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Speed limiter debate reignited with new administration
ATA penned a letter to DOT Secretary Buttigieg advocating for speed limiters, while OOIDA responded with a letter of its own opposing such a mandate. Also, Michigan expands its spring weight restrictions.
March 5, 2021
Trucker Talent Search
Overdrive is looking for best voices on the road
Submissions are open for the eighth season of the Trucker Talent Search, featuring a grand prize of a professional studio recording session.
January 29, 2021
Life
Crash involving truck, SUV leaves 13 dead, 13 injured
A two-vehicle collision early Tuesday involving a truck and an SUV in southern California left 13 people dead and another 13 injured. Also, a new Love's is open in Bath, New York, and spot rates/volumes in the last week surge for dry vans, reefers.
March 4, 2021
Overdrive Radio
'Overdrive's Music to Truck By' to stream in four episodes
The four-part series, featuring today’s tunes from pro drivers along with trucking music classics, is hosted by long-time trucking radio DJ Big Al Weekley.
February 22, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Trucker showed how to 'enjoy the ride'
Remembering Anthony Scott Townley Sr.: "Whether it was food, hospital supplies, oil or gas, my dad hauled it all. His life made a difference in this world, and it’s not just him but the many truck drivers who have decided that the road is their home."
March 4, 2021
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Channel 19
Owner-operators wrestle scheduling hurdles with double-dose COVID shots
Two days' notice for a vaccine appointment in Tarrant County, Texas, just wasn't going to cut it for Landstar-leased flatbedder Bill Ater, he said. As states have opened up the COVID shot to older residents, scheduling obstacles for truckers abound.
March 2, 2021
Trucking History
First hit trucker song in history channeled road woes
Louisianan Ted Daffan visited honky-tonks frequented by truck drivers to help write his 1939 hit "Truck Driver's Blues." Find more about what's believed to be the first national hit of a trucking song in this Songs of the Highway special-edition podcast.
March 1, 2021
Overdrive Radio
The long tail of the CB's social utility
Owner-operator Mike Crawford in this Overdrive Radio edition expands on some of the themes showcased earlier this week in our special-edition podcast in part about the ongoing safety utility, and the decreased cultural importance, of the CB in trucking.
February 26, 2021
Channel 19
Add your voice to 'Overdrive's Music to Truck By,' BlackOut tribute truck headed Daytona-way
Chuck Timbrook running south for Bike Week March 5 with his vets-support rig, and: Help us celebrate professional drivers and submit an intro that may be featured on the new show.
February 24, 2021
Channel 19
Respite, brother- and sisterhood, fellowship on the long, cold road this season
The cultural ramifications of the simple practice of turning the CB on are alive and well and, in a rugged winter for over-the-road haulers all across the country, shining through in so many ways. Stuck in the ice, making the most of the situation...
February 23, 2021
Business
Truck stops closed due to power outages from winter storm
Truck stops across the South and southern plains are closed or otherwise impacted by Winter Storm Uri. Also: FMCSA's COVID hours of service waiver was extended; MATS 2021 has been postponed to next year; trucker needs help after family tragedy; more.
February 16, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Is burnout stoking in your workday? Here's how to fight it
It could manifest in added responsibilities you find yourself no longer able to keep up with, much less enjoy. Clifford Petersen here details the signs, how drivers' work can compound the issues, and how to get out of them with your sanity intact.
February 16, 2021
Trucking History
1970s documentary gives intimate look at truckers' lives
A nationwide tour opened doors of truckers' homes for documentary filmmakers to get an intimate look at the business and family lives of owner-operators in the pre-deregulation era.
February 15, 2021
Overdrive Radio
COVID hours exemption not valid 'just because you're hauling food'
On Overdrive Radio, food for thought via the words of Captain Jon Olsen of the Minnesota State Patrol about qualifying for the COVID hours exemption, and: Episode 5 of the OTR podcast, about family-life sacrifices drivers -- and those back home -- endure.
February 12, 2021
Technology
DAT load board integrating with Axele TMS
DAT and Axele's integration will give small and midsized truckload carriers easy access to automated freight-matching features that are typically available only to enterprise carriers. Also: Trucker recognized for helping family whose vehicle caught fire.
February 12, 2021
Voices
POLL: How regularly do you use your CB radio?
Does the CB radio in your truck remain a daily tool along your routes or has frequency of use faded toward emergency-only use or other less frequent utility? Weigh in via the poll here.
February 9, 2021
Voices
How this owner-op found his calling
Lincoln, Neb.-based Robert Rosenbaum's well-considered story of learning to navigate his working world in trucking, after multiple careers, with a maximum of independence to "make me as good as I wanted to be, doing something I enjoyed" with pride.
February 9, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Video captures spirit of 1970s trucking at convention
A brief video from a 1974 truck show in San Francisco features interviews with exhibitors and attendees, including comments about Overdrive and a trucking shutdown.
February 8, 2021
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CSA's Data Trail
The toughest 15 states for lights violations, one of the 2021 Roadcheck emphases
Here are the top 15 states when it comes to a propensity to issue lights-related violations. And data also point to both 2021 Roadcheck enforcement-emphasis areas in Georgia, Vermont and Nevada.
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