https://www.overdriveonline.com/business/article/15821288/how-freight-fraud-stole-the-show-at-mats-carriers-getting-smart-fmcsa-bringing-heatOverdriveen2026-04-02T21:29:30.000ZHow freight fraud stole the show at MATS: Carriers getting smart, FMCSA bringing heathttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-02-at-41259-pm.GYb2k2CBSP.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<i>Left:</i> Prax in 2024 gave a speech at MATS thumping a stack of letters he sent out to some 1,100 broker and carrier entities registering with a bad PPOB. At that point, FMCSA was granting about 200 authorities each month to entities that didn't even bother to put a real address. <i>Right:</i> Prax poses with FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs, who pledged to crack down on "ghost offices." Since October 2025, FMCSA has approved just three entities with P.O. Boxes, UPS Stores, or otherwise unconventional PPOBs.https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/matsprax.JBA7piM2hk.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15821254/fmcsas-eld-purge-tosses-another-deviceOverdriveen2026-04-02T20:31:48.000ZFMCSA's ELD purge tosses another devicehttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/adobestock-512960673.QgAWrUxigf.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-extra/article/15821264/more-ways-truckers-can-take-the-horror-out-of-high-fuelOverdriveen2026-04-02T20:24:02.000ZMore ways to take the horror out of high fuelhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/diesel-total-on-pump.NzSxwqzXsK.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://www.overdriveonline.com/life/article/15821232/traffic-fatalities-continued-downward-trend-in-2025Overdriveen2026-04-02T17:30:42.000ZTraffic fatalities trend down in 2025https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/truck-crash.ZXj2GCVaqw.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-02-at-92149-am.5ZAu6iiVnU.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70A more detailed look at NHTSA large truck-involved crash fatality and injury data in the recent report.https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-02-at-92319-am.9313CtsbAI.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70NHTSA added that all 10 regions across the U.S. are projected to have decreases in fatalities and fatality rate per 100 million VMT in 2025 as compared to 2024.https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-02-at-92257-am.U6Mprq3MM5.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70If the numbers hold, the estimated percentage decrease for 2025 would be the fifth largest in the recorded history of NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), the agency said.https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-02-at-92218-am.5Wl51xqLz9.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70This chart shows the overall change by vehicle type of people killed and injured in crashes from 2023 to 2024.https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15821166/indiana-revokes-nearly-all-nondomiciled-cdls-following-new-state-lawOverdriveen2026-04-01T20:38:36.000ZIndiana revokes 'nearly all' non-domiciled CDLs following new state lawhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-01-at-35753-pm.Gl9mpc3ggY.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Scenes from Indiana's Amish country after non-domiciled CDL holder Bekzhan Beishekeev of Kyrgyzstan crashed and killed four in early February.https://www.overdriveonline.com/electronic-logging-devices/article/15821159/eld-tampering-officially-an-outofservice-violationOverdriveen2026-04-01T20:10:00.000ZELD tampering officially an out-of-service violationhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/truck-police-roadsideadobestock-239565966.z9vz2gCZ5G.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-extra/article/15821073/fraud-broker-credit-checks-bond-claims-whats-your-experienceOverdriveen2026-04-01T20:07:48.000ZFraud, broker credit checks, bond claims: Weigh inhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/hacker-gloves-on-keyboard-id-fraud-trucker-reading-phone.2Zm9JCf5a3.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://www.overdriveonline.com/hours-of-service/article/15821128/fmcsa-stops-short-of-saying-2020-hos-changes-caused-more-crashesOverdriveen2026-04-01T19:20:09.000ZFMCSA stops short of saying 2020 HOS changes caused more crasheshttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/night-hours-hos.aqscZ8ZJLP.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-01-at-105717-am.LNw2Nl7lgp.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-01-at-105623-am.t2Gpzkiv6O.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70While the average number of post-crash inspections per month was essentially flat from the pre-Sept. 2020 period, the number of inspections with an HOS violation (OOS or not) was higher post-2020.https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-01-at-105525-am.F1XSZSw2P4.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70FMCSA tracked no statistically significant shift in pre- and post-change crashes and fatalities. There was, however, a statistically significant decrease in injury rate in the post-crash period.https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15821123/dot-secretary-sean-duffy-confronted-by-nondomiciled-cdl-driver-at-matsOverdriveen2026-04-01T19:15:11.000ZDOT Secretary Sean Duffy confronted by non-domiciled CDL driver at MATShttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-01-at-112220-am.3NEp6gF3MV.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-01-at-30043-pm.sXmAEaYvE4.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://www.overdriveonline.com/trucker-of-the-year/article/15820954/minding-ps-and-qs-of-costs-rates-trucker-of-the-month-greg-laboskyOverdriveen2026-03-31T22:21:00.000ZMinding Ps and Qs of costs, rates: Trucker of the Month Greg Laboskyhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/kimg0701.W48hZLo0kl.