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Overdrive Extra

CSA’s sloppy accident accounting

FMCSA needs to go further with crash accountability, providing an appeal process and ensuring that it doesn’t penalize innocent truckers.

July 12, 2012

Channel 19

Union campaign to boost inspection dollars tars truckers

Can you imagine your state’s government employees resorting to something like this? The image here is of a billboard, among other similar ads that are part of a campaign being waged by British Columbia, Canada’s weigh-station inspection force for more funding, attempting to exploit the general public’s supposed fear of Class 8 on-highway trucks. The […]

July 12, 2012

Business

Foam system for damaged reefers

Touch ‘n Seal’s 17-gallon Refillable Foam System repairs damaged sidewalls, floors and ceilings on reefers by dispensing a premium Class 1 fire-retardant spray foam that is cost-effective for high-volume users that don’t want to invest in a full-scale foam rig. Another Touch ‘n Seal product, Liner Bond trailer adhesive, bonds fiberglass liners to the prepared spray […]

July 12, 2012

Business

J.J. Keller develops risk-reducing driver training program

Compliance products and service company J.J. Keller and Associates has introduced a new driver training program designed to reduce the risk for cargo securement violations, accidents and liability.  The Cargo Securement Flatbeds program teaches drivers how to keep their loads in place and compliant, as well as teaching the best practices and how-to information to […]

July 12, 2012

Business

Blair named Highway Angel

Bryan Blair, of Bardstown, Ky., is TCA’s newest Highway Angel. The driver for Pegasus Transportation, of Louisville, Ky., received the honor after helping a fellow driver to safety following an accident. Blair was behind a flatbed hauling a coil of steel late one night when the coil’s chains snapped, causing the coil to roll off […]

July 11, 2012

Overdrive Extra

VID: Police chase ruins a container hauler’s day

Yesterday I suspect had to be the worst day in memory for the container hauler you see in the video below. A police chase of a suspected child molester in Los Angeles began when the suspect told police he was suicidal and sped away from their attempt to arrest him. Performing a maneuver to stop […]

July 11, 2012

Channel 19

Does the EOBR mandate have another problem?

Some believe the electronic on-board recorder mandate written in this year’s highway bill could well be impossible to achieve, given the legislation’s language defining the electronic logging devices.

July 11, 2012

Channel 19

Bill Mack still in ‘friendly negotiations’ over return to SiriusXM

The latest on Bill Mack’s plans for getting back in the saddle as the Midnight Cowboy on overnight radio.

July 10, 2012

Channel 19

Jabin Bogan’s Mexico entry re-enacted

The latest news, from AP reporter Juan Carlos Llorca in El Paso, Texas, notes that on July 5, U.S. truck driver Jabin Bogan’s defense team gathered with local officials, prosecutors (which is trying Bogan on smuggling charges) and experts to “reenact” the alleged wrong turn that saw Bogan enter Mexico with a load of surplus […]

July 10, 2012

Overdrive Extra

UPDATE: Bill Mack not back yet

The day after we published the following look-back through some of the videos we’ve done with trucking radio legend Bill Mack, SiriusXM ran this July 2 update on the status of Mack’s reported return as overnight D.J. on the Willie’s Roadhouse channel — as some of you commented on our Facebook page, quite rightly, he […]

July 10, 2012

Channel 19

R.I.P. Sheriff ‘Cottonmouth’ — Ernest Borgnine dead at 95

The trucking-film classic “Convoy” costar played a sherriff who used CB subterfuge in attempts to undermine a group of protesting haulers in the 1970s Sam Peckinpah flick.

July 9, 2012

Business

Interstate Distributor announces new pay package

Interstate Distributor’s new package, “My Pay”, provides over-the-road regional drivers with a competitive base rate per mile with the potential to add an additional 3 cents per mile quarterly. The compensation package focuses on safety, service and operational excellence. Officials say it gives the company the ability to create new jobs, add more home time […]

July 7, 2012