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Our thank-you card to drivers
In addition to truck driver appreciation programs at many fleets, there are initiatives from truck stop chains, trade groups and others.
September 16, 2015
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Suicide spinoff: Blaming the trucker, once again
Professional drivers know firsthand from the evolution of the regulatory machine that there is a tendency to hold you guilty until proven innocent.
September 10, 2015
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Analyst: Trend to ‘micromanage’ drivers deterring truckers, ELDs to push small carriers out of biz
“We’re watching them on the satellite. We’ve got a camera inside the cab of the truck that will take a movie of you if there’s any kind of acceleration, deceleration, swerve to the left or swerve to the right. This is not the kind of job that the swashbuckling truck drivers of years gone past would have any interest in and that’s part of what makes it so difficult.”
September 10, 2015
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Time for a ‘no truck’ list? Recent CDL recipient spurs the question
Minnesota’s recent issuance of a CDL to a man already forbidden to board U.S. planes begs the question: Does the U.S. need a list of those who aren’t allowed to obtain CDLs?
September 8, 2015
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30-Second Trucker Tip: Stalled on train tracks!
A 100-car train traveling 50 mph takes a full mile to stop. So if you stall on the tracks and hear that train a-comin’, rolling round the bend, the odds are not with you. Here’s what to do.
September 6, 2015
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30-second Trucker Tip video: Steer tire blowout!
A blowout is one of the most dreaded big-rig emergencies, especially when it’s a steer tire. Here’s how to handle one if it happens.
August 13, 2015
Overdrive Extra
My conversations with truckers dealing with ‘suicide by truck’ cases
There’s no way to fully prepare yourself for this kind of tragedy, but being at your very best, all the time, gives you an edge.
August 9, 2015
Overdrive Extra
A safer, more sensible CDL entry path
The current prohibition on interstate driving for 18-20-year-old CDL holders does only so much to promote safety.
July 31, 2015
Pride & Polish
25 years of show truck evolution
25 years of custom truck showpieces in a two minute window — a celebration of Overdrive’s Pride & Polish 25th anniversary.
July 23, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Goodbye, Bambi, we hardly knew ye
In the latest installment of Overdrive’s Worst Case Trucking Scenarios series, we take a look at how to avoid hitting a deer.
July 7, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Interstate tolling: Time to give it up
Congress has dodged the obvious solution, raising fuel taxes, for years because raising taxes is unpopular. What has become popular, for many of those making federal law, is to dump this hot potato to the states.
July 2, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Samsung latest to the table with futuristic truck tech
The system uses a wireless camera mounted on the truck’s front and transmits the video feed to four monitors built into the trailer doors.
June 30, 2015
Custom Rigs
SuperRigs offered sneak preview of August’s Pride & Polish National Championship finale
In addition to the show’s role of choosing the weekend’s winners and the 12 trucks that will appear in next year’s SuperRigs calendar, it also offered a sneak peak at the upcoming Overdrive’s Pride & Polish National Championship.
June 23, 2015
Custom Rigs
Meet ChampTruck’s newest competitor: Off-road racer Corry Weller
Corry Weller brings her skills in off-road truck racing to big rig racing this season in ChampTruck’s inaugural truck racing circuit.
June 18, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Two owner-operator segments with the best earnings start for 2015
A look at which owner-operator segments are earning the most so far in 2015.
June 16, 2015
Custom Rigs
Ray Rodriquez brings his ‘wicked’ Petes to SuperRigs
Small fleet owner and California equipment hauler Ray Rodriquez brought to San Antonio this week to show at Shell Rotella’s SuperRigs both his oldest rigand his newest, one of the most striking trucks gracing the show truck circuit presently.
June 12, 2015
Overdrive Extra
THUD update: House retains provision barring FMCSA from increasing insurance minimums, still no Senate bill
With Congress returning from its roughly two-week Memorial Day recess, work likely will resume in the coming week on 2016 appropriations bills for the DOT. And those bills could earn the trucking industry a few regulatory victories.
June 5, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Are driving skills about to be devalued?
Our industry has spent years on the hard sell that safe driving is truly a skilled profession. It’s sad to imagine the long-haul more akin to Homer Simpson, watching gauges at the power plant.
June 4, 2015
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