Tag: Overdrive magazine: Page 54

Business

46 trucking groups take part in Wreaths Across America

Companies hauled 80 truckloads of about 325,000 fresh wreaths to be laid on graves at more than 700 veterans’ cemeteries across the nation.

December 9, 2011

Business

Maverick to add 350 new trucks

Among the new trucks, 190 units will be replacements. The remaining 160 units will represent growth.

December 9, 2011

Business

Senate bill mandates EOBRs

Measure would give the federal transportation department authority to assess driver safety fitness.

December 9, 2011

Channel 19

Modest proposal: ‘Ban truck driving’

The comments on the news of the handheld cellphone ban while driving for the interstate pilots of the nation’s tractor-trailer rigs continue to come in. (Read them for yourself here, including among them at the very end a reaction by driver Wayne Leverton to witnessing a state patrol officer in Washington State use both hands […]

December 9, 2011

Business

G&P to deliver wreaths for outreach

Gaston, S.C.-based G&P Trucking Co. will deliver wreaths to veterans’ graves as part of the national Wreaths Across America outreach. G&P driver Danny Burgess, a Navy veteran, will transport the wreaths in South Carolina cemeteries for the second consecutive year. The carrier is honored to be part of the project, said Clifton Parker, G&P Trucking […]

December 9, 2011

Business

Fed agency measures distracted-driving deaths

New data released by NHTSA using its refined methodology show an estimated 3,092 fatalities in distraction-affected crashes in 2010.

December 9, 2011

Business

FTR: Hours rule delay postpones ‘crisis’

Trucking will not be able to restore quickly the driver and truck capacity it lost during the recession.

December 9, 2011

Business

‘Shipping Wars’ to feature operators in earnings contest

The 10-episode half-hour series is set to premiere Jan. 10, at 9 and 9:30 p.m. EST and PST with back to back episodes.

December 8, 2011

Business

11 carriers selected for TCA weight-loss contest

The competition will have prizes for the fleet and individual who achieve the greatest percentages of weight loss.

December 8, 2011

Business

Truck-related deaths rise 8.7% in 2010

Fatalities declined in most categories in 2010, although deaths among large truck occupants increased.

December 8, 2011

Channel 19

Language of the MCSAC/MRB sleep apnea recommendations

You’ve more than likely seen the news, available via Overdrive here, that firm recommendations for guidance on required evaluation and treatment for sleep apnea among truck drivers with a body mass index (BMI) measurement of 35 or higher came down from the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee in their joint meeting with the Medical […]

December 8, 2011

Business

West Virginia offers online permit service

Truckers can obtain a single-trip permit by entering vital information and making payment by credit card through a secure service.

December 8, 2011