Five from Overdrive: ATA blasts drug study, Navistar hits a major milestone, C.R. England gives a Harley away

Oct 29, 2013

Updated Oct 31, 2013

Overdrive and CCJ executive editor gives you a heads-up as to what’s happening in trucking today: from a flawed drug study from Brazil, to seriously good news for Navistar and a happy new Harley owner in New Jersey.

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