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‘Widow Maker’ wins top award at SuperRigs
Todd Roccapriore won Best in Show and other honors with his custom-built 2004 Peterbilt 379.
June 14, 2010
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‘Jazzy’ runs toward her goal
High school junior Jasmine “Jazzy” Jordan is completing the final miles of her 9-month, 3,000-plus-mile run across the United States.
June 14, 2010
'Jazzy' Jordan running 3,000 miles to raise awareness of truckers' health carfe issues. (Photo Todd Dills)
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Walk begins Great West health focus
A 1.5-mile walk leaves from the first Health, Wellness and Safety Pavilion June 17 at the Great West Truck Show in Las Vegas.
June 14, 2010
Walkers at the Healthy Trucking Association of America trek pictured this spring in Louisville, Ky.
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Bluetooth headsets
The LYTE COMM 737 and PRO BOOM 747 mono headsets feature Bluetooth V 2.0 technology, 10X noise-canceling technology, DSP dual mic technology, background noise reduction, a 180-degree flex boom mic and rechargeable batteries. Each model delivers 6-hours of talk time and up to 250-hours of stand-by time. The headsets include a boom mic, adjustable mic […]
June 14, 2010
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SpongeBob Squarepants underwear OK in truckstop coffee line
If you know Mike “Mustang” Crawford, Overdrive‘s 2010 Driver of the Year, you probably hear from him from time to time with an epic, often quite hilarious story. Last time we checked in on the Prime-leased Missouri owner-operator here Crawford told of his rig’s accidental involvement in the Miami MLK Day parade. Just yesterday, though, he called with another heck of a tale […]
June 11, 2010
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Schneider National celebrates 75 years
The company was founded in 1935 when Al Schneider sold the family car to buy his first truck.
June 11, 2010
Julius Borley drove the company's first interstate load in 1958. (Photo Todd Dills)
Business
Kansas enacts seatbelt law
The new law makes Kansas eligible to receive $11 million in federal incentive funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
June 11, 2010
Seatbelt Od
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Agency adjusts duty policy
A record of duty status may be satisfied through providing an original handwritten record and subsequent scanned image of the original.
June 11, 2010
Business
Fleet hosts fuel-savings contest
Averitt Express drivers may compete for twenty $500 gas cards and a Ford F-150 four-wheel drive in a company challenge on fuel-efficient practices, the Cookeville, Tenn.-based carrier says. All of the fleet’s drivers may enter. Truckers will work on teams whose goals are to save more fuel in six months than was saved in the same period […]
June 10, 2010
Business
States to develop Illiana road
Illiana Expressway would link I-55 south of Joliet, Ill., to I-65 near Lowell, Ind., and skirt the congested Chicago area.
June 10, 2010
Business
West Virginia begins anti-idling rules
State’s anti-idling rule will require operators of diesel-powered vehicles to idle no more than 15 minutes an hour.
June 10, 2010
Business
Truck stops join rebate program
More than 400 truck stops joined a fuel card rebate network in May, the transaction management company Multi Service announced. Now nearly 1,000 truck stops among the 3,200 using the Multi Service Fuel Card participate in the rebates. The Overland Park, Kan.-based company started the rebate program in 2008 to provide fleets with rebates of up […]
June 10, 2010
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