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KSK ELD reinstated to FMCSA's registered devices list
A week after the device was revoked, FMCSA has reinstated it to the list of registered devices. Also: Love's opens a second location in Prescott, Arkansas; latest Highway Angel recognized for helping truckers after blow-overs.
September 22, 2023
KSK ELD mobile app
Guilty by Association Truck Show starts strong in Joplin
The 2023 iteration of the Guilty By Association Truck Show at 4 State Trucks in Joplin, Missouri, officially kicks off Friday and runs through Saturday night.
September 22, 2023
Bates Trucking's 1963 Kenworth W925
FMCSA complaint reporting system needs overhaul: GAO
Congress' watchdog urged overhaul of FMCSA's National Consumer Complaint Database as well as new engagement efforts with motor carriers and truckers to help police bad actors.
September 20, 2023
GAO analysis of NCCDB complaints by complaint submitter type
Channel 19
Drivers get real about 'Truck Driver Appreciation Week'
While industry big wigs might smile for the camera, truck owners and drivers get real about the spectacle every September, and just how appreciated they really feel.
September 19, 2023
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Life
Tennessee cops bust truck driver with $1M of marijuana in sleeper berth
The West Tennessee Drug Task Force found U-Haul boxes with 307 pounds of weed in the driver's sleeper. Also: Medium-duty Kenworth, Peterbilt trucks recalled; Estes brokerage arm acquires Superior Brokerage Services; latest Highway Angel.
September 18, 2023
Tennessee marijuana bust
Business
J.B. Hunt to acquire BNSF Logistics' brokerage business
The two companies have a more-than-30-year history of working together. Also: I-95 lane closures resume; Goodyear accepting annual Highway Hero Award nominations; FMCSA awards $48M to increase CDL training opportunities.
September 15, 2023
BNSF-J.B. Hunt intermodal
Life
New platform aims to deliver driver feedback to carrier back office, build community
TruckYu hopes to deliver to carriers and drivers both better control over efforts to keep front-line operators happy, healthy and profitable. It seeks to streamline communication from the road, avoiding he-said/she-said dispatcher/driver dynamics.
September 15, 2023
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Overdrive Extra
TCA 'Highway Angel' honor revoked: Driver did not rescue 'kids in cages' from human traffickers
After reporting a tip to state police that he claimed saved children from human traffickers, it turns out what the truck driver thought he saw was simply incorrect. Rather, it was a mother carrying her children home to Phoenix, Arizona.
September 12, 2023
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Life
Companies honor truckers for annual Appreciation Week: Deals, discounts, more
Whether it's through the promotion and awareness of truck drivers and the work put in or through deals on food, fuel and more, companies across trucking are recognizing operators for National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, Sept. 10-16.
September 6, 2023
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Life
Trucker appreciation, round the clock
With the National Truck Driver Appreciation Week recognition effort well under way, a special message from all of us at Overdrive. Here's a sincere thank you for doing what you do day-in, day-out.
September 11, 2023
We appreciate you, 24/7/265 -- image for NTDAW 2023 from Overdrive
Life
Texas owner-op wins Landstar's truck giveaway | Coop back open in Md.
Landstar-leased owner-operator Peter Perez, of Houston, Texas, won a 2024 Freightliner Cascadia at the company's annual BCO Appreciation Days. Also: Maryland reopens U.S. 1 weigh station; TA accepting Citizen Driver nominations.
September 8, 2023
2024 Freightliner Cascadia Landstar giveaway
Life
17 drivers named 'Transition Trucking' semi-finalists
The Transition Trucking award recognizes rookie truck drivers transitioning from military service. Also: Drivewyze adds traffic alerts in Delaware; driver named Highway Angel for helping trapped crash victim.
September 6, 2023
Transition Trucking Kenworth T680 Signature Edition
Voices
POLL: Just how bad is the 'parking at the fuel island' problem?
How often are you seeing operators occupying fuel-island space as if they're going to get (well more than) a 30-minute break out of the stop? One reader notes "it’s becoming a real epidemic," and he's "seen some instances where things get pretty heated."
September 6, 2023
Fuel Island Crop By Max
Parking
More truck parking coming to I-80
Wyoming later this month will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for nearly 200 new truck parking spaces along I-80. Also: Nominate your "Best Fleet to Drive For" through October; 27K Mack Granites recalled; Fruehauf recalls van trailers.
September 5, 2023
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Life
4.1-million-mile safe driver wins prestigious CVSA award
AutoZone truck driver Wayne Hayes won this year's CVSA International Driver Excellence Award. Also: New Love's stops open in Louisiana, Nevada; Highway Angel recognized for stopping to help stranded, distressed motorist.
September 4, 2023
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Regulations
Warning: 'Unprecedented' cargo theft levels expected to tick up around Labor Day
CargoNet reports that theft activity is already "unprecedented" this year, and the looming holiday weekend is expected to make matters worse. Also: OOIDA voices opposition to potential truck-weight increases; FMCSA names new Chief Safety Officer.
August 31, 2023
CargoNet Labor Day 2023 graphic
Life
Ports and roads shut down as Cat 3 Hurricane Idalia slams North Florida
Powerful Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning about 30 miles southeast of Tallahassee with heavy wind, rain and storm surge resulting in several road and port closures.
August 27, 2023
Idalia Landfall
Regulations
DOT IG flags ongoing investigations into double brokering | HOS waivers in four states
Responding to a letter from eight members of Congress, DOT OIG stopped short of endorsing a permanent freight fraud and double brokering task force. Also: Four states issue waivers for drivers responding to hurricane; HHG mover sentenced.
August 30, 2023
Three trucks back to a dock
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