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POLL: Paid parking -- how often do you pay for space?
With pay-to-reserve parking services compounding in the years since we last asked this question, when reader views were split over the value of a reservation, what's your frequency of paying to park today?
May 29, 2024
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Life
Card-skimming, diesel theft ring busted in Florida
Five individuals were charged for their roles in an alleged scheme to place card skimmers on fuel pumps and use the account numbers to steal diesel. Also: ATA reports another drop in tonnage hauled; Covenant seeks pre-CDL waiver for trainees.
May 24, 2024
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With a potential increase of cargo theft amid Memorial Day, experts offer mitigation insights
Keeping in mind the basics and being aware of technological advances can help fleets alleviate the potential of cargo theft.
May 24, 2024
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Three-decade trucker Francis Junto advancing in Mr. Health and Fitness competition
The multiple-marathon finisher's story proves it absolutely can be done: Fitness and diet transformation OTR. Junto's made it happen with a whole lot of hard work over the past decade.
May 23, 2024
Francis Junto running road race and the Freightliner he pulls in today
Regulations
Two more ELDs off FMCSA's device list | $5M worth of meth pulled from papaya load
The Blue Star ELD and ELD Mandate Plus device are now on the revoked devices list. Also: $5.4 million worth of alleged meth found in papaya shipment; Peterbilt 589 test drives in Ohio Thursday; ATA launches new industry image campaign.
May 21, 2024
ELD Mandate Plus device
Channel 19
Roadcheck fails 2024: The best of the worst?
With Roadcheck 2024 in the rearview, here's a look at some of the worst violations inspectors clocked during the annual enforcement blitz.
May 21, 2024
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Regulations
FMCSA petitioned to allow CLPs for 17-year-olds | I-44 closure, I-70 lane restrictions
A Washington state high school's CDL program wants its students to be able to obtain a commercial learner's permit at 17. Also: I-44 closures planned this weekend in OK; I-70 lane restrictions in CO next week; Shell Starship 3.0 takes off.
May 17, 2024
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Equipment
Dashcam shows drunk pickup driver's near deadly crash with owner-operator
An owner-operator credits Ex-Guard's grille protection rails with saving his life after a drunk driver fleeing the cops smashed into his front fender. The whole thing is caught on camera.
May 17, 2024
3 Drunk Driver Swerves Into Truck
Channel 19
Drivers' behind-the-wheel fistfight causes crash on I-95
Vilhomme Mondesir, 46, of Lake Worth Florida, allegedly got into a fistfight captured on dashcam after refusing to let two other drivers in the cab take a rest break.
May 16, 2024
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Regulations
Biden officially commits to marijuana regs overhaul: What CDL drivers need to know
Federal marijuana rules will likely change near-term for most people, but don't listen to the rumors: It isn't, and won't, be legal for CDL holders.
May 6, 2024
drug urine test specimen bottle
Life
No more trucks stuck in Vermont's infamous Smugglers' Notch?
The Vermont Agency of Transportation reopened perhaps the most fraught road for trucking in the country on Tuesday, this time with a chicane course to further deter big trucks.
May 15, 2024
Here's the obstacle course Vermont installed at the open of Notch Road to deter trucks from attempting the climb. Think it will work?
Life
Legislation looks to create crash victim, survivor advocate within DOT
The proposed National Roadway Safety Advocate would essentially serve as a liaison between the DOT and crash victims/survivors, communicating issues to both sides. Also: Peterbilt adds chassis warranty option for certified pre-owned trucks.
May 15, 2024
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Overdrive Extra
Big winners at Large Cars & Guitars: Minds, hearts, elemental trucking camaraderie
White Pine Paving's Mann family took home Kids' Choice, and a long conversation with owner-operator John Highley, among others, showed the event's doing the job right, with some of the best trucking's got to offer.
May 14, 2024
Trucks facing Large Cars & Guitars stage
Regulations
Driver-facing cams removed from under-21 CDL program | Cocaine found in cotton candy at border
Following a Congressional directive, FMCSA has removed the driver-facing camera and Registered Apprenticeship requirements from the program. Also: Cocaine found in cotton candy load at border; latest Highway Angel.
May 13, 2024
Rand McNally two-way dashcam
Life
Murder charges: Latest in New Orleans staged-accident case
The case has been ongoing with charges and guilty pleas since 2020 for crashes staged with trucks, yet new charges against two individuals take a darker turn with alleged murder of a cooperating witness.
May 13, 2024
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Life
Cargo theft jumped another 46% to begin 2024
After a year of record highs of recorded cargo theft in 2023, thefts jumped another 46% in the first quarter of 2024 over the same period last year. Also: Fleet gets waiver to use pulsating brake light system; free in-cab safety alerts in Arkansas.
May 10, 2024
CargoNet Q1 2024 cargo theft trends
Regulations
Marijuana legalization, trucking, and the future of drug testing
Marijuana legalization, or at least decriminalization, is picking up steam. Further moves might reshape the future of drug testing in trucking altogether.
May 9, 2024
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Life
'Our Roads, Our Safety' Week under way with FMCSA | I-95 back open fully
The weeklong campaign aimed at boosting share-the-road safety among professional drivers and motorists comes one week prior to the kickoff of CVSA's Roadcheck inspection blitz. Also, ICYMI: I-95 reopens after damaged-bridge demo, cleanup.
May 6, 2024
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Owner-operator Raiko Graveran might be the 'nicest dude in all of trucking,' a version of which has been said by more than one truck showgoer who's found him and his 1995 Freightliner FLD 120 parked up. Here he's showing off fairly recent wins at the Old Town Rig Down event in Nacogdoches, Texas. Look for Graveran out at the Stars, Stripes and White Lines event this week in Atlanta.
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Red, white and 'Little Blue': The story of owner-operator Raiko Graveran
RGT Transport owner Graveran came to the United States in '08 on a raft from Cuba, ultimately able to gain legal permanent resident status with the immigration policy of the time. Today, he's the proud owner of a multi-award-winning custom '95 FLD flattop that cuts a unique picture on the show circuit.
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