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TIA responds to 'chameleon carrier' firestorm around Super Ego, C.H. Robinson
The biggest broker trade group responded to the outrage over chameleon carriers. Questioned on some of the bolder points, TIA stopped short of defending any one broker's actions.
April 24, 2026
Overdrive Extra
'Road's good for thinking,' but real life's where it takes you back
Quick stop at the Joplin 44 at a crisis moment in the life of a team driver and his wife hundreds of miles away, an older trucker leaning against a worn Pete in the lot delivers a catharsis: "The road was still there, same as always ... but I wasn’t thinking about where it could take me..."
April 22, 2026
Overdrive Radio
Just how high has owner-ops' truck-trailer maintenance cost moved?
According to ATBS, in 2025 owner-operators spent upward of $14,000 on average. That's 15 cents of maintenance for every single mile run. What's your set-aside for truck and trailer upkeep? If you haven’t boosted the number in a while, there's no time like the present.
April 20, 2026
Overdrive Extra
Meeting a namesake: Dills Transportation's hand-throttle '07 Pete cleaned up in first show
Owner-operator Jeff Dills makes good on trucking determination despite a 1990s motorcycle accident robbing use of his legs. His 379 cleaned up in its first MATS, and caught Overdrive editor Todd Dills' eye for obvious reasons. Are the two related? Some likelihood, no doubt...
April 17, 2026
Channel 19
Volvo driver busted watching Star Trek while pulling doubles
The California Highway Patrol caught a Volvo hauling doubles and "boldly going where no driver should go" -- with Star Trek playing and screen time replacing windshield time.
April 15, 2026
Overdrive Extra
How to combat stress on road to trucking safety, OTR well-being
April is officially "Stress Awareness Month" around the U.S. and much of the world. Longtime trucker Clifford Petersen urges fellow drivers to take it seriously, offering a variety of small physical and social fixes he's used to combat.
April 14, 2026
Voices
The methodology behind 60 Minutes' Chameleon Carriers story
60 Minutes highlighted the dangers of chameleon carriers, but proprietary detection methodology and data matching powered the investigation.
April 13, 2026
Overdrive Radio
Smallest fault-code scanner worldwide? Diesel Laptops delivers diagnostic assist
As so many bootstrapped companies’ stories do, Diesel Laptops' starts in the trunk of the founder's car, from which he sold some of his early tools for all-makes fault-code diagnostics. For his efforts to bring independent tools to truck owners and techs, Tyler Robertson is now part of the Howes Hall of Fame.
April 13, 2026
Channel 19
Truckers take control of mainstream media
Against the odds, actual real-life truck owners and drivers have stepped up to control the narrative around trucking and secure major government and industry responses.
April 10, 2026
Overdrive Extra
Top of the trucking heap: Owner-op John Penn, full interview from MATS show floor
Overnight Drive host Steve Sommers' full talk here with Overdrive Trucker of the Year John Penn, happy moments from the floor, and an equally happy oil-drain experiment 106,000 miles in -- and counting.
April 10, 2026
Channel 19
Monkey business: Small fleet keeps getting violations for handling lab animals
JKL Secure Freight's been getting in trouble with the USDA -- and an animal-rights group -- over its handling of monkeys for science experiments. A look at the fleet's roadside-inspection history doesn't inspire much confidence either.
April 8, 2026
Overdrive Extra
In-cab showers for the masses? Be Camper Sleeper's drive to deliver
What does a Ukrainian with RV-build experience do when his non-domiciled CDL gets pulled? In Ernest Kovalenko’s case, he starts a business to bring in-sleeper showers to standard-size sleepers. In Long Haul Paul's view long overdue, the conversion caused quite a stir at MATS.
April 8, 2026
Overdrive Radio
High time truckers vet the brokers: Opening MATS panel on fraud fight, AI, more
Carriers "have been vetted to death" by freight middlemen and the feds for decades. In this Overdrive Radio, a MATS panel discussion charts ways carriers can take the reins of their own vetting protocols, among topics related to fraud, AI, growth challenges and more for trucking small biz.
April 6, 2026
Overdrive Extra
More ways to take the horror out of high fuel
Slow down, breathe, put pen to paper to see where you really stand. Gary Buchs emphasizes concrete ways independents can account for fuel hikes in rates negotiations, leased owners can keep big surcharge-revenue boosts in necessary perspective.
April 2, 2026
Overdrive Extra
Fraud, broker credit checks, bond claims: Weigh in
Bolster Overdrive reporting on freight fraud, broker credit checks and other vetting via this survey, which asks how you navigate nonpayment, bond claims, “chameleon brokers,” middlemen’s increasing reliance on “carrier vetting” systems, broker transparency and more.
April 1, 2026
Regulations
The 'new FMCSA' talks aggressive strategy at MATS
Overdrive recounts the biggest regulatory news and events from the Mid-America Trucking show, including talk of "chameleon ELDs," and getting to know FMCSA Chief Derek Barrs.
March 31, 2026
Overdrive Radio
FMCSA fully engaged with owner-ops: OOIDA | DACA-recipient CDL holders have hope?
OOIDA's Lewie Pugh contends regulators are finally listening to small-business interests on safety improvement, leaving behind old notions of a driver shortage that have produced a system that rushes the unqualified into biz. Also in the podcast: Do DACA-recipient non-domiciled owner-operators stand any chance?
March 30, 2026
Voices
A wrap on MATS. Keep tuned for much, much more
MATS is nothing if not among the biggest wells of trucking news and culture around the nation, year after year after year. We'll be rolling out all manner of reports, videos, podcasts, analyses and biz resources gathered here for weeks to come.
March 28, 2026
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