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Overdrive
| October 2014
Logbook
There are all kinds of reasons drivers express themselves
in tattoos: religious, memorial, patriotic, fantasy or just
to have a permanent rendition of a favorite truck or truck
brand. Whatever your motivation, you can upload a photo
of your favorite tattoo to Overdrive's Show Us Your Ink pro-
gram. We're also interested in background information about
your tattoo. For more information about the program and
to see tattoos from other drivers, visit TruckerTattoos.com.
And check back with OverdriveOnline.com and Overdrive
magazine, where we'll highlight some of the best designs
and stories.
Show Us Your Ink
Driver of the Year nominations are
being accepted through Oct. 31
for the contests conducted by the
Truckload Carriers Association.
The program's Owner-Oper-
ator of the Year competition is
co-sponsored by Overdrive. The
Company Driver of the Year
competition is co-sponsored by
Overdrive's sister brand, Truck-
ersNews.com.
The winner of each contest last
year won a Cummins-powered
2013 Ram pickup, sponsored by
Chevron Delo and Cummins, and
a year's supply of Delo oil. Prizes
have not been announced for this
year's competition.
To see eligibility rules and make
a nomination, visit truckload.org.
Driver contests deadline: Oct. 31
Doctors planning truck stop physicals
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Truck Stop Health Care an-
nounced plans to place certified
medical examiners in truck stops
in every state to provide easi-
er access for drivers to obtain
the federally required bi-yearly
physical.
Physicians and husband-wife
team Gunwant and Tejinder Dha-
liwal formed Truck Stop Health
Care and say they will manage a
network of Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration-certified
examiners and lease space from
truck stops.
Drivers and their employers
will be able to schedule physicals
along drivers' routes. Medical
certificates will be produced onsite
and transmitted to state driver's
licenses offices where permitted,
TSHC said.
The group plans to be pres-
ent in 500 truck stops within six
months and 1,500 total truck
stops within 18 months. Basic
physicals will cost $99.
The company will subcontract
with local certified medical ex-
aminers to work either part time
or full time in the truck stops.
Examiners should be able to do
an average of 30 physicals a day,
TSHC said.
FMCSA's National Registry
of Certified Medical Examiners
rule went into effect in May and
requires drivers to have their U.S.
Department of Transportation
physicals conducted by a certi-
fied examiner, the list of which is
available on FMCSA's website.
Drivers do not need to renew
their medical certifications until
their current certification expires.
– James Jaillet
