One college student from Wyoming isn’t letting his deafness hinder his dream of having a CDL trucking job. Robert Stein of the Amarillo (Texas) Globe-News highlighted James Hanson’s inspirational story, telling how Hanson has been deaf since age 3. That didn’t stop Hanson, now 26, from entering a career that many people might think is […]
A proposed federal rule to require the use of speed limiters on heavy-duty trucks has “cleared its final hurdle in the regulatory process” and will likely be published in the coming weeks according to Overdrive magazine. The White House’s Office of Management and Budget stamped its approval on the rule Aug. 12, according to the […]
American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear appeared on Fox Business News in August and for the third time in less than a week addressed the topic of autonomous trucks. The magazine Transport Topics wrote about the exchange. They stated Spear doesn’t perceive autonomous trucks as a threat to CDL trucking jobs. “In fact, it could […]
Jack Binder has braved Alaska’s famed Dalton Highway since it opened in 1974. Now 68, Binder, a 50-year truck driver, recently retired from his CDL driver job. As he looks back on his driving achievements, he relishes the opportunity he’s had to master Alaska’s harsh conditions. Newsminer.com captured the highlights of Binder’s career in a nice […]
The Great American Trucking Show is just around the corner, and we can’t wait! The show takes place from Aug. 25-27 at The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. We’ll be there. Will you? If so, swing by and see us at Booth 1055! You can meet the Drive My Way™ team in person […]
BlueGrace Logistics, based in Riverview, Fla., announced that Warburg Pincus agreed to an investment of $255 million in the firm, Transport Topics reports. Also, that includes committed capital and direct investment to increase growth and acquisitions. In addition, BlueGrace Logistics expects to increase employment in Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Tampa and other markets. Overall, they […]
Truck driver Kevin Otteson of Reddaway Trucking received honor for driving more than 2 million miles without a single accident. Otteson holds a CDL trucking job at Reddaway for 23 years. Overall, throughout his 30-year professional driving career, he drove about 3.5 million miles accident free, he told Salt Lake City’s Deseret News. Otteson was […]
While women constitute about 5 percent of truck drivers here in the United States, the numbers are even fewer in foreign countries. That’s why this story out of Nigeria is so unusual, and it’s why it attracted our attention. According to a feature in The Nation, Nigerian women are making inroads into all sorts of […]
A new study released this week gives renewed hope for treating dementia. Overall, the study, funded by the National Institute on Aging, found that older adults who completed exercises to improve the speed at which they processed visual information could cut by nearly half their likelihood of dementia over a 10-year period. The study compared […]
In a recent story for Overdrive, the magazine’s editorial director, Max Heine, delved into the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s annual report on truck accidents. The FMCSA report stated the number of trucks involved in fatal accidents decreased by 5% in 2014. However, truck driver injuries skyrocketed by 21%. Therefore, Heine sought clarity on the […]
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