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CDL downgrades begin Nov. 18 for 'prohibited' drivers | Overdrive
Nov 13, 2024 · The second phase of FMCSA's Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse takes effect Nov. 18, requiring states to revoke drivers' CDL privileges if they have a violation reported to the Clearinghouse.
CARB clarifies enforcement outlook for Advanced Clean Fleets rule
Oct 31, 2024 · CARB needs that waiver before implementing ACF. It's the companion rule CARB promulgated alongside the Advanced Clean Trucks rule, which sets sales requirements for so-called "zero emissions" (ZEV ...
Closed after Helene flooding, I-26 back open in Tennessee
Nov 1, 2024 · Trucking news and briefs for November 1, 2024: I-26 reopens with one lane in each direction in Tennessee. Following disastrous flooding during Hurricane Helene, I-40 near the North Carolina ...
'Don't hold your breath' on a trucking turnaround in 2025
Dec 13, 2024 · Excessive truckload driver turnover found by NAS researchers, nonetheless, it seems to me to be reasonable to conclude, does affect safety. Yet safety as such doesn’t seem to be the primary ...
Wreaths Across America tour kicking off | Overdrive
Dec 6, 2024 · The tour will make 21 stops on its way to Washington, D.C., for Wreaths Across America Day. Also: FMCSA eyes hazmat endorsement waivers for certain jet fuel haulers, and more news.
FreightValidate offers owner-operators ways to vet brokers
Dec 9, 2024 · "Carrier vetting" systems too often harshly misjudge carriers. A new service, FreightValidate, hopes to level the playing field. After all, don't brokers need scrutiny in today's fraud climate, too?
The new Volvo VNL, inside and out: 62-inch sleeper walk-around
May 7, 2024 · Volvo opened up the order books for the new VNL just last month. The company's product marketing manager for long haul walked us through this brand-new VNL 660 to showcase design changes.
Emissions defeat device smuggling, distribution operation charged
Nov 15, 2024 · According to the indictment, between December 2015 and November 2023, the Owens’ purchased more than $33 million dollars in illegal emissions defeat devices from Dodd, Sweeney, and their companies.