Todd Dills

Year 2025 was a rollercoaster mostly downhill for Overdrive March Trucker of the Month Greg Labosky, headquartered in Connecticut.

When the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration unveiled new requirements for states handling DataQs challenges earlier this month, the move suggested big changes across the country.

Fair is fair? Early responses from states queried about FMCSA's big DataQs reforms earlier this month show little in the way of change in the offing. Yet one state took DataQs-fairness concerns in another direction, calling for carrier penalties for false challenges.

Problem-solver Sam Kelly's Black Sheep Express is poised to capitalize on freight improvement this year, leased to CST Lines and with a mix of dedicated and self-dispatched freight, striving through true service to show customers "every reason" his three-truck fleet beats the competition.

Roadcheck's ongoing through May 14. On the ground at the I-65 scale in Giles County, Tennessee, highway patrol troopers are getting better at spotting backend ELD manipulation. They're not the only agency increasing HOS enforcement this week.

Word to the wise from Roadcheck, Day 1, Giles County, Tennessee: The approach to the scale just past the Alabama line on northbound I-65 might make it appear that your PrePass or Drivewyze system will give you the bypass, but the mile-long facility is 100% pull-in.

If you came out of Roadcheck (any roadside inspection, really) with a violation you don't agree with, you'll need more than just opinion to bring an effective challenge via the DataQs review system. Here, find state inspectors' best advice on collecting and presenting evidence to correct the record.

Eboni Smith has seen better days, she said from her home in San Antonio, Texas, where she and her longtime partner Kenneth Barnes moved a couple years ago after a life in Virginia. There out East, Barnes and Smith established Tick Tick LLC with a Mercedes Sprinter cargo van with their own authority, moving expedited loads across the United States.

FMCSA chief Derek Barrs is confident Motus is a "vital tool" to lock out "bad actors, scammers, and fraudulent brokers." Have you claimed your profile? One owner's experience.

Finalized ratings were way down in 2025, though the agency's enforcement actions and focus on the "front door" might be just impactful long-term for safety assessment.