POLL: Where are you doing your restarts?

Jun 5, 2014

Parking and hours of service

“If FMCSA has made changes to the hours of service that improve safety, then why did the NTSB recommend that Congress audit their entire program?” –James Getten, commenting on FMCSA’s hours impact study via Overdrive’s Facbook page

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'I will not idle, ever': Adapting old-school ways to prevent emissions fails

Part 2 of our series honoring Trucker of the Year John Penn offers detail on his approach to maintenance, customer service and much more, from an experiment to extend drains in his 2019 unit to his idling attitude -- old-school, certainly, yet delivering new-school emissions confidence.

A video posted by the suspected 'chameleon carrier' ring at the center of this investigation shows a little tutorial on how the carriers quickly switch DOT numbers.

FMCSA investigating chameleon carrier network after deadly Indiana crash

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Missouri dealer's incredible 2016 Peterbilt 389, rebuilt from the bare frame

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DOT calls out Utah for lapses in non-domiciled CDL issuance

Wright 358a

Custom 1968 Peterbilt 358A made with parts 'built, borrowed and begged-for': Showdown champ

'I will not idle, ever': Adapting old-school ways to prevent emissions fails

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