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Business
178,000 CDLs downgraded? What really happened in November
After the November 18 deadline for CDL downgrades of all "prohibited" drivers in the FMCSA's Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, did rates improve? Did anything actually happen? Maybe not.
January 7, 2025
Regulations
FMCSA's random drug-testing rate for 2025
The rate will remain at 50% for random drug tests and 10% for random alcohol tests. Also: Iowa 80 Group settles with EPA over alleged Clean Water Act violations; Sutton Transport acquired by Pitt Ohio; 2025 market outlook webinar upcoming.
January 7, 2025
Regulations
OOIDA's virtual 'fireside chat' on broker transparency proposal
The association will be answering questions from truckers as the comment period on FMCSA's brokered freight transparency proposal winds down. Also: Revolving door keeps spinning between FMCSA, autonomous firms; Atlas Canada acquires customs brokerage.
January 6, 2025
Regulations
Winter weather prompts slew of emergencies, waiving hours and other regs
As winter storms stretch across the Central and Eastern U.S., several states have issued emergency declarations waiving certain hours-of-service provisions for drivers transporting heating fuel and other commodities.
January 6, 2025
Regulations
Snow squall on a dark Alaskan highway leads to brutal tractor-trailer collision. Preventable?
Trucker John Doe felt he couldn't have anticipated the jackknifed flatbed coming over a blind hill during a nighttime snow squall, yet his safety director issued a preventable-accident warning after he hit the trailer. He appealed the judgment ...
January 3, 2025
Regulations
DOT increases fines for regs violations to reflect inflation
The annual adjustment to civil penalties for violations of certain DOT regulations is required by law. Also: Biden signs into law a streamlining of TSA background checks for Hazmat/TWIC; trucking activity down in November.
January 2, 2025
Regulations
FMCSA delays broker-authority 'immediate suspension,' other regs provisions
FMCSA announced plans to delay implementation of certain provisions of its new broker/forwarder regs from January 16, 2025, until a full year later in 2026. Provisions delayed include the long-awaited suspension of broker authority after valid claims.
January 1, 2025
Safety and Compliance
6 pre- and post-trip inspection myths, and reality
Owner-operators know how important inspections are, but much of the conventional wisdom around inspections is more fiction than fact, which in some cases can lead to OOS violations.
January 1, 2025
Safety and Compliance
What's appropriate as 'personal conveyance' in the logbook or ELD under the hours rules?
This video, part of the Trucking Law series originally, explains regulatory guidance around "personal conveyance," making clear what is/isn't acceptable off-duty movement of the truck under the hours of service.
January 1, 2025
Overdrive Radio
4 million miles toward optimism for a new year: Ring in 2025 with Overdrive Radio
A small fleet owner builds direct business after getting burned by a broker to a concert tour-haul run with country-rock legends, plenty in the way of biz advice borne of experience, and so much more: Overdrive Radio's 2024 in review.
December 31, 2024
Regulations
37 migrants found in trailer at border
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Las Cruces Station in New Mexico found 37 undocumented migrants concealed inside a partially loaded trailer during a routine inspection at the I-25 checkpoint. Also: Hawaii seeking CDL-testing exemption.
December 31, 2024
Channel 19
Overdrive's top 10 trucking stories of 2024
The Ice Pick Bandit, broker transparency and other regs, middlemen acting crazy, marijuana laws changing, Trump taking back the White House. ... Which was the most important story in trucking in 2024?
December 31, 2024
Business
Finance-crimes network's reporting requirement halted again in court
The Corporate Transparency Act's implementation was again halted on appeal, in yet another flip-flop ruling. That means small biz, including owner-operator LLCs, do not need to report ownership info to Treasury.
December 10, 2024
Regulations
FMCSA denies exemption request for autonomous trucks
FMCSA shoots down a request from big tech companies looking to field autonomous trucks to get out of needing a driver to place warning devices at a stop. Also, OOIDA offers help on new Financial Crimes Enforcement reg.
December 27, 2024
Channel 19
Trucking inspection fails: 2024's worst of the worst
Many in trucking had a hard year in 2024, but you can be thankful at least that you didn't make this list of the worst equipment fails, drunkest drivers, and most shockingly clapped-out trucks of the year.
December 26, 2024
Overdrive Radio
Five decades of 'swinging the bat' for small business trucking: Joe Rajkovacz
From battles fought over decades as an owner-operator to full-time work with OOIDA and the last decade and a half at the Western States Trucking Association, Joe Rajkovacz's legacy as a voice for small business continues, even now in retirement.
December 23, 2024
Regulations
Predatory tows left out of FTC's 'junk fees' ban
FTC's final rule focuses on the live-event ticketing and short-term lodging industries rather than having a broader application. Also: Shippers' market conditions fell in October.
December 23, 2024
Parking
Don't let the grinch steal your load | FMCSA gets an earful on truck parking
FMCSA's MCSAC advisory board developed recommendations for the DOT to expand truck parking. Also: CargoNet warns of heightened theft activity over holidays; hazmat, TWIC credentialing bill heads to president's desk.
December 20, 2024
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