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Overdrive Radio

Podcast: A run through the stories behind the songs on Bill Weaver’s ‘Every Mile I Drive’

In this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, run through the brand-new record from trucker Bill Weaver, who with regulator collaborators in his band has honed the Southern Rock style you’ll hear here over many years.

February 23, 2016

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Turning your phone into a dashcam

Have you tried any of the available smartphone apps designed to turn your device into a functional dashcam allowing for saving clips for exoneration/evidence and other purposes?

February 22, 2016

The DailyRoads Voyager Android app is offered in both free and Pro ($4.99) version, the latter with

Mark Bezley’s ‘crosswalk law’ citation: Dismissed with dashcam evidence

Read driver Mark Bezley’s No. 1 dashcam tale, involving his exoneration from a ticket given during a “crosswalk law” sting in a small Wash. town. And: What’s yours?

February 20, 2016

ELD mandate: Is drivers’ time saved by e-logs worth near $2 billion annually?

Just as it’s pretty hard to estimate time saved in a reliable way, it’s pretty hard for paper and pencil to malfunction in the same way a computer can — delving into FMCSA’s ELD mandate cost-benefit analysis.

February 18, 2016

‘How’s my driving’? Call-in complaints, scams and another argument for dashcams

When a motorist’s call-in complaint rises to another level entirely — to an extortion scam: “This is why I strongly believe in cameras on your tractor and trailer to prevent fake lawsuits!” says a reader.

February 16, 2016

Mike Green of Elizabeth City, N.C.

Oops: Appropriations bill may have done away with 34-hour restart entirely

Turns out the 34-hour restart-related item in the late-2015 Congressional appropriations bill may have done a little more than was intended, eliminating the restart entirely. Before you start (or continue, as it were) recapping hours, however …

February 12, 2016

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Dinner options and falling surcharges

“Ahhh, the good old days.” –one operator’s suggestion for a caption to this photo showing $4 diesel in 2011. Sarcasm? Could be — amazing, though, how a falling fuel surcharge can expose an inadequate base rate, isn’t it?

February 11, 2016

An hourly future for driver pay?

There’s evidence that legal and other pressures could lead to more prevalence for a time-based pay model, particularly for company drivers. Should a state-to-state patchwork of enforceable labor laws be the way forward?

February 9, 2016

Driver Raise Clock

From the outside in: ‘Keep on Truckin’

If you’ve got time, give the Pacific Standard’s “Keep on Truckin'” package of features published this week a look for a point of view on trucking from the outside in.

February 6, 2016

Catch electronic musicians (and apparent CB enthusiasts) Quintron and Miss PussyCat's soundscape contribution to Pacific Standard's package at the head of the Music to Truck By playlist at the bottom of this post. Click through the image above to read more about it PSMag.com.

So does FMCSA’s safety rating rule in fact violate Congressional directive?

Another week, another letter to Congress from an ad hoc coalition of groups challenging FMCSA’s new safety rating rule’s release on grounds it violates the FAST Act highway bill.

February 4, 2016

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The first time I heard the phrase ‘driver shortage’ …

Tracking back to the origins of our February cover story questioning what might be the trucking industry’s most unquestioned assumption: the driver shortage.

February 1, 2016

Current state of firearm-carry laws for interstate haulers

The complicated answer to a perennial question: “Are CDL drivers (that hold a concealed carry permit) allowed to carry a pistol?”

January 30, 2016

Creative uses for the Reader Rigs gallery: Poetry

Reader Richard King this week posted what might be the first bit of poetry to grace the halls of Overdrive’s Reader Rigs photo gallery: Find his “Harvest Man” here.

January 28, 2016

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ELD mandate pre-2000 exemption: How will carriers leasing owner-operators treat it?

Answers here from respondents to a recent carrier survey conducted by CCJ. And: Reader Gary Carlisle’s thoughts on the limited potential for the ELD mandate to impact rates for the positive.

January 26, 2016

Independent Howard Salmon and his 1999 Kenworth. Hear more from Salmon relative to ELDs at this linked report from the day the mandate was announced.

Unique Sterling’s pro paint and motor-home-type design

The Pro Custom Inc. RV paint, service and rehab specialist transformed Frank Lamprey custom NRC Sterling Acterra freight-hauler conversion with this custom paint job based on Lamprey’s direction/vision.

January 25, 2016

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Saturday round-up: Life goes on, worm turns on small fleet successes

Pony express freight: A prescription from a reader for long-term long-haul small fleet success? And: Got the white stuff? We got plenty of it here. . . . Stay warm.

January 23, 2016

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Cover shoot outtakes: Zach Beadle and his cabover Pete at Kelley Thigpen’s Diamond Ranch

Livestock hauler Zach Beadle’s photo shoot with Texas freelancer Brandon Wells came off near perfectly, despite last-minute changes in location necessitated by Beadle client Kelley Thigpen.

January 21, 2016

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Aaron Tippin, Tony Justice: Behind the music video with Chris Fiffie

Big Rig Videos’ Chris Fiffie, out from behind his camera during filming of footage set to become his music video for Tony Justice/Aaron Tippin’s collaboration on “Brothers of the Highway,” title track from Justice’s upcoming record.

January 19, 2016

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Webpage showing complaint filing information for transportation services, financial chart, and commercial truck on highway with warning triangle

Broker 'fines' shaving the bottom line? How truckers can fight and win

Recover onerous broker "fees" and "fines" by following this guide, a playbook for documentation, communication, and knowing and using federal transparency rights under 49 CFR 371.3, regardless of FMCSA's next move on the transparency regulation.

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FMCSA details upcoming hours-of-service flexibility test rules

Blue semi-truck with open driver door parked in yard beside pickup truck and trailers

Highway plans ELD update after HOS cheats found on platform

Worker in gloves refueling a blue commercial truck with red fuel pump nozzle

Trump orders relief for on-highway red-dyed diesel use

Four Peterbilt semi-trucks displayed in parking lot from different front angles

Leading by example: McKinney & Sons' top-notch service, equipment

Home to stay: Mintu Pandher on 2017 ELD protest legacy, non-domiciled CDL crackdown

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Look up the full history of any truck, including: reported accidents, inspection violations, insurance claim, owner history and more.

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