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Language of the MCSAC/MRB sleep apnea recommendations

You’ve more than likely seen the news, available via Overdrive here, that firm recommendations for guidance on required evaluation and treatment for sleep apnea among truck drivers with a body mass index (BMI) measurement of 35 or higher came down from the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee in their joint meeting with the Medical […]

December 8, 2011

Channel 19

MCSAC / MRB meeting webcast underway on sleep apnea

If you haven’t been able to tune into the meeting today of the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee with the Medical Review Board, keep an eye on my Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/channel19todd, where I’m posting various items from the presentations ongoing. Benjamin Hoffman, director of the Medical Review Board and GE Chief Medical Officer, […]

December 7, 2011

Overdrive Extra

Angry about trucking? Occupy your business

You might have noticed the powers that be are not striving to make your work environment more trouble-free next year. A new, and likely more restrictive, hours of service rule is expected. Carriers are steadily adopting electronic onboard recorders. More emissions-related regulations start in California during 2012, and medical certification will be more closely tied […]

December 4, 2011

Home

18 wheels, 12 months, 1 cool calendar

Don’t bother with fighting the crowds at shopping malls for ordinary consumer merchandise when you can find trucking-related gifts at the OverdriveOnline store.

December 2, 2011

Overdrive Extra

Factory freight finishing strong

Owner-operators with hauls tied closely to factory output should see good demand through year-end, based on today’s report from the Institute for Supply Management.

December 1, 2011

Channel 19

Air Force drivers haul the Iraq withdrawal

They’re “working overtime now with the 31 December deadline,” says Melissa Milner with U.S. Air Forces Central. Last week, she notified me of a special feature on their website detailing the hauling efforts of the Air Force’s 70th Medium Truck Detachment, charged with moving massive amounts of materiel out of Iraq before the end of […]

December 1, 2011

Channel 19

Power to win: Do you have it?

We know Sugar Ray Leonard’s got it. He delivered a “Power to Win!” keynote (pictured) to the 2011 VIPAR Heavy Duty Annual Business Conference, held in October in Tuscon. The network of parts distributors benefited well from Sugar Ray’s message, which drew parallels between the stores of various qualities it takes to run a successful […]

November 30, 2011

Business

Revision of hours rule gets postponed again

FMCSA said that it expects to issue the final rule within the next 30 days.

November 29, 2011

Business

Groups file lawsuit to block cross-border program

A lawsuit seeks to block the U.S. DOT from opening the U.S. border to Mexican trucks.

November 29, 2011

Business

Titan serves power lifter contest

Winner Hapfor Julius Bjornsson pulled a Mack Titan faster than the nine other power lifters in the truck-pull event of the Met-Rx World’s Strongest Man contest, the Greensboro, N.C.-based truck maker announced. Wearing a harness, Bjornsson pulled the 22,000-pound tractor the required 25 meters in less time than of all other contestants at the event […]

November 28, 2011

Channel 19

Operation Roger, Susanne Spirit get some national ink

Growing for a long moment, the Operation Roger network of volunteer haulers making themselves available to connect adopted pets with new caretakers — or to reunite lost pets with their owners — free of any charge got some ink this month. The MSNBC cable network did a story on them, and we’re happy to report […]

November 28, 2011

Channel 19

About truckin’ time: Tony Justice record in stores Dec. 6

“It’s about truckin’ time,” says Tony Justice, East Tennessee-based B&B Transport driver and the songwriter behind the upcoming “On the Road” album (I wrote about it last month here). It’s due out in all Pilot Flying J stores Dec. 6. It’s a trucking album by a trucker and for truckers, Justice notes, and stay tuned on […]

November 26, 2011