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Regulations
Trucking org calls for ELP assessment as part of CDL test, among other legislative reforms
ATA called for six legislative reforms related to CDL testing, driver training and cabotage. Also: Canadian Trucking Alliance launches new campaign to fight "Driver Inc." scheme; latest Highway Angel.
October 8, 2025
Regulations
Roadcheck results: 10K vehicles, 3K drivers sidelined for OOS violations
During the 72-hour International Roadcheck inspection blitz in May, inspectors found more than 81% of trucks and 94% of drivers had no out-of-service violations. Brakes, hours of service, no-CDL among top violation categories.
October 7, 2025
Overdrive Extra
Compensation 'as the crow flies': Why are carriers, shippers still using 'short miles'?
Clifford Petersen argues "short miles" pay has long outlived its past convenience with advances in tech: "Trucking companies that use short miles have to be well aware of the impact: a systematic underpayment of drivers."
October 7, 2025
Overdrive Radio
FMCSA's GBATS session: Truckers' applause for Trump DOT moves not hard to find
No news has further reach around trucking this year than the DOT's recent changes to the rules around non-domiciled CDL issuance, effective now, garnering applause at the agency's recent GBATS session with owner-ops. It's not alone among FMCSA moves of late truckers have lauded. Hear the session in full here.
October 6, 2025
Regulations
Derek Barrs confirmed to take over as FMCSA Administrator
Barrs has commercial vehicle enforcement experience after a career with the Florida DOT and Florida Highway Patrol. He becomes FMCSA's first full-time administrator since January 2024.
October 3, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Turnage, TFX, Oberman, Clifford Hay advance to Small Fleet Champ final round
Turnage & Sons LLC, Thomasville Furniture Xpress, Oberman Logistics and Clifford Hay Inc. -- all are mastering the fine arts of trucking-biz management in myriad ways. Two Small Fleet Champs among these finalists will walk away with the title belts at NASTC's annual conference Oct. 23 in Nashville.
October 3, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Turnage & Sons strikes balance with 29-truck organic milk-haul fleet
After growing the fleet to as many as 40 trucks, Robbie Turnage discovered that he's better suited to keep the fleet size just shy of 30 trucks to ensure all of his equipment stays maintained and his drivers and customers are all taken care of.
October 2, 2025
Partners in Business
'Foreign driver capacity' hit incoming? Fleets watch, as owner-op income back on a slow rise
Many around trucking hope for a "catalyzing event" delivering demand improvement, increased freight volumes, better rates. For most owner-operators who've weathered the storm, income is on a slowly rising track the last year and a half, and wider market conditions are setting up for stability, if not guaranteed improvement.
October 1, 2025
Regulations
Government shutdown: Business as usual for FMCSA | Wildfires, HOS relief
FMCSA and NHTSA employees are unaffected by the government shutdown, according to DOT's shutdown plan. Also: More HOS relief for wildfire relief haulers; I-70 rest area reopens with more truck parking.
October 1, 2025
Regulations
FMCSA official reveals bolstered vetting of ELD providers on the way
FMCSA Senior Policy Advisor Michael Hampton met with truckers at the Guilty by Association Truck Show hours after DOT's big announcement on non-domiciled CDLs. Hampton talked ELDs/hours, broker transparency, parking, CDL training and more.
September 30, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Diversification key to weathering down market for Hallahan Transport
Diversification has been the name of the game for 10-truck step deck and milk tanker-hauler Hallahan Transport during the challenging trucking market conditions seen for the last several years. Hallahan repeats as a Small Fleet Champ semi-finalist in 2025, out of La Crosse, Wisconsin.
September 30, 2025
Business
Did DOT Secretary Duffy just kill trucking's 'driver shortage' narrative once and for all?
As DOT intends to eject 200,000 non-domiciled CDL drivers from trucking, nobody, including the American Trucking Associations, seems worried about any "driver shortage."
September 30, 2025
Regulations
DOT move against 194,000 non-domiciled drivers supported even by ATA, brokers
DOT on Friday made big news restricting non-domiciled CDL issuance for foreign drivers and uncovering widespread licensing wrongdoing. Big trucking organizations, and even brokers, support it.
September 29, 2025
Trucker of the Year
Making a dream come true: Trucker of the Month John Treadway
Treadway always wanted to own a truck that was recognizable in his community. After years as a successful owner-operator -- today hauling flowers mostly direct for a local greenhouse -- he's made that vision a reality.
September 29, 2025
Regulations
DOT hopes to force 194,000 non-domiciled CDL holders out of trucking
DOT on Friday said reports of lax immigration policy flooding trucking with non-citizens were "all true" as it moves to take 200,000 non-citizens out of the industry.
September 26, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
LTL furniture specialist TFX lays solid ground for growth, profit, support
Thomasville Furniture Xpress owners Scott Denmark and Scott Cruthis both got their start in the trucking business as owner-operators decades ago. Today, after long careers centered in the LTL furniture space out of North Carolina, their small fleet is poised for continued growth, profits, and service excellence.
September 25, 2025
Regulations
FMCSA makes it easier to call out bad brokers with National Consumer Complaint Database update
FMCSA gives its National Consumer Complaint Database whistleblower portal an "overdue tech upgrade" it's calling "a win" for truck drivers and carriers as it gets easier to report bad brokers.
September 24, 2025
Partners in Business
Start up at the bottom of the business cycle? Notes on going independent
Even with the lackluster freight markets of the last few years, motivated owner-operators new to small business trucking are finding ways not just to survive, but to thrive. Discover characteristics of small-biz truckers who have what it takes to start strong as an independent.
September 24, 2025
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