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April 2014

Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info

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April 2014 | Overdrive | 21 Logbook PROVEN TECHNOLOGY DEPENDABLE POWER EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY | | 6 O SERIES DETROIT - lower operating cost - better fuel mileage - less down time $133,000 starting at: www.FitzgeraldGliderKits.com Untitled-50 1 3/21/14 8:35 AM Text INFO to 205-289-3555 or visit www.ovdinfo.com A USED CLASS 8 TRUCK sold for an average of more than $44,000 in January, a 15 percent year-over-year gain and a record price, ACT Research said. ACT's Steve Tam said prices are expected to cool slightly later this year, declining up to 5 per- cent due to less "pent-up" demand. NEW MEXICO Gov. Susana Martinez signed a bill that increases the number of times the CDL knowledge test may be retaken from three times per year to twice a week. SB 41 amends state code to specify applicants must pass the knowledge and skills tests separately and does not change the number of times the skills test may be retaken in a year. The Overdrive-Red Eye Radio's Trucker Talent Search, brought to you by Chevron Delo, is looking for truckers who love to sing. Submissions will be accept- ed through May 26. Applicants should record a 30-second video clip of themselves singing – even a simple smartphone recording is acceptable. Judges request no instrumental accompa- niment be used so that they can hear the voice well. No enhancement of the audio is allowed. Can you sing? Prove it in competition Online voting to narrow the field to a group of finalists will be May 30 through June 25. Finalists will attend The Great American Trucking Show in Dallas in August and will compete live for first place. Visit TruckerTalentSearch.com for more details and to enter. — Kathleen Buccleugh (Continued on Page 76) Overdrive-Red Eye Radio s Logbook_0414.indd 21 4/1/14 6:13 PM

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