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Business
DOT shuts down J&A Transportation over violations
FMCSA says New Jersey-based J&A Transportation posed an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered it to close its operations.
April 9, 2012
Business
DOT overwhelmed by TIGER grant requests
DOT says the dollar amount requested in grant applications far exceeds the amount set aside for the program.
April 6, 2012
Business
Breaking Free: The history of the owner-operator in trucking
From fighting for freedom to haul in its early days to stressing smart business practices later, Overdrive has championed the owner-operatorā€™s concerns. Here, a history of owner-op business, from 1960-2011, with a special request for you.
September 1, 2011
David Margeson
Channel 19
Auto-texting, safety-minded app available for Android, Blackberry
On the heels of the Department of Transportationā€™s proposed rule to ban handheld cell phone use by commercial drivers, Iā€™ve been hearing from haulers who object to being singled out on the issue, as seems to be the modus operandi of this department when it comes to driving behavior of late. Given the predominance of [ā€¦]
December 21, 2010
Otterapp
Channel 19
ā€˜Alcolocksā€™ coming to U.S. Class 8s?
In the area of emissions, the regs tend to roll from California to the rest of the country; in safety/in-cab technology, though, quite a lot has sailed west across the big Atlantic pond in recent years, from EOBRs to governors and moreā€¦.
November 12, 2010
Alcolock 3
Channel 19
Suvey says DOTā€™s happy, how ā€™bout you?
We couldnā€™t help but chuckle here at Overdrive HQ when we saw a particular press release blast from the U.S. Department of Transportationā€™s halls a couple weeks back now. Its title, ā€œLatest Survey Shows DOT Employee Satisfaction on the Rise,ā€ read toĀ our trucking ears like a piece of news full of all manner of comic, [ā€¦]
July 22, 2010
Business
FMCSA adjusts recorder mandate
FMCSAā€™s rule requires onboard recorders for carriers shown in a single audit to be in serious hours-of-service noncompliance.
April 2, 2010
An electronic on-board recorder like this Qualcomm MCP200 may be mandated for thousands of carriers. (Photo Mike Roemer)
Business
CSA 2010 rollout partially delayed by a year
Full implementation of CSA 2010 will be delayed to 2011, says the American Trucking Associations.
April 2, 2010
Business
NAFTA trade up in December
The increase was the first over the same month of the previous year since September 2008.
March 4, 2010
Channel 19
Another drop in the ā€˜No Truck Parkingā€™ bucket
Fayetteville, N.C., Observer reporter Myron Pitts put out a clarion call in a recently published editorial for the North Carolina DOT to do the prudent thing to increase safetyĀ outsideĀ the Motiva EnterprisesĀ fuel terminal in the area and add at the least a turning lane for trucks backing up waiting for entryĀ on Shaw Mill Road. The article, [ā€¦]
February 18, 2010
Business
DOT freight index unchanged
Though freight TSI declined 4.1 percent during 2009, the index increased 2.9 percent over the last seven months of the year.
February 18, 2010
Business
DOT makes transit awards
Recovery Act awards were made to fund 51 innovative transportation projects.
February 18, 2010
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