouri.
April 14, 2025
Overdrive Extra
'Stop Netradyning me!': Can an app and a camera make you a better driver?
While the Netradyne company's Driver-i application and in-cab road- and/or driver-facing cameras promise safety "gamification," Long Haul Paul, and some other operators, find well more than just a game.
April 9, 2025
Business
SOCRadar's free service to protect your business from dark web hackers
There's a war going on for your passwords, with hackers constantly innovating new ways to capture your credentials and sell them on the dark web. A free service hopes to watch owner-operators' backs through it all.
April 8, 2025
Business
How much of the freight surge has come courtesy of expected tariffs?
The Port of Laredo saw a 48.5% surge year-over-year during Q1, and imports from Canada were also up. How long will it last? Also: Great Dane dry vans recalled; Highway Angel recognized for helping fellow trucker.
April 7, 2025
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