A congestion tolling proposal by Connecticut’s new governor that would charge both cars and trucks for using state highways will be strongly opposed by the state’s trucking lobby, FreightWaves has...
Read moreThe FreightWaves Research Institute, in conjunction with industry partners, universities and technology vendors announces the “War on Detention Pledge” – a promise for companies involved in the ...
Read moreThe Indiana State Police will have extra patrollers monitoring the 50-mile I-465 loop around Indianapolis on Thursday as a group of truckers, many of them owner-operators, plan an on-highway protest. ...
Read moreConnecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, in an op-ed piece published in the Connecticut Post Saturday, Feb. 16, seemingly is reconsidering a trucks-only tolling plan he campaigned on during his run for office la...
Read moreIn the past several months alone, more than 35,000 trucks manufactured by Paccar, Daimler, Autocar and Navistar were recalled for defects involving seatbelts and clutch issues, according to news rep...
Read moreDanny Jewell is one of three finalists for the 2018 Owner-Operator of the Year award, produced by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive. The winner, who will receive a $25,000 cash prize, ...
Read moreThe promise of driving has been looming over the transportation industry for the better part of this decade, but full-scale commercial adoption of the technology is still a topic of contention. This i...
Read moreTypically, snow and ice are what slow down truckers the most during the winter, and this will probably happen in some parts of the country. But this week flooding will be an additional threat to drive...
Read moreTrucker and sometime Overdrive Extra blog contributor Don Christner added the video to the Overdrive’s Dashcam Central repository for reader-submitted dashcam videos. “We have some open rang...
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