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Overdrive Radio
Hacked? How to contain the damage, or better avoid the hackers entirely
In this Overdrive Radio edition, a variety of ways to spot fraud in phishing emails and on fradulent rate cons, and in the very voice on the phone who might purport to be someone you know, or from a company you know.
January 13, 2025
Overdrive Extra
Be wary of third-party trucking dispatch services
Necessary knowledge for independent owner-operators in today’s world includes knowing how not to put yourself in a position to be victimized by a bad actor. Using an unregulated, uninsured dispatch service could put you at that very kind of risk.
January 10, 2025
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Business
$10/month to vet yourself for a broker? Carrier vetting's latest turn
Verified Carrier offers a new type of defense for carriers against "carrier vetting gone wild." Could $10/month be a small price to pay to end the madness?
January 9, 2025
Regulations
FMCSA revokes registrations of six ELDs
The removal of the six ELDs from FMCSA's Registered Devices list brings the total to 15 since mid-November.
January 8, 2025
Business
178,000 CDLs downgraded? What really happened in November
After the November 18 deadline for CDL downgrades of all "prohibited" drivers in the FMCSA's Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, did rates improve? Did anything actually happen? Maybe not.
January 7, 2025
Regulations
FMCSA's random drug-testing rate for 2025
The rate will remain at 50% for random drug tests and 10% for random alcohol tests. Also: Iowa 80 Group settles with EPA over alleged Clean Water Act violations; Sutton Transport acquired by Pitt Ohio; 2025 market outlook webinar upcoming.
January 7, 2025
Regulations
OOIDA's virtual 'fireside chat' on broker transparency proposal
The association will be answering questions from truckers as the comment period on FMCSA's brokered freight transparency proposal winds down. Also: Revolving door keeps spinning between FMCSA, autonomous firms; Atlas Canada acquires customs brokerage.
January 6, 2025
Voices
POLL: What's your trucking outlook for 2025 business?
Owner-operators, how do you expect your business' income to trend in 2025? Weigh in here and see where your trucking peers stand looking out into the mist ahead.
January 6, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Tour-haul 'special forces': Small fleet owner Josh Rickards builds the team
Specialized in concert-tour and other entertainment hauling, Rickards puts sharp focus on creating opportunity for the fleet's leased owner-operators through honesty and transparency in leasing agreements and business in general.
January 6, 2025
Regulations
DOT increases fines for regs violations to reflect inflation
The annual adjustment to civil penalties for violations of certain DOT regulations is required by law. Also: Biden signs into law a streamlining of TSA background checks for Hazmat/TWIC; trucking activity down in November.
January 2, 2025
Independence and Growth
Getting your own authority: Basics of filing, insurance and avoiding common mistakes
For an owner-operator intending to secure freight from brokers or direct customers independent of another trucking company, motor carrier authority is a must. Follow these steps to obtain authority and avoid common application errors.
January 1, 2025
Independence and Growth
What are your rights, recourse options when a broker doesn’t pay?
Clearly, nonpayment has been an issue for plenty owner-operators in Overdrive‘s audience over the years. In response to polling, three in four reported taking some recourse in the event of nonpayment. Here, details on bond claims, finer points, and more.
January 1, 2025
Independence and Growth
Insurance to defend against the downhill threat of post-crash litigation
There's plenty for owner-operators and small fleets, especially those with authority, to learn from large carriers that have been targeted in questionable litigation. Make smart choices about where to spend your money to ward off risk.
January 1, 2025
Independence and Growth
How to get access to military freight
A primer for owner-operators and small carriers on doing business direct with the military — or the 3PL contractor controlling a substantial portion of general military freight — to haul DOD loads.
January 1, 2025
Regulations
FMCSA delays broker-authority 'immediate suspension,' other regs provisions
FMCSA announced plans to delay implementation of certain provisions of its new broker/forwarder regs from January 16, 2025, until a full year later in 2026. Provisions delayed include the long-awaited suspension of broker authority after valid claims.
January 1, 2025
Safety and Compliance
What's appropriate as 'personal conveyance' in the logbook or ELD under the hours rules?
This video, part of the Trucking Law series originally, explains regulatory guidance around "personal conveyance," making clear what is/isn't acceptable off-duty movement of the truck under the hours of service.
January 1, 2025
Business Management
Keen fixed, variable cost understanding key to owner-operator success
Trying to reduce costs, let alone make sense of them, can be a complicated task. Understanding basic principles of operating costs can save you thousands of dollars a year.
January 1, 2025
Business Management
Controlling fuel costs, improving efficiency critical to any owner-operator's survival
Reducing your speed, limiting idle time and using technology to your advantage are among myriad ways to help improve the bottom line by increasing fuel efficiency.
January 1, 2025
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DOT set to eliminate speed limiter proposal, keep pre-2000 ELD exemption in place
A DOT package aimed at improving truckers' working conditions would provide truck parking funding, withdraw FMCSA's speed limiter mandate proposal, establish pilot programs for hours-of-service flexibility and more.
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