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Owner-operator Greg Labosky now pilots this 2025 International LT that bought new at the beginning of this year. The truck replaced a 2017 Freightliner Cascadia that, approaching 1 million miles, was costing the GDL Enterprise owner more in maintenance than he could countenance.https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/kimg0700.J5JBzlBi2u.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Greg Laboskyhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/ovd-logo-2026truckeroftheyearlogo-1225-medivmokgmzi0.fwBcXpQJLy.avif?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<a href="https://www.overdriveonline.com/toptrucker"><i>Overdrive</i>'s 2026 Trucker of the Year competition</a> recognizes business acumen and unique or time-honored recipes for success among owner-operators. <a href="https://overdriveonline.com/toptrucker">Nominations are open for exceptional owners,</a> whether leased or independent (up to three trucks). Enter your own or another owner-operator business you admire via the links.https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15821071/the-new-fmcsa-talks-aggressive-new-strategy-at-matsOverdriveen2026-03-31T21:21:46.000ZThe 'new FMCSA' talks aggressive new strategy at MATShttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/screenshot-2026-03-31-at-43031-pm.IvKqtIw7Ij.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://www.overdriveonline.com/business/article/15821034/fuels-surge-slows-as-spot-rates-reactOverdriveen2026-03-31T19:25:55.000ZFuel's surge slows, except in $7+ California, as spot rates reacthttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/truck-fueling-fuel-island-adobestock-7970769.N1qNh8nh4C.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://www.overdriveonline.com/life/article/15820917/longtime-owneroperator-ingrid-brown-named-wit-driver-of-the-yearOverdriveen2026-03-30T20:08:26.000ZLongtime owner-operator Ingrid Brown named WIT Driver of the Yearhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/2026-doy-1-1200x628.6B2CfqPhms.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70In addition to Brown, finalists included KellyLynn McLaughlin, national transportation driver, dump and roll off, Clean Harbors Environmental Services; Fabiola Campos-Buenavista, professional driver and driver development instructor, FedEx Freight; and Gina Jones, company driver, Werner.https://www.overdriveonline.com/custom-rigs/article/15820834/pky-results-never-satisfied-builds-1985-peterbilt-359-captures-big-buildoff-winOverdriveen2026-03-28T18:20:47.000ZPKY results: Never Satisfied Builds' 1985 Peterbilt 359 captures big Build-Off winhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/nairn.hVmR0cgK10.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>Best of Show: </strong>CJ Nairn, 2025 Kenworth W900Lhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/prier.ItN4E1K61M.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Douglas Prier, 2026 Kenworth W900https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/mastre.7C09m6riCH.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Park Mastre, 2020 Peterbilt 389https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/aragon.szJVVxFlnl.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Mark Aragon, 2003 Peterbilt 379EXHD and 2020 Wilsonhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/dills.jbt0CEfWUN.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Jeff Dills, 2007 Peterbilt 379 and 2001 Utility 3000Rhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/couch.XFO14WNJwt.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>Best of Show: </strong><a href="https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-extra/article/15817421/1999-freightliner-classic-a-new-testament-to-power-of-faith-family-hard-work">Phillip Couch</a>, 1999 Freightliner Classic XLhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/warner.6VHR4pMmUf.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong><a href="https://www.overdriveonline.com/custom-rigs/video/15743293/hillbilly-hampton-88-peterbilt-362-built-for-mats-big-rig-buildoff">Jaden Warner</a>, 1988 Peterbilt 362https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/badders.5VjI0LREUa.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Austin Badders, 1983 Peterbilt 359https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/baesel.8x773LZ73N.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong><a href="https://www.overdriveonline.com/custom-rigs/video/15739768/an-transports-immaculate-hen-house-2024-peterbilt-389">Rob Baesel</a>, 2024 Peterbilt 389 and 2025 Machttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/jacob.rkXyFfLb42.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Tucker Jacob, 2024 Peterbilt 389 and 2024 Ebyhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/treadway.MLAH4IISA5.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/beger.reKppoOEpT.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>Best of Show: </strong>Darryl Beger, 2019 Peterbilt 389https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/brookhart.AE6Dx7MoKX.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Paul Brookhart, 2001 Peterbilt 379https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/smith.aitrbMKOiC.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Wayne Smith, 1967 Kenworth W925Ahttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/ray.ggCdjag0Rd.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>Best of Show: </strong>Blake Ray, 2020 Peterbilt 389 and 2026 Machttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/nelson.wyFSj6JO0i.