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Tag: Overdrive magazine: Page 128
Channel 19
CSA: Compliance plus or safety politics?
Below, a new vid below from my reporting on the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program. But first, a note about the storms that ripped through the Southeast yesterday, with a particularly large tornado moving straight through the southern part of Tuscaloosa, Ala., the town where Overdrive and Truckers News offices are located. Iām based off-site in [ā¦]
April 28, 2011
Business
Insurance broker arrested
When buying insurance, truckers should get referrals regarding agents or brokers from truckers they trust.
April 27, 2011
Business
Work to close I-70 lanes in Kansas City
Construction work to repair I-70 bridges will continue through July.
April 27, 2011
Channel 19
Popular Mechanics seeks āWorst Roadā nominations
Make your voice heard! No, Iām not talking about the proposed mandate of electronic onboard recorders for hours of service compliance (for more about that: comments are open through May 23). Popular Mechanics editors are seeking out the āworst road in the USA,ā they say at the magazineās website. Who better to nominate it than [ā¦]
April 27, 2011
Business
ATA truck tonnage index up in 1st quarter
For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.7 percent in March after falling a revised 2.7 percent in February.
April 26, 2011
Business
North Dakota bans texting
The new law becomes effective Aug. 1.
April 26, 2011
Business
Diesel dips 0.7-cent
The national average dipped 0.7-cent to $4.098, but remains $1.02 higher than a year ago.
April 25, 2011
Overdrive Extra
Analyst says trucking āinefficientā
Investment analysts, with their outsidersā viewpoint, often have some good insight into our industry. Other insights arenāt quite so astute. The Business Insider website, with its recent āTrucking running on fumesā analysis, offers this stark summary as an introduction to its commentary on rising fuel prices: Trucking is one of the most expedient, but also [ā¦]
April 25, 2011
Channel 19
The great tomato heist ā Cargo thieves still operating in plain sight
I missed this report from the New York Times a week and a half back, about a sophisticated cargo-theft ring operating a seemingly legitimate trucking company in Florida, with a twist. The freight targeted wasnāt consumer electronics or cigarettes or pharmaceuticals. āThe high price of produce, especially for tomatoes after the deep winter freezes,ā reporter [ā¦]
April 25, 2011
Business
Getloaded reports higher traffic
Traffic was up 42 percent from February to March.
April 25, 2011
Business
Tank carriers support EOBR
National Tank Truck Carriers said it voted to support the electronic logging mandate last July.
April 25, 2011
Business
High-risk carriers reviewed
FMCSA had used SafeStat to measure carrier safety, but replaced it with the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program on Dec. 12.
April 24, 2011
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