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Overdrive Extra
Our EOBR gifts to Mexican carriers
One of the curious aspects of the current cross-border trucking plan is the U.S. paying for Mexican trucks to be equipped with electronic onboard recorders.
April 9, 2011
Business
FMCSA unveils cross-border trucking plan
Cross-border trucking project with Mexico will require fewer participants and equip participating Mexican trucks with GPS or electronic on-board recorders.
April 9, 2011
Mexican Border Od
Business
ABF driver named TCA Highway Angel again
John Boyd was named a Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel for the second time in less than a year.
April 8, 2011
Business
Bill repeals 1099 mandate
The U.S. Senate passed HR 4, a bill to repeal the expanded 1099 tax reporting mandate passed as part of last year’s health care law.
April 8, 2011
Trucking History
‘In one helluva fix’ without truckers
Overdrive’s 1972 disc jockey contest highlighted trucking radio hosts, some of whom are still on the air waves.
April 8, 2011
Business
CARB offers diesel particulate filter credit
By installing a particulate filter early on one truck, a fleet will be able to delay compliance for a second truck in the fleet until Jan. 1, 2017.
April 8, 2011
Business
Senate bill would raise truck weight limits
Federal truck weight reform legislation that would give each state the flexibility to raise interstate weight limits.
April 8, 2011
Business
ATA supports electronic logs
ATA said Compliance Safety Accountability program shows a link between compliance with hours-of-service rules and carrier safety performance.
April 8, 2011
Channel 19
New Frito Lay trailer wrap supports Women in Trucking
Last week in Louisville, the Women In Trucking Association went for the Guinness World Record again for the largest gathering of female truck drivers with their second annual Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel. You may recall my reporting on last year’s unsuccessful attempt. This year, the gathering drew 204 professional female drivers (last year, […]
April 7, 2011
Wit
Business
Broker freight increased average 10% in 2010
Freight brokers on average moved 10 percent more freight in 2010, while their gross margins declined by 4 percent.
April 7, 2011
Business
NTSB sets truck safety forum
Hours of service and electronic onboard recorders are among topics listed for the National Transportation Safety Board’s public forum on truck safety.
April 7, 2011
Channel 19
Back to the past: $4 diesel returns
Well it’s official, folks. The Energy Information Administration’s weekly diesel report this week showed the national average with 3 cents of the $4 mark, reaching the highest point yet in the now near nine-month run-up in price we’ve seen since last August, by now oh-so eerily reminiscent of the 2007-08 run (an Overdrive headline in April 2008 […]
April 6, 2011
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