Tag: trucking: Page 2

Business

Crybabies need not apply

Wendy on her personal trucking journey: “This is a rule that’s been hammered into my head since I started out on this weird little journey, three years ago.”

August 17, 2014

Business

Overdrive’s CSA exposé wins a top journalism award

Overdrive won the Grand Neal Award for its series of stories and interactive website on the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.

March 14, 2014

Channel 19

New ‘Truckers for Hope’ initiative to benefit St. Jude

Organizer Chris Dowdy is requesting drivers to mail in printed pictures/bios to present to children at the hospital during the April 25 outreach visit.

February 3, 2014

Life

Vote for Overdrive’s Most Beautiful

Quote of the Day “She is my saving grace, my best friend, my wife and the Most Beautiful Woman in Trucking, inside and outside!” (about contestant, Angie Carter) We are only a week into the voting for Overdrive’s Most Beautiful and I have been amazed […]

April 7, 2013

Overdrive Extra

Putting agency heads in trucks makes good sense

It makes sense that if someone is going to regulate the trucking industry, he or she should get real-world experience by spending time riding in a tractor-trailer.

February 1, 2013

Overdrive Extra

Signs of the times: Study says digital billboards distracting

The study, conducted by researchers at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, concluded that drivers looked at digital billboards significantly longer than they did at other signs on the same stretch of road,

January 4, 2013

Business

Odd, but effective: Negotiate doctor visit prices

Try negotiating the cost of your doctor visits.Insurance companies do it. There’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to.

December 13, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Meritor demos SMARTandem, expects growth in 6×2 axles

Meritor anticipates the demand for 6×2 packages will increase about 15 percent in the next five years.

December 7, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Recycled oil offers nice shade of green

“Crude is crap,” proclaimed one member of our group Thursday, Nov. 15  as myself and other media participants toured the Safety-Kleen oil re-refinery facility in East Chicago, Ind. No, he is not opposed to crude oil itself. He was simplifying a point he makes whenever he encounters opinions that are biased against using recycled […]

November 16, 2012

Life

Maggie and the pirate truck

Halloween costume party featuring Maggie and the Legend of the Black Pearl

October 30, 2012

Truck Stops

Motor Inn truck stop is next best thing to home

The Motor Inn and Family Restauran in Mendon, Ohio offers a true mom-and-pop experience.

October 25, 2012

Life

Call your kids

A mom asks her ex to please call his sons.

October 23, 2012