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Starlink Mobile: Hacking Elon Musk's high-powered internet service

One operator reports there's a way to hack Starlink dishes to get powerful internet almost anywhere for a fraction of the advertised price. He uses the high-speed internet connection to fuel his TikTok fame during downtime over-the-road.

March 17, 2023

starlink on bryan bailey's truck

Peterbilt clocked doing 101 | Senator, Teamsters pres exchange fighting words

A Peterbilt got clocked by Nebraska State Patrol doing a whopping 101 mph. Teamsters President Sean O'Brien and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) exchanged fighting words at a Senate hearing Wednesday.

March 10, 2023

Nebraska trooper radar

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Driver caught using tablet at highway speeds on I-80

Wyoming Highway Patrol put drivers on notice after one was caught looking at a tablet while drifting in his lane down I-80. Troopers contend it's not uncommon to see some drivers full-on watching movies along straight expanses of the interstate.

March 9, 2023

wyoming highway patrol tablet reader driver

Operator let go after fentanyl, heroin found stashed in trailer

When Georgia police found suspected fentanyl, heroin and drug paraphernalia in storage pods being hauled by a professional driver, they knew enough to let him off with a warning.

February 16, 2023

georgia truck driver drug bust

Drivers convoy after Wyatt Raska's tragic death

A huge outpouring of support, both physically in a trucking convoy and online, sprung from the tragic death of Wyatt Raska, a 14-year old boy who loved trucking.

February 14, 2023

Mutha Trucka jansen wyatt raska

'Ice Road' stunt truck driver Zandara Kennedy talks drift racing

She's a Hollywood stunt driver and a competitive drifting racecar driver, but she's got a deep love of trucking, a CDL, and says trucking is her backup plan A-1 if the rest doesn't work out.

February 8, 2023

CAPTION? Cool shot.

I-80 in Wyoming closes again and again after fatal pile-up

I-80 in Wyoming keeps shutting down as intense weather causes crash after crash. The episode serves as a reminder to us all: Just because the highway is open doesn't mean it's safe.

January 30, 2023

wide view of I-80 44-car pileup

Why a college administrator quit her job and took up trucking

Tiffany Wallin fell for an owner-operator and the trucking lifestyle all at once, overcoming a personal tragedy to do so. For her husband, having a woman deal with shippers has been an eye-opener.

January 19, 2023

Tiffany Wallin sits behind the wheel of 2017 Freightliner Coronado glider.

Driver arrested after crash derails train in Tennessee

Police announced felony charges and blasted out the mugshot of a driver involved in a scary collision with a train, but some commenters are crying foul. The operator's day in court is set for April.

January 12, 2023

train derailment

FMCSA's new agenda, diesel's wild ride and the owner-ops who braved a 'bloodbath'

An ongoing pandemic, a raging foreign war, and diesel prices on a high-flying rollercoaster ride marked the year 2022, sure to go down as one of the most volatile in trucking's recent history. Track back through the most-read stories in this review.

December 28, 2022

No image defined the owner-operator experience of 2022 quite like the prototype suggested by this one, showing rarely seen per-gallon fuel costs and and gaudy totals. A similar series of photos shared around on social media prompted Overdrive's Gary Buchs in August to drill down into strategies to do more than just live with the all the horror around high fuel.

In favor of speed limiters: One owner-op's economic, safety case

Hear from an owner-op who swears by governing his truck at 58 mph, and how it's saved not just money and fuel, but potentially lives and headaches as well.

December 26, 2022

Robert ellis's Proud Mary 2016 Kenworth

Own the strangest-looking Pete ever | Rolling into inspection on rims

It looks like a movie prop, but it's got a Peterbilt "pink slip" and a new 700 hp Detroit engine under the hood or... under the whatever. Also: Trailer skates across the border on rims only.

December 16, 2022

highwayman truck

Tesla's 'badass' Semi torn apart by operators

Overdrive readers took billionaire Elon Musk's bold claims about the Tesla Semi with a grain of salt, but a slim majority of drivers remained open minded despite delivering some withering critiques.

December 15, 2022

elon musk tesla announcement

Remember, Honor, Teach: What Wreaths Across America means for trucking

From a Wreaths Across America convoy stop in Connecticut as it makes its way to honor the fallen heroes at Arlington National Cemetery, an impatient reporter learns to be a little less impatient in conversation with owner-operator Steven Meyer.

December 14, 2022

Meyer's wreaths across america trailer

Tesla's Semi really that 'badass'?

Tesla claims the Semi has "three times the power" of any diesel truck on the road and can accelerate "from 0-60 mph in 20 seconds, fully loaded." But is it truly 'badass,' as Musk put it? You decide.

December 5, 2022

Tesla Pepsi and Frito Lay Semis

Truckers may get the last laugh on Artificial Intelligence

For years, Artificial Intelligence has been predicted to put hundreds of thousands of truck drivers out of a job -- at any moment. Instead, the same elite tech pundits who prophesied your demise are at risk of being replaced by computers.

December 2, 2022

Calling all long memories in search of wedding band lost to the road

Former independent Louis Santiago reached out over the weekend in hopes of a holiday miracle. He left his wedding band on a sink at a truck stop in the 1970s -- he's hopeful his story lights a fire of memory out of the Midwest.

November 22, 2022

Scenes from Louis Santiago's history

Holiday-traffic highway safety PSAs fit for our four-wheeled friends

With the holidays on the way comes four-wheeled traffic in places all around that don't see near as much most of the year. Herein, some road-ready resources to point the four-wheeled friend in your life toward. Some new, some tried and true.

November 16, 2022

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7-step in-cab workout plan for long-term trucking

Follow along with 2024 Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber as he walks you through his in-cab workout routine, designed to combat common OTR aches and pains. His seven-exercise routine takes just 20 minutes and requires minimal equipment.

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Trucking groups petition EPA to delay 2027 heavy-duty NOx rule

Luke Rethwisch followed in his father's footsteps, winning big at the Gear Jammer Magazine Truck Show inJuly.

18-year old Luke Rethwisch's show-winning '87 Pete 359

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How truck and engine OEs might approach EPA's new DEF-derate guidance

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What freight recession? Trucker of the Month insulates biz with direct customers

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