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FTC again accuses Comdata parent company FleetCor of bilking millions from customers
FTC alleges FleetCor charged customers "hundreds of millions of dollars in mystery fees associated with fuel cards." And: 'UnChristmas' concert this weekend; KeepTruckin launches a new dashcam; HD Radio receivers available in Cascadias starting next year.
August 16, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Owner-ops' big role in advocacy against California AB 5 -- what's next
Grassroots efforts didn't forestall the ultimate passage of California's AB 5, problematic for traditional lease contracts to say the least, yet owner-operator efforts set the stage for today's high-stakes waiting game with the Supreme Court challenge.
August 13, 2021
Regulations
Relief in sight: I-70 partially reopening this weekend | Hours exemptions granted in parts of Colorado
The interstate has been closed since July 31 when mudslides washed over the highway in Glenwood Canyon. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has also issued an emergency declaration suspending HOS regs for relief, fuel haulers in parts. Also: New KW dealer up north.
August 12, 2021
Regulations
The California contractor conundrum: 'It’s a waiting game, with a lot at stake'
California Trucking Association CEO Shawn Yadon joined transportation attorney Greg Feary for this wide-ranging discussion of California's AB 5 contractor law, scarcely more than a day after Yadon's filing of the CTA's challenge with the Supreme Court.
August 11, 2021
Business
Is it overtime for company-driver overtime pay?
The FMCSA driver-advisory panel's first subject -- the retention of experienced drivers in trucking -- launched discussion at the highest levels of government about the old overtime-pay exemption, compensated training, regs burdens and much more.
August 10, 2021
Regulations
Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill with AEB, under-21 apprenticeship pilot
The bill will move to the House, which is in recess until Sept. 20. If passed by the House as it currently reads, the bill would not include funding for truck parking capacity expansion, but it also excludes a liability insurance minimum increase.
August 10, 2021
Business
Spot market at end of month: Volumes slid, but port market-driven demand buoys averages
Rates' national averages are buoyed in the last week by high demand in Southern California and other large port markets, though looked at for the entire month, July volumes declined compared to June, the busiest spot market month on record.
August 5, 2021
Business
POLL: Staged accidents -- have you ever been in one you were convinced was set up?
... And what was the outcome if so? Weigh via this poll and the comments below it. In the wake of the prosecutions of an organized ring around New Orleans staging accidents, attention to the issue has been on the upswing.
August 4, 2021
Business
Former Roadrunner exec facing decades in prison for fraud
The former CFO of the large fleet was convicted Monday of securities fraud and other charges. Also: Alabama-based PS Logistics has acquired a medium-sized fleet based in Texas; new connected dashcam can detect drowsiness, smoking, seat-belt use.
August 4, 2021
Regulations
More than 6K trucks, 2K drivers sidelined during annual Roadcheck blitz
Roadcheck results are in – see which violations left the most trucks and drivers parked. Also: Fuel prices increased to the highest national average since late October 2018; I-70 closed in Colorado due to mudslides.
August 3, 2021
Regulations
Senate: AEB, under-21 apprenticeships in; insurance hike, parking funding out
Unlike the House version, the Senate's infrastructure bill does not include earmarked funding for parking, but it also leaves out the liability insurance hike. The Senate bill, if passed, faces an uphill battle in the lower chamber.
August 2, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Lessons in 30-fold growth over a decade with DSD owner Don Wood
Here's how he did it, utilizing a combination of owner-ops leased on and purchased equipment, after years with just a single truck. Much of it was predicated on meeting customer demand for transport. Also: SuperRigs report on-site in Illinois.
July 30, 2021
Regulations
CDL, log violations result in driver shutdown | Disruption on I-40 next week in Ariz.
The driver was found on multiple instances to be driving without a CDL or record-of-duty status. And other news: SmartHop dispatch service's new partnership with DAT, and get ready for disruption on I-40 in Arizona next week at this intersection.
July 30, 2021
Business
$550 billion infrastructure bill to advance in Senate | Spot rates slide
The text of the bill has not yet been written, and it will have to pass both chambers of Congress. Also: Kenworth T690 Next Gen gets natural gas power option; spot rates' are on a seasonal slide, yet market pressure builds in carriers' favor.
July 29, 2021
CSA's Data Trail
The hours enforcement 'black hole' out West
Nationally, hours of service violations were issued in smaller numbers in 2020, continuing a long-term trend. Yet looked at another way, the intensity of focus on hours in inspections has increased, particularly so in these contiguous states.
July 29, 2021
Channel 19
Did Joe Biden drive a truck or didn't he?
Whatever the case, he did take a ride with an independent trucker in 1973, evidenced in this lookback. Trucking could use a little more of what Biden seems to have had back at that time, an empathy for the realities of the independent trucking business.
September 10, 2012
Equipment
Why self-driving trucks aren't putting drivers out of work yet
Big tech firms have been promising an autonomous trucking revolution for years now, but even with billions poured into the technology, manned trucks still rule. Here's when, and how, that could change.
July 28, 2021
Business
A pandemic-induced milestone for this diversifying loads platform
About a year into the pandemic, Sylectus hit two milestones – a record high number of trips completed through the platform in a single day and a record number of loads posted to its board. Here's what it meant for one 12-truck owner-op fleet.
July 27, 2021
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'She's the rock': Owner-operator Patrick White leans on solid partner in tough times
The January Trucker of the Month credits here tells a story of perseverance through accidents and injuries, and building a team around him to excel despite the barriers fate’s thrown at him. His rock-solid biz foundation? Ashlyn White, his wife, who nominated him for the honor.
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