Tag: overdrive: Page 68

Business

Firms offer sleep apnea monitoring program

The program is aimed at carriers looking to monitor driver usage of sleep apnea devices.

May 27, 2010

Business

FedEx Ground sets new contractor rules

FedEx Ground has issued new standards for its owner-operators, include requiring independent contractors to be incorporated.

May 26, 2010

Business

Navistar launches $149,900 electric truck

Additional launches are scheduled for June in Sacramento, Calif., and this summer in Chicago for all-electric delivery vehicle.

May 26, 2010

Business

Distracted driving meeting set

A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration committee will meet June 8-10 to focus on distracted driving.

May 26, 2010

Channel 19

Latest in distractions: One word, three letters, rhymes with ‘text’

Earlier this week, as Kansas became the 26th state to enact a behind-the-wheel anti-texting law applicable to all drivers, the folks at hands-free headset-maker Jabra released results of a survey/study conducted in April that threw a little wrench (and more!) into all the late discussion of worrisome activities drivers engage behind the wheel of fast-moving vehicles. While 28 percent […]

May 26, 2010

Business

Report: Fleets challenged to hire

For fleets needing additional drivers, the constraint will be in their ability to hire and train prospects, FTR Associates said.

May 26, 2010

Business

Bills would retain truck lengths, weights

Senate, House measures would freeze truck lengths and weights on the National Highway System.

May 26, 2010

Channel 19

Trucks on Pakistan’s Grand Trunk Road

If you missed National Public Radio’s recent reporting along the Grand Trunk Road, an historic connection between far eastern and western sections of the Indian subcontinent, from Bengal to Peshawar in Pakistan, you probably missed this report by John Poole from a truckstop outside Islamabad. The stop, a rather informal spot on the Grand Trunk Road […]

May 25, 2010

Business

Kansas enacts anti-texting law

Kansas becomes the 26th state to pass a texting ban.

May 25, 2010

Business

Diesel prices falling

The price plunged 7.3 cents to $3.021 in the latest week, the biggest drop in 17 months.

May 24, 2010

Business

Boston’s hazmat daytime ban extended

The city is working under a 45-day extension of its daytime ban on trucks carrying hazardous materials.

May 24, 2010

Business

Driver wins award for protecting injured man

John Boyd, a professional truck driver for ABF Freight System Inc., has been named a Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel.

May 24, 2010