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Business

‘Queen of the Road’ award moves to GATS; Elizabeth Sweet, others honored

The Real Women in Trucking organization honored Elizabeth Sweet as well as numerous other drivers in a special cycle of its annual Queen of the Road awards recognizing notable women behind the wheels in trucking — the special cycle for the awards moves them officially to coincide with the August GATS show.

August 26, 2019

Overdrive Radio

Mailbag: Worm turns a bit on regs favor with hours proposal, readers sound off

In this week’s Overdrive Radio, readers weigh in largely favorably on FMCSA’s this-week-proposed hours of service changes — a big departure from reader reactions to new regs over recent history. Also: Better split-sleeper data blind spots that could have been avoided, mainstream news spin, more on the proposal …

August 16, 2019

Overdrive Extra

Time to get tougher on the motoring public’s distraction

Is it time to treat distraction behind the wheel among the motoring public as tough as DUI? Clifford Peterson suggests trucking organizations would do well to team up with insurers to at the very least increase penalties for motorists’ distraction, to combat what’s clearly a safety problem.

August 15, 2019

Business

S.C. Special Olympics benefit convoy upcoming early October

Following a banner year in which 148 trucks participated and $40K was raised to benefit the Special Olympics, organizers behind the South Carolina Truck Convoy for Special Olympics are gearing up for this year’s event, to be held Oct. 5.

August 1, 2019

Business

Fleet passes $160K raised for cancer research

Over the past six years, Quebec-based Express Mondor has contributed to research and assistance for people living with breast cancer by supporting the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation through its annual charity gold tournament and breast-cancer-awareness truck.

July 22, 2019

Channel 19

Speed limiters: Senate bill to mandate a 65 mph setting a ‘terrible idea’

Voices on the Senate bill from a Georgia Republican that would mandate a 65 mph speed setting for trucks capable of it. And more on the ‘careful what you wish for’ dynamics in regulatory change.

July 10, 2019

Channel 19

Crash data before and after the Ontario province’s speed limiter mandate

Detail on a 2017-completed Ontario Ministry of Transport analysis of some crash metrics pre- and post- its 2009 speed limiter mandate. Bottom line: some food for thought as you consider whether to take concerns to your reps with the recent U.S. Senate bill that would mandate a 65-mph speed setting.

July 2, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

More hopes and hazards: ELD data aggregation for advocacy, predictive maintenance, other uses

Some research organizations and even ELD providers are using aggregate ELD data to advocate for regulatory change or other industry purposes. Other providers are building potentially powerful predictive tools around maintenance, both of users’ trucks and the roads they operate on.

June 26, 2019

Business

Meritor’s ‘Shoes for Soldiers’ vets support program

Meritor continues its long-standing support of wounded veterans by donating a portion of reman brake shoe sales to the Wyakin Foundation, a nonprofit which offers resources to wounded vets to help them transition from the military to careers.

June 14, 2019

Parking

Penn., Colorado truck parking workshops with FHWA

A series of parking-focused workshops hosted by the Federal Highway Administration in collaboration with local/regional metropolitan planning organizations and state DOTs around the country continues tomorrow, May 30, in Colorado, then in Pennsylvania next month.

May 29, 2019

Overdrive Radio

Remembering the inaugural Pennsylvania Make-a-Wish Mother's Day convoy

A special edition of Overdrive Radio looks way back into history to the first Make-A-Wish convoy to set off from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with former trucker George Ruelens, hauling for Ned Bard & Son at the time. This year's convoy sets off May 9.

May 24, 2019

Channel 19

‘Joey’s Ride’ with trucking at Ohio elementary school; a trucker-songwriter releases first record in 40 years

Scenes from trucker-songwriter Tony Justice and Trucker Nation’s surprise visit to an elementary-school fan in Defiance, Ohio, last week Friday. Also: Longtime highway hauler and songwriter Will Beeley’s return to recorded music — after a nearly 40-year record hiatus.

May 20, 2019