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Life: Page 52

Walcott Truckers Jamboree: Live music, custom trucks, more this week

The 44th annual celebration of trucks and truckers began Thursday at 10 a.m. and provides music, food, family fun, fireworks, and, of course, a slew of great-looking trucks through 5 p.m. Saturday.

July 12, 2023

Walcott Truckers Jamboree fireworks

Truck stuck in Smugglers' Notch, again, and Vermont plans to take action

The second truck in two days blew past multiple warning signs to get themselves stuck, and now the locals are making something of a game of the all-too-common occurrence.

July 7, 2023

smugglers notch truck stuck

Traffic shifted at busy border crossing for bridge maintenance

The westbound span of the Blue Water Bridge connecting Point Edward, Ontario, to Port Huron, Michigan, is closed through October. Also: I-15 closing overnight next week; Operation Safe Driver Week begins Sunday; Veterans in Trucking hosting Vietnam trip.

July 7, 2023

Blue Water Bridge

Truck driver takes a swim after crashing into reservoir

A tractor-trailer crashed down 20 feet into a reservoir in Wilmington, Vermont, leaving the driver to swim ashore while the 2020 Mack truck sent bubbles up from the bottom.

July 6, 2023

wilmington harriman reservoir trailer crash

Overdrive Extra

A special shoutout to trucker dads -- and one in particular

Truck driving isn't an easy career path for anyone, much less someone with a spouse and children at home. Here, a special thanks to all the trucker dads (and moms) out there, especially my own. Today, he hangs up the keys on a 40-year trucking career.

July 6, 2023

Sam Cole with his grandson Josh

Truck driver watching TikTok at time of deadly crash, cops say

A truck driver involved in a deadly crash that killed five in January in Arizona was allegedly watching TikTok at the time of the crash. Also: Michigan receives funding for "truck stop of the future;" trucker amenities at new New York service area.

July 4, 2023

fiery Arizona crash

The most dangerous road for truckers? Vermont's Notch Road claims another

A foolhardy owner-op ignored signs and bystanders to get stuck on a small, treacherous stretch of Vermont's state route 108, known as "Smuggler's Notch." About $10,000 in fees and fines, and some jokes, followed.

July 3, 2023

Vermont State Police vehicle parked behind the stuck semi-truck on smuggler's notch

Tanker in I-95 bridge collapse lost control on off-ramp: NTSB

NTSB in a preliminary report said the driver lost control of his tanker, loaded with 8,500 gallons of gasoline, leading to it overturning and bursting into flames. Also: Latest recalls -- Volvo trucks for steering issue, eCascadias for e-stability system.

July 3, 2023

NTSB I-95 bridge collapse

Calif. cops bust hauler with 95 pounds of suspected meth in trailer

A California Highway Patrol officer and a K-9 unit found four suitcases of the suspected drug in the trailer. Also: While oral fluid testing is allowed by DOT, still no HHS-approved labs; new Love's in western Colorado.

June 30, 2023

suspected meth found in trailer

Women of Trucking Advisory Board takes aim at billboard lawyers, NIMBYs

WOTAB in its latest meeting discussed various ways to improve training and retention of female drivers in trucking. Also: Top military vet rookie trucker to receive Kenworth T680 Signature Edition; former FMCSA investigator sentenced for extortion; more.

June 29, 2023

truck parking lot

Four indictments announced in grisly 2022 human smuggling case

The indictments stem from a smuggling case in which 53 people died and 11 others were injured inside a tractor-trailer with no working reefer unit in Texas. Also: Used truck prices continue to slide; Mack MD Electric available for order.

June 28, 2023

person in handcuffs

Florida fleet owner charged in alleged $112M Ponzi scheme

A Florida trucking company and its owner have been charged in an alleged Ponzi scheme. The fleet offered a wide range of services and high paid, flexible driving jobs. Authorities said it targeted mostly Haitian-Americans among investors.

June 27, 2023

Royal Bengal Logistics Inc. owner Sanjay Singh

FMCSA to study driver interactions with autonomous tech

FMCSA is looking to launch a study that will include 100 drivers and a driving simulator to examine how drivers interact with different levels of automation. Also: Anti-speed-limiter bill gains support in more co-sponsors; Love's opening truck washes.

June 27, 2023

Aurora autonomous truck

NHTSA estimates traffic fatalities down for fourth straight quarter

The federal agency is estimating that traffic fatalities fell around 3.3% in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the first quarter of 2022. Also: Stoughton intermodal chassis recalled; certain Great Dane trailers recalled; more.

June 26, 2023

NHTSA 1Q 2023 regional fatalities

Overdrive Radio

Trucking's owner-operators call out the absolute worst stretch of highway in America

Asked for the absolute worst stretch of road in the nation, most owner-operators today are quick to point straight to I-40 in Arizona. What would you say? In this week's podcast, there's a little hope for relief.

June 26, 2023

I-95 in Philadelphia reopens just 12 days after fiery bridge collapse

Thanks to some "out-of-the box" moves from PennDOT, the I-95 bridge in Philadelphia has reopened just 12 days after it shut, as the local sports teams honor the driver who died in the fiery crash.

June 23, 2023

Truckers deliver $45K toward breast-cancer cure, treatments, support

Trucker-songwriter Tony Justice presented a check for $45,191 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation on behalf of participants in May's Large Cars & Guitars truck show. And: Justice's new "Greatest Shifts" record, out now.

June 23, 2023

Pictured during a check presentation Thursday outside the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee (from right): Trucker-songwriter Tony Justice and his wife, Misty, with April Douglas of the Susan G. Komen Foundation

'Nothing short of heroic': Log hauler to the rescue after officer shot

A log truck driver took matters into his own hands by stopping a car that attempted to flee after its occupants shot at a state trooper. Who says truck drivers aren't still the "Knights of the Road?"

June 22, 2023

logging truck stopping suv on i-88 new york

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Two men in a vehicle cab, one wearing a blue uniform with American flag patch and glasses, the other in a maroon shirt holding communication equipment

FMCSA revokes 133 ELDs after Overdrive reported HOS fraud confrontation

FMCSA took action to stop "ridiculous" ELD fraud by revoking 133 devices on Thursday in historic crackdown on a problem splitting trucking in half.

Bright yellow Peterbilt food truck with extended cargo trailer parked in lot

Classic 1963 needlenose Kenworth transformed into 45-foot RV

Customized blue and silver semi-truck with chrome details displayed at outdoor truck show under blue sky

Paul Brookhart's horse-transport 2000 Peterbilt 379's big strides

Nighttime highway view from a moving vehicle showing brake lights of cars ahead on a dark road

ELD fraud: Drivers reveal what it's like hauling 16, 18, 22 hours a day

5K trucking authorities suspended in single day: Motus still messy

5K trucking authorities suspended in single day: Motus still messy

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