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From homeschooled in the cab to Harvard Law

Kerry Anderson may someday be the President of the United States. She’s got the educational pedigree, at least, having graduated from Harvard and now contemplating law school — what’s interesting about all this is that according to the feature interview NPR All Things Considered cohost Michele Norris conducted with Kerry Anderson Wednesday, Anderson is the daughter […]

July 23, 2010

Business

Trucking excluded from freight bill

Trucking is not mentioned in the bill, which focuses on rail, ports and intermodal infrastructure.

July 23, 2010

Channel 19

Suvey says DOT’s happy, how ’bout you?

We couldn’t help but chuckle here at Overdrive HQ when we saw a particular press release blast from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s halls a couple weeks back now. Its title, “Latest Survey Shows DOT Employee Satisfaction on the Rise,” read to our trucking ears like a piece of news full of all manner of comic, […]

July 22, 2010

Channel 19

U.S. Army’s self-driving truck a long way from the action

Check out the latest edition of the DTI, or Defense Technology International, journal, and you’ll get an electronic whiff of the latest experiment in a self-driving truck — this one from Lockheed Martin and steered by the company’s Convoy Active Safety Technology, or CAST, being employed on a few prototype U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, […]

July 19, 2010

Business

Driver helps man survive heart attack

Michael Taylor, a driver for FTC Transportation, has been named a Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel.

July 19, 2010

Channel 19

News flash: Owner-operator likes electronic logs

Jeffersonville, Ind.-based owner-operator Perry Famularo says he “was one of those guys who said, ‘If you make me go to electronic logs, I’m out of here.’” Leased to Dart Transit, though, he was presented with the opportunity a couple years ago to try out one of the PeopleNet eLogs units the mostly owner-operator carrier was beginning to test and offer its […]

July 16, 2010

Business

I-40 lanes in Nashville to close

Lanes in both directions will be closed July 16-19 to begin work on concrete foundations for new overhead sign structures.

July 15, 2010

Business

I-15 in Idaho to close July 22-25 for air show

The freeway will close intermittently for up to 6 hours for the Blue Angels air show.

July 15, 2010

Channel 19

SuperShowRigs.com documents truck show stars — the rigs

If you missed it, get over to Overdrive sister magazine Custom Rigs‘ website for John Riccio’s story about the recent Transport for Christ Truck Rally at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center in Lebanon, Pa., which “has rocked Lebanon for the past 29 years,” Riccio wrote, himself the proprietor over at SuperShowRigs.com, a veritable treasure of […]

July 13, 2010

Business

Report: Class 8 production projected to increase 26%

ACT projects full-year production of Class 8 vehicles will be up 26 percent compared to 2009.

July 12, 2010

Channel 19

‘There Is a Cure’ — new song written for breast-cancer-awareness convoy

It’s coming up Oct. 16, 2010, following the success of last year’s inaugural U.S. event in Texas. At the TravelCenters of America location in Terrell, Texas, on I-20 at exit 503, the Convoy for a Cure for breast cancer will bring together truck drivers for a good cause, keeping alive and spreading the tradition of the initial 2008 convoy of […]

July 9, 2010

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Walcott Truckers Jamboree — starting now…

As I write this, driver attendees and others have no doubt begun to file into the big show, the Walcott Truckers Jamboree, at the Iowa 80 Truckstop in Walcott, Iowa. After noting this pic from last year’s Thursday-night fireworks show and “Lights at Night” custom truck lighting competition, I’m wishing I could be there. As […]

July 8, 2010