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Penske Logistics IndyCar debuts third; ‘Trucker bombs’ a misnomer, police say
Penske Logistics IndyCar debuts in third A Penske Logistics-sponsored IndyCar, driven by Ryan Briscoe, made a position 4 start and no. 3 finish yesterday in the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300, presented by Nestle, on the exciting street track in the Brazilian capital. The new car’s shown here undregoing “final preparations for shipment to Brazil at the […]
May 2, 2011
Penskecar
Channel 19
Truckster app ‘by and for drivers’
From the Maine Morning Sentinel newspaper comes news of the former hauler, 42-year-old Leigh Gagnon, who created and launched in 2009 the Truckster app for the iPhone and Android phones. Available for $3.99 in the Android market and iTune App Store, the multifunction app provides a searchable platform to the majority of truckstops the nation […]
April 19, 2011
Truckster
Overdrive Extra
Paying more for older trucks
It’s been clear for a year that certain things have been improving for trucking. Freight demand has increased, and with it demand for drivers. From the vantage of the American Truck Dealers, holding its annual meeting in Phoenix, the rebound is evident for some other reasons, too, one of which – used truck prices – […]
April 18, 2011
Channel 19
Rhetoric on Tony the Truckstop Tiger boils over into truckstop villification
It’s been a little while since I checked in on the efforts by animal-rights activists and others — including a large coterie of truck drivers — to force owners of the Tiger Truck Stop in Gross Tete, La., to give up their caged Bengal tiger, Tony. The latest efforts including a lawsuit filed this week […]
April 15, 2011
Business
Schneider National driver exceeds 4 million safe miles
Schneider National Inc., company driver Mark DeSotel was honored for driving 4 million accident-free miles in his nearly 35 years with the fleet, based in Green Bay, Wis. Late last year, he became the third driver in the carrier’s history to achieve the distinction.
April 6, 2011
Channel 19
‘Truck spotting’ takes off in England to industry image benefit
Remember the oft-described “good ol’ days” of the 1970s? When truck drivers were portrayed by the movie stars of the day and lionized by the public as hardworking heroes of the American way? The image of drivers and public interest in trucking may never have been higher on this side of the pond, it’s certain, […]
April 5, 2011
Stobarttruck
Channel 19
Tools for trucking career, issues advocacy at social media meeting
Making the wider world work to your particular advantage, whatever you choose that to mean, has always been the goal of the more ambitious among us — in today’s world, the tools toward making that a reality are multiplicitous and downright confusing in the pace at which the written and unwritten rules for their use […]
March 28, 2011
Allen Smith
Business
75 Chrome Shop hosts Pride & Polish opener
The 2011 Custom Rigs Pride & Polish season – and its new National Championship format – kicks off in Wildwood, Fla., April 8-10 at the 13th annual 75 Chrome Shop Show.
March 25, 2011
Entrants at the 2010 75 Chrome Shop Pride & Polish
Overdrive Extra
A “corporate mouthpiece” responds
A few readers have taken me to task for my March editorial. I had argued that the proposed mandate for electronic onboard recorders could eventually put pressure to raise pay.
March 25, 2011
Channel 19
Diamond Heavy Haul rig/driver appearing on ‘American Trucker’ this week
When I interviewed the Speed Channel’s ‘American Trucker’ program host Robb Mariani back in January, he was “on set” in the passenger seat of a Diamond Heavy Haul driver’s rig, hooked to a “huge electrical component” en route south across Ohio to an Ohio River port. “I think it’s probably the heaviest haul I could […]
March 23, 2011
At Banner
Business
What’s proposed, what’s next
Onboard recorders could be required for all carriers that now do traditional logging. These stories will get you caught up with the developments.
March 23, 2011
eobr, electronic onboard recorder, csa, log, log book, fmcsa
Channel 19
Language lurking in GAO’s CSA report to Congress: FMCSA hopeful to make driver data public
Tonight, a major with the Colorado State Patrol I’ve spoken with on a couple different occasions about his work implementing the CSA Behavioral Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories at the roadside inspector level will be delivering an hour-long presentation as part of Overdrive/Truckers News webinar series. It’s called “CSA: What it means to you,” and […]
March 22, 2011
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