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FMCSA's new authority counts fall to zero after Motus? Not quite
FMCSA's Motus registration overhaul has caused a ton of confusion, but still thousands of DOT and MC numbers have successfully been processed.
June 10, 2026
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Nearly 300 illegal migrants stopped, prosecuted in Indiana?
WAKE UP AMERICA! The media is lying to you, or maybe just lazy. Look at a misremembered, misreported story of 283 'illegal migrant' truckers stopped.
May 26, 2026
Do you remember this press conference from October? If so, you're smarter than half of the mainstream media.
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Volvo driver busted watching Star Trek while pulling doubles
The California Highway Patrol caught a Volvo hauling doubles and "boldly going where no driver should go" -- with Star Trek playing and screen time replacing windshield time.
April 15, 2026
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Truckers take control of mainstream media
Against the odds, actual real-life truck owners and drivers have stepped up to control the narrative around trucking and secure major government and industry responses.
April 10, 2026
Jamie Hagen joined the morning news to talk trucking on CNN. He was also featured in this CNN story March 28.
Channel 19
Monkey business: Small fleet keeps getting violations for handling lab animals
JKL Secure Freight's been getting in trouble with the USDA -- and an animal-rights group -- over its handling of monkeys for science experiments. A look at the fleet's roadside-inspection history doesn't inspire much confidence either.
April 8, 2026
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Carrier411 founder Darren Brewer ‘grabbing genitals,’ trespassing at Chattanooga T-mobile store: Police affidavit
A police affidavit alleges the Carrier411 CEO stood outside the window of a Chattanooga T-mobile store making obscene gestures in front of a child, leading to criminal trespass and disorderly conduct charges.
March 5, 2026
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Overdrive's top 10 trucking stories of 2025
President Trump's immigration blitz takes trucking by storm, broker transparency, CDLs canceled and ELDs cheated: These are but a few of Overdrive's top trucking stories of the year.
December 31, 2025
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Channel 19
Swift, trucking boycott NYC after Zohran Mamdani's mayoral election? Get real
The claim that NYC's incoming mayor will quadruple costs for trucking companies doesn't hold up to minimal scrutiny. It's not the first time a proposed NYC boycott has fallen apart.
November 10, 2025
Check the bottom right corner: 'Nothing on this page is real.'
Channel 19
DOT's Duffy killed the 'driver shortage' narrative -- and now ATA has buried it
DOT Secretary Sean Duffy addressed the driver shortage head on, and it wasn't pretty. Now, even ATA backs off claims about lacking a quantity of drivers, marking a complete victory for owner-operator and small trucking voices.
November 5, 2025
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Foreign driver exodus clearing parking lots and boosting rates?
Brokers and truck parking lot owners say non-domiciled drivers are leaving in droves. What are you seeing?
October 9, 2025
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CHP busts 'unusual,' definitely 'NOT legal or safe!' metal pole truck tow
California Highway Patrol found one tractor towing another down the big road with nothing more than a metal pipe and chains connecting the two. Unable to appreciate art or finesse, CHP issued a citation.
October 3, 2025
Where there's a will, there's a way?
Channel 19
Ice Road Truckers' new season delivers the goods
A sneak peak at Episode 1 of Ice Road Truckers shows veteran drivers Todd Dewey and Lisa Kelly return to the saddle in a love letter to the trucking trade.
September 19, 2025
Here two of Muskie Creek's trucks stage for a rough trip over on Ice Road Truckers' triumphant return to TV.
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Road Mode: The real cost of trucking done 'seriously' on home life, relationships
Overdrive reader Eric Schmidt is no steering wheel holder. No GPS, no ELD, just trucking done professionally. But in going "Road Mode" and succeeding at trucking, was he leaving life itself behind?
August 29, 2025
Eric Schmidt and his trusty '05 KW glider that became more home than home itself.
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Trucking's TikTok generation reports harassment, but they're here for the long haul
New survey results find Gen Z truckers heavily influenced by social media and feeling pressure to glamorize the job online.
June 13, 2025
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Roadcheck fails crossing the scales in 2025
From securement nightmares to air lines that breathe in all the wrong places and tires that once were but are no more, here's some of the worst inspection fails from Roadcheck 2025.
June 10, 2025
'Just trying to get that last mile of the warranty' joked one commenter.
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Meeting an out-of-service, non-citizen driver who can't read English
A conversation with a foreign driver revealed his support for Trump's English language proficiency mandate as an instrument toward his own personal growth.
May 21, 2025
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Roadcheck Day One: Weird things afoot in Whately, Mass.
There are some beautiful things to see on the road, some real “stop and smell the flowers” moments you don’t get at home or online. This author missed out on the scale house in Mass. (closed for the day) but got a possible-overweight alert himself at the truck stop.
May 13, 2025
The Whately Truck Plaza in Whately, Massachusetts, the scene of a weird start to Roadcheck and one of the best diners you can park a truck at.
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
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