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View from the kitchen window: OTR life on the home front
Marcia Buchs offers lessons learned on managing relationships on the home front, after years working with her OTR owner-operator husband to make time for connection, avoid the money-problems wedge and much more.
November 2, 2023
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Wreaths Across America needs more carriers
There are still a handful of lanes open to haul wreaths for the group's annual wreath-laying event at veterans' cemeteries across the U.S. Also: Shippers' conditions turn negative, too; Coyote joins TriumphPay network; WOTAB meeting Nov. 13; more.
October 31, 2023
Wreaths Across America truck
Trucking's horrific October: Crimes, crashes, and calling it like it is
Truck drivers might represent the most regulated group of professionals in the country, yet still find themselves the victims of rampant crime and fraud. Who is really looking out for drivers this Halloween?
October 31, 2023
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Life
Six scary trucking movies among Overdrive's favorites
These six films are more about suspense and psychology than blood and guts, and while these movies may vary in tone, our favorite parts of all of them are the classic trucks. Best watched in the dark at a lonely rest stop. Pull over, kill the lights...
October 27, 2023
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Channel 19
Ice Pick Bandit strikes two nights in a row, and reports keep coming in
The I-75 Ice Pick Bandit, a vandal that sneakily stabs up truck tires in the middle of the night, has struck more victims in Lowndes County, Georgia, and Columbia County, Florida, just this week.
October 26, 2023
Photos of the 'Ice Pick Bandit' released by the Florida Highway Patrol. Read more about the details of prior cases via this link.
Life
New Orleans staged crashes: Two sentenced on fraud, conspiracy counts
Sentencings continue in the widespread staged-accident scheme targeting trucking companies and their insurers. Also: Truck tonnage declined in September, erasing recent gains; OOIDA set to host annual Truckers for Troops membership campaign.
October 25, 2023
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Channel 19
Walmart parking lot dimes heist: Philadelphia cargo theft ring busted
The FBI has indicted four cargo thieves who allegedly roughed up and robbed truck drivers, most notably for more than $200,000 in dimes.
October 25, 2023
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Truck Stops
Kwik Trip rewards program suffers 'cyber incident'
Kwik Rewards, from Kwik Trip, suffered a cyber incident that's still under investigation. Info from rewards programs might be used to steal truckers' identities, so watch out.
October 24, 2023
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Business
Diesel prices mostly negate recent declines; excepting reefers, spot rates fail to adjust
Diesel's up an average of 10 cents/gal across the country during the most recent week. Also: MATS organizers want feedback for 2024 show; new trucker-focused health clinic opens in Georgia; Pilot honoring military veterans with deals, fundraising.
October 24, 2023
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Overdrive Radio
The 70-year career of a 'trucking legend,' Ken Greff
Trucking cross-country as an owner-operator at age 16, mountain downgrades with some of the first Jake brakes in Western Canada, a crash course in truck sales in Knoxville, Tennessee. ... The story of Ken Greff's 70-year career has all of it.
October 23, 2023
Youtube
Equipment
Broken rail led to bridge collapse, trucker's death | Brake Safety Week results
NTSB's preliminary assessment points to broken rail causing derailment that collapsed bridge, killing truck driver. Also: More than 87% of trucks inspected were free of brake-OOS violations during summer blitz; Drivewyze slowdown alerts now in GA.
October 18, 2023
Colorado bridge collapse I-25
Channel 19
I-75 'Ice Pick Bandit' punctures tires, airbags on parked trucks
Overdrive reignites a police hunt for a vandal targeting trucks in "bizarre" nighttime attacks, after yet another trucker comes forward with an eerie report of I-75's "Ice Pick Bandit."
October 18, 2023
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Life
Pete's invite-only Pride & Class Parade and truck show
40-plus owners and operators were featured prominently around the Denton, Texas, courthouse square amid Peterbilt's annual United Way donations drive, which drew hundreds to downtown Denton for the custom-trucks display.
October 16, 2023
A veritable army of volunteers in safety vests fanned out at the parade's start through the throngs on-hand to help with donations to the United Way of Denton.
Life
Driver dies as train derails off overpass & bridge lands on truck
It appears that as many as 10 cars of the BNSF freight train slid off the tracks and over the bridge, landing on the interstate.
October 16, 2023
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Maintenance
Primer on EGR cooler failure | Solar eclipse traffic, NYC I-278 shutdown expected over weekend
Signs of a failing EGR cooler could include white exhaust steam or smoke coming from the stacks. Also: Where to expect Saturday solar-eclipse traffic across the nation; BQE in NYC shutting down through Monday.
October 13, 2023
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Life
'Trusted' driver busted with $235,000 in cocaine at border
"Narcotics infiltration into our trusted trader programs will absolutely not be tolerated.” --Hidalgo port director on the seizure. Also: New 'Best Fleets to Drive For' conference next year; ATBS mobile app update on the way with "ATBS Hub."
October 12, 2023
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Life
Next-gen drivers, educators have new high-school CDL training tool
The training curriculum intended to support high-school teachers with yearlong CDL courses in prepping students to successfully complete the CLP exam. Also: New female trucking board meeting; DAT's anti-identity-fraud partnership with Verosint.
October 11, 2023
Students in a recent CDL course at Patterson High School
Channel 19
Another trucker's tires punctured on I-75 in Georgia
After an Overdrive report on a bizarre act of vandalism against a sleeping trucker's rig, another report emerged with eerie similarities and no clear cause.
October 10, 2023
A photo from Nu-Way's Mike Leach shows the act of vandalism, which bears a striking similarity to another such incident just reported.
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