https://www.overdriveonline.com/life/article/15821367/former-truck-driver-gets-prison-time-for-smuggling-guns-north-emergency-hos-relief-extendedOverdriveen2026-04-03T18:28:10.000ZFormer truck driver gets prison time for smuggling guns north | Emergency HOS relief extended https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/man-in-handcuffs-adobestock-309900017.Alr7ZlZw7L.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/scott-derrick.LaUXxeMTdI.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Scott Derrickhttps://www.overdriveonline.com/custom-rigs/article/15821356/25k-in-prizes-at-stake-for-annual-shell-rotella-superrigs-working-truck-show-competitorsOverdriveen2026-04-03T17:29:59.000Z$25K in prizes at stake for annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs working truck show competitorshttps://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/ziglar.xbpQku9P7Z.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70<a href="https://www.overdriveonline.com/pride-polish/article/15816252/scrapin-by-kenny-ziglars-2007-pete-379-caps-off-big-2025-with-pride-polish-win">Kenny Ziglar's 2007 Peterbilt 379</a>, "Scrapin' By," was the big winner from <a href="https://www.overdriveonline.com/custom-rigs/article/15747498/scrapin-by-peterbilt-379-wins-big-at-shell-rotella-superrigs">SuperRigs in 2025</a>, capturing Best of Show before <a href="https://www.overdriveonline.com/pride-polish/article/15816252/scrapin-by-kenny-ziglars-2007-pete-379-caps-off-big-2025-with-pride-polish-win">going on to other big wins late in the year</a>.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://img.overdriveonline.com/mindful/rr/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-04-140915.XgEJsu4kSa.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://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-strategy-at-matsOverdriveen2026-03-31T21:21:46.000ZThe 'new FMCSA' talks aggressive 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.