In this brief interview, Overdrive News Editor James Jaillet talks with the Truckload Carriers Association's David Heller about potential changes to hours of service rules FMCSA and Congress could be working on.

In this brief interview, Overdrive News Editor James Jaillet talks with the Truckload Carriers Association's David Heller about potential changes to hours of service rules FMCSA and Congress could be working on.

For many of you, Rivenburg needs no introduction, but for those who don’t know who she is, the Fultonham, N.Y., resident and postal employee — she mans the small local post office there — and mother of three became well-known among drivers after her husband, Jason Rivenburg, was killed during a robbery while, for want of other better options, he was parked overnight near a closed gas station at I-26 exit 136 in Calhoun County, South Carolina. Here Hope describes how her connection to many in the driver communities on social media solidified as “Jason’s Law” was codified in law in 2012 to make truck parking a national priority. Three years later, the issues have been hitting the mainstream, and Rivenburg here discusses next steps -- for herself and, she hopes, for drivers -- around pressing the issue on states and businesses that provide parking. More via http://www.overdriveonline.com/hope-rivenburg-general-public-naive-on-truck-parking-needs/

For many of you, Rivenburg needs no introduction, but for those who don’t know who she is, the Fultonham, N.Y., resident and postal employee — she mans the small local post office there — and mother of three became well-known among drivers after her husband, Jason Rivenburg, was killed during a robbery while, for want of other better options, he was parked overnight near a closed gas station at I-26 exit 136 in Calhoun County, South Carolina. Here Hope describes how her connection to many in the driver communities on social media solidified as “Jason’s Law” was codified in law in 2012 to make truck parking a national priority. Three years later, the issues have been hitting the mainstream, and Rivenburg here discusses next steps -- for herself and, she hopes, for drivers -- around pressing the issue on states and businesses that provide parking. More via http://www.overdriveonline.com/hope-rivenburg-general-public-naive-on-truck-parking-needs/

Calls continue to come in from drivers around the nation in response to the Detention détente series of reports -- in this podcast, drivers weigh in on the regulatory apparatus' potential role. Find further exploration of the issue at this link: http://www.overdriveonline.com/audio-mailbag-more-voices-in-favor-of-swift-action-on-the-problem-of-uncompensated-detention/

Calls continue to come in from drivers around the nation in response to the Detention détente series of reports -- in this podcast, drivers weigh in on the regulatory apparatus' potential role. Find further exploration of the issue at this link: http://www.overdriveonline.com/audio-mailbag-more-voices-in-favor-of-swift-action-on-the-problem-of-uncompensated-detention/

A sizable majority of Overdrive readers (64 percent) see negative primary consequences of any significant rise in interstate truck weight limits, preferring the current limit to the added burden of purchasing new equipment and the potential to compound safety issues associated with bridge and other infrastructure deterioration and congestion. In this podcast, several readers weigh in on the September 2015 proposal to raise limits from 80,000 lbs. to 91,000 lbs. with the addition of a third trailer axle. Find more reader views via this link: http://www.overdriveonline.com/mailbag-all-about-the-money-reader-views-on-increasing-truck-weight/

A sizable majority of Overdrive readers (64 percent) see negative primary consequences of any significant rise in interstate truck weight limits, preferring the current limit to the added burden of purchasing new equipment and the potential to compound safety issues associated with bridge and other infrastructure deterioration and congestion. In this podcast, several readers weigh in on the September 2015 proposal to raise limits from 80,000 lbs. to 91,000 lbs. with the addition of a third trailer axle. Find more reader views via this link: http://www.overdriveonline.com/mailbag-all-about-the-money-reader-views-on-increasing-truck-weight/

2014 Trucker Talent Search competitor Brad James warmed up the 2015 crowd at the Great American Trucking Show with his trucking-themed version of "Dock of the Bay"... "I've been sitting at the dock all day, wasting time..."

2014 Trucker Talent Search competitor Brad James warmed up the 2015 crowd at the Great American Trucking Show with his trucking-themed version of "Dock of the Bay"... "I've been sitting at the dock all day, wasting time..."