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Channel 19

Reader: Repeal FLSA trucking exemption

The following comes by way of owner-operator Joe Ammons, who is looking for assistance with a petition for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation (or Congress) to repeal the trucking exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act, which among other things specifies the 40-hour workweek and 8-hour day for employees of companies in other industries — […]

July 24, 2012

Overdrive Extra

High-altitude jumper was also a …

Yeah, you guessed it. Today over on the CCJ blog find the story of onetime New Jersey-based truck driver Nick Piantanida (pictured), who also holds the distinction of being a 1960s pioneer of extreme high-altitude skydiving — and who holds the unofficial record for the highest-ever manned balloon flight, 123,500 feet. He was trying to beat a […]

July 24, 2012

Channel 19

What’s cool about being a truck driver? Video contest details

The Minnesota Trucking Association is holding a video contest offering $1,000 to the winning entry that best answers the question “What would be cool about being a truck driver?”

July 24, 2012

Channel 19

Diesel exhaust listed by WHO as cancer causing agent

The International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, has formally categorized diesel exhaust as cancer-causing but fails to recognize advancements in diesel technology in the developed world.

July 23, 2012

Business

Sammons Trucking operator found

UPDATE 7/24: Place has been located.    James Place, pictured below with his Sammons Trucking brown Kenworth T660, truck no. 1105 in the fleet, has been missing since Friday, according to the company — visit the Sammons Facebook page for more information, and call 406-327-2440 with any intel on his whereabouts. He was pulling a flatbed, […]

July 23, 2012

Overdrive Extra

ObamaCare: Love it? Or repeal it?

As you’ll likely be aware, on June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld most of the president’s health care act, including a provision that requires Americans to prove they have health insurance or pay a fine. Also under the law, those with pre-existing conditions cannot be denied coverage, children up to age 26 can stay […]

July 22, 2012

Overdrive Extra

A freeway is born – and choked

The so-called Pasadena Freeway now carries more than four times the traffic it was designed for.

July 20, 2012

Channel 19

Birds of a feather: Trucking tweeps @OverdriveUpdate

We found these followers of Overdrive’s Twitter feed to have intriguing self-descriptions. Upon closer examination, their tweets seemed like something you might want to read, too. Follow @OverdriveUpdate at twitter.com for daily news and views updates. @drury1150 Ex-trucker John Drury recently left the road after dancing his way to losing 100 pounds, and he’s poised […]

July 20, 2012

Channel 19

CSA two-punch: Second lawsuit brought

A suit against the FMCSA’s CSA program brought by the ASECTT group alleged unfairness to small carriers within FMCSA’s compliance and enforcement regime.

July 19, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Housing starts hit high point in June

Housing starts rose almost 7 percent last month, said the U.S. Commerce Department.

July 18, 2012

Channel 19

Will CSA take its first significant hit standing up?

OOIDA’s suit against the FMCSA’s CSA enforcement regime charges the agency with significant mishandling of driver information in the MCMIS database — and lack of an adequate dispute process.

July 18, 2012

Channel 19

Truck parking push not over with Jason’s Law

Following the cheers that went up around the trucking community for the “Jason’s Law” truck parking legislation’s inclusion in the MAP-21 highway bill in June, owner-operators like Overdrive reader William McKelvie put a quick lid on the possibility of any resulting driver complacency relative to the parking problem. “While everyone has jumped on the proverbial […]

July 17, 2012