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Owner-op shutdown, TQL boycott: New association makes its mark

The National Owner Operators Association has burst on the scene as a bit of a bomb thrower in 2023. Here Overdrive checks in on the newly founded org's ongoing boycott and shutdown.

November 20, 2023

National Owner Operator Association member Gabriel Scott drove this truck to TQL headquarters to demand payment face-to-face. Scott, along with NOOA President Mike Boston, have made broker nonpayment and transparency issues central to their advocacy.

Truck drivers lose case against fleet over Calif. labor laws | I-10 back open

The truck drivers, employed by a non-California-based fleet, claimed the company didn't meet certain California payment requirements. Also: I-10 back open in L.A.; certain severe-duty Peterbilts with Cummins L9N engines recalled.

November 20, 2023

Flatbed On Highway California Pacheco Pass

DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg's strange interview with an owner-op

The DOT took a shot at making a kind of driver recruiting video, trumpeting how important and fun the job is. But sharing it again this week, Buttigieg missed the mark as new, aggressive regs wait around the corner.

November 17, 2023

Buttigieg and owner-operator David Alvarado have. a nice, if superficial, chat.

Speed limiters for cars? | Calif. now planning to reopen I-10 next week

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday the interstate in Los Angeles can safely reopen Nov. 21. Also: NTSB recommends speed limiters for cars following crash investigation; new TA Express in Louisiana.

November 17, 2023

I-10 fire Los Angeles

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Brokers' 3 a.m. calls -- 'Unless there's been a death in the family, a text will suffice'

That's but one viewpoint delivered by readers following Long Haul Paul's "Weigh In" tale earlier in the week detailing instances of over-eager brokers' sleep-disturbing check-ins in the wee hours. Here, LHP weighs next steps, rounding up commentary.

November 17, 2023

Illustration of incoming calls to truckers overnight asking for load status

California files petition with FMCSA for waiver for meal/rest breaks | Wind warnings: Wyoming I-80, other roads

FMCSA opened the door to the waiver requests in August, which if granted would allow California and Washington state to enforce their own meal and rest break laws. Also: Indiana propane haulers get HOS relief; high wind warning in Wyoming; more.

November 15, 2023

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FMCSA tightens screws on brokers who 'do not intend to pay' carriers: Final rule

The agency said its changes to the broker regulations are intended to reduce freight fraud by "limiting the time brokers can continue to accrue claims" before their authority is suspended, among other changes to broker/forwarder and surety/trust regs.

November 15, 2023

Trucks backed to dock

Senator, Teamsters boss nearly fist fight at committee hearing

After the Teamsters boss mocked the Senator's height, the former MMA fighter from Oklahoma challenged him directly. "Stand your butt up," he said. "You stand your butt up," O'Brien replied.

November 14, 2023

Sen. Markwayne Mullin

I-70 WB shut down in Ohio after fiery crash

The crash involved a truck that rear-ended a charter bus, resulting in three fatalities and 15 injuries. Also: J.B. Hunt and BNSF's partnership looks to move freight from truck to rail; medical waste pickup/disposal company seeks HOS waiver; new Love's.

November 14, 2023

I-70 Ohio truck and bus crash

UAW strike at Mack Trucks could be near end with five-year agreement

UAW informed Mack that it will hold a vote next week on the agreement, negotiated by both sides. Also: Trucker Path offering reserved parking discounts at certain locations; Iowa ag haulers' weight waiver extended; Drivewyze expands in Canada.

November 10, 2023

Mack MD Series production line

ATA, OOIDA split on bills that would guarantee overtime for employee truck drivers

Big names in the Senate and House on Thursday introduced the Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act, meant to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. OOIDA supports, ATA opposes, and similar bills in the last Congress failed to gain traction.

November 9, 2023

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'Way past ridiculous': Owner-ops sound off on FMCSA's baby steps on detention

Owner-ops and trucking groups respond to FMCSA's intentions to further explore the impacts of detention time on trucking. Truckers by and large favor a study, but clearly don't need any more convincing that excess detention is a major problem.

November 9, 2023

Three trucks back to a dock

'Potential adverse safety impacts': Speed limiters, truck parking discussed in Senate hearing

A Senate subcommittee held a hearing on highway safety, which included talk about a potential speed limiter mandate and the truck parking shortage. Also: Trucking groups voice support for parking funding bill; Peach State Truck Centers expanding.

November 8, 2023

Split speed limit sign

California 'not' dreaming: CARB year-end deadlines getting real for truckers

Two CARB deadlines are getting real for owner-operators/small fleets doing business in California. Meantime, though, litigation prospects are heating up as initial arguments are filed in WSTA v. EPA over CARB's push to electrify the fleet.

November 8, 2023

Smoke From Stack On Highway Truck

Impatient driver attempts to cut off rig's right turn: Was the accident preventable?

Not wanting to get stuck behind the trucker's slow-moving rig for a long stretch of unpassable two-lane highway, a four-wheeler tried to cut across the grassy corner of the intersection to head off the tractor. Accident preventable? Or not?

November 6, 2023

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CARB facing more lawsuits over latest emissions regs

The Western States Trucking Association filed suits over the summer challenging CARB's Advance Clean Trucks and Advanced Clean Fleets rules. Also: U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree harvested in West Virginia; latest Highway Angel.

November 3, 2023

BAE truck charging

CARB 'smog check' truck reporting system seminars upcoming | Big I-10, I-17 closures this weekend

CARB's Clean Truck Check program requires owners operating in California to register their trucks in a new system. Also: I-55 NB remains closed after massive crash; I-17, I-10 closures planned; new Love's in Louisiana, Missouri.

November 2, 2023

Diesel truck exhaust in cold

Owner-operator group launches 'nationwide shutdown' over FMCSA inaction on broker regs

The National Owner Operators Association said more than 20,000 member truckers could shut down to protest a lack of broker transparency after FMCSA delayed action until late 2024.

November 1, 2023

The shutdown today hasn't been the only protest event this year to call for greater enforcement of so-called 'transparency' regulations for brokers (49 CFR 371.3), illustrated by many of these signs from a rally this past May in D.C., covered at this link.

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OTR to CDL school owner: A.J. Frankie and the 'School Daze' '92 T600

Frankie has been driving trucks for 40 years, but after long complaints about the quality of truck driver he was seeing on the roads, his wife told him he ought earn his right to complain. He opened a Driving Academy franchise and runs the 1992 Kenworth featured here to school almost daily.

Clifton Parsley's 'Heavy Hook' 2024 Peterbilt 389 was voted by Overdrive readers as the 2025 Pride & Polish Limited Mileage champ. Parsley built the heavy rotator tow truck not only to work in his Cave City, Kentucky-based towing business, but to also promote a positive image of the towing industry to truckers.

'Heavy Hook' 2024 389's tall order: Promoting tow-company positivity to trucking

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Owner-ops, experts cautiously optimistic for 2026 rates bump

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Non-domiciled CDLs are back: New Jersey resumes issuance after FMCSA crackdown

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'Who here knows their numbers?' For truck owners who do, and act on them, profits stack up

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