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Jared Nelson, 2022 Peterbilt 389https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/lamontagne.f0M5TpQ6be.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Tyler LaMontagne, 1983 Peterbilt 359https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/arnold.7sGFTQnbea.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong><a href="https://www.overdriveonline.com/custom-rigs/video/15680840/builders-westernthemed-1970-pete-358-honors-original-owner">Brant Arnold</a>, 1970 Peterbilt 289Mhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/sand.1yRmwnYcXv.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>Best of Show: </strong>Chad and Brad Sand, 2016 Peterbilt 389 and 2018 Machttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/ripley.cicyWBaFUc.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Jacob Ripley, 2025 Kenworth W900Bhttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/flores.pswi8VuLAc.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Jason Flores, 2018 Peterbilt 389 and 2018 XL double flatshttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/dyck.6uYrg1qU7u.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>David Dyck, 2025 Peterbilt 589https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/jones.JBgwff9Gov.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Bruce Jones, 2000 Peterbilt 379 and 2025 Machttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/tipton.MokOoQByl0.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<strong>1st: </strong>Ethan Tipton, 1972 Brockway 457https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/menkel.HeVedETXtB.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Randy Menkel and Never Satisfied Builds/J&L Contracting took home top honors in the 2026 <a href="https://www.overdriveonline.com/custom-rigs/article/15770148/2026-mats-big-rig-buildoff-competitors-announced">Big Rig Build-Off</a> at the <a href="https://overdriveonline.com/tag/mats">Mid-America Trucking Show</a> with their full-custom 1985 Peterbilt 359.https://www.overdriveonline.com/equipment/article/15820804/trump-epa-congress-hope-to-save-truckers-billions-with-diesel-liberation-act-new-guidanceOverdriveen2026-03-27T20:34:44.000ZTrump, EPA, Congress hope to save truckers billions with Diesel Liberation Act, new guidancehttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/screenshot-2026-03-27-at-30539-pm.Yz7D7kd2ix.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://www.overdriveonline.com/trucker-of-the-year/article/15820737/trucker-of-the-year-john-penn-honored-at-mats-among-ownerop-peersOverdriveen2026-03-27T20:06:42.000ZTrucker of the Year John Penn honored at MATS among owner-op peershttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/view-down-hill-to-john-penn-house.JA8STQ8kFK.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70The farmhouse where owner-operator Penn has lived for a couple of decades now once belonged to his grandparents -- he bought the place after they passed. And it's more than 100 years older than the 2019 Freightliner Cascadia you see parked up ahead of the hay barn for his cattle, and another, similarly-spec'd Cascadia not visible in the image he keeps as a spare.https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/mixcollage-27-mar-2026-05-02-am-2481.PesaJHn6rY.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<a href="https://overdriveonline.com/toptrucker"><i>Enter your own or another deserving owner's business (up to 3 trucks) in </i>Overdrive<i>'s 2026 Trucker of the Year competition via this link</i></a><i>. </i>https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/20260315-165348.QjGPMlkgVJ.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70With the tractor, spec'd and modified for maximum fuel efficiency, Penn's prepped for the current cost environment with perhaps the best cushion an owner-operator could have against the hammer of spiking diesel prices: His time with the tractor has yielded an average fuel mileage approaching 11 mpg.https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/john-penn-in-shop.lHVS4uXqLP.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jptransport8830" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Penn's Youtube channel</a> is a repository for documentation of his own maintenance and other work, much of it performed in and around the shop at the home place in Orleans shown here.https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/overdrive-atbs-partners-in-business-cover-2026.hv6XcC4V5q.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70At MATS, <i>Overdrive </i>also debuted preps for the annual update of the <a href="https://overdriveonline.com/partners-in-business">Partners in Business manual</a>, coproduced with owner-operator business services firm ATBS and since last year in a dynamic online library format. <a href="https://overdriveonline.com/partners-in-business">Browse the playbook for an owner-operator career via this link.</a>https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15820771/dots-duffy-spot-rates-are-going-to-go-up-as-fmcsa-cracks-down-on-fraudOverdriveen2026-03-27T17:52:33.000ZDOT's Duffy: 'Spot rates are going to go up' as FMCSA cracks down on fraudstershttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/screenshot-2026-03-27-at-12826-pm.ujx2SyH294.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70DOT Secretary Sean Duffy talks to <i>Overdrive</i> ahead of his speech at the Mid-America Trucking Show. Both FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs and Duffy walked among the show attendees, answering questions off the cuff and vowing major change.https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/screenshot-2026-03-27-at-13100-pm.wu89eDh8og.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Duffy and Barrs walking the show floor at MATS.