Overdrive

• FREE truck parking • Shuttle bus transportation to convention center • Nightly entertainment provided by Heniff Transportation and Godspeed Expediters • Truck services and repairs by TA | Petro • Showers provided by TA | Petro • RV parking (no hook-ups) • Auctions to benefit St. Christopher's Fund presented by The Trucker's Oasis and CTBS • Community tent sponsored by Uber Freight • FREE health screenings • In-cab cooking and fitness demos • Health-related vendors TRUCK PARKING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS PAVILION What you can expect at GATS: • Meet celebrities • Prize giveaways • Live performances • Over 80 fleets hiring drivers • Meeting-setting with fleet recruiters • Learn about new pay package options • FREE concert with Tony Justice headlining and Jesse Raub Jr. Band opening • Friday, August 24, at Eddie Deen's Ranch • FREE food, drinks, and shuttles provided Register to compete at PrideandPolish.com RECRUITING PAVILION GATS 2018 app coming soon! sponsored by PRIZES INCLUDE: TAKE A LOAD OFF WITH GATS AND UBER FREIGHT 2-night stay at an official GATS participating hotel Pre-paid credit card Voucher to the GATS show store Plus much more! VIP passes

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• Good prep defuses Roadcheck worries.
• Pulse: Technology opens door for truck mayhem.