Alex Lockie

2 weeks ago | overdriveonline.com | Alex Lockie

Last year the broker trade group called it a "fraud apocalypse." This year, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration called freight fraud "a public safety crisis," and with about $800 billion in losses annually, if the shoe fits, wear it. Avenues for fraudsters toward identity theft in trucking are legion, and there's plenty to do to avoid falling victim, especially in the fast-paced spot market.

3 weeks ago | overdriveonline.com | Alex Lockie

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of a trucker looking to sue a CBD supplement company, Medical Marijuana, Inc., under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, which is often used against organized crime rings and can lead to greater monetary penalties and asset forfeiture when successful. "In 2012, Douglas Horn was working as a commercial truck driver when he crashed his truck and injured his back and shoulder.

3 weeks ago | overdriveonline.com | Alex Lockie

Artificial Intelligence, for decades, has been one of those buzzwords that people throw around, yet it doesn't mean much. Only in the last few years has AI stepped up to some menial tasks, one of which, according to Tapan Chaudhari, includes running those annoying check calls for big brokers. "Yes, AI is doing check calls," said Chaudhari, presenting his new Austin, Texas-based "Hey Bubba" AI product at the Mid-America Trucking Show in late March.

3 weeks ago | overdriveonline.com | Alex Lockie

During an interview with Overnight Drive Radio host Steve Sommers at the Mid-America Trucking Show iOverdrive honored 2024 Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber with a custom-made 1/42nd scale model of the 1995 vintage aerodynamic Kenworth T600 that he's trucked over four million miles across his decades in business, as well as a new seat from Trucker of the Year program sponsor Bostrom.

3 weeks ago | overdriveonline.com | Alex Lockie

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Friday at the Mid-America Trucking Show took a hard stance against freight fraud, framing it as a threat to the safety of the entire motoring public in a talk about their tech efforts to keep bad actors out of the agency's registration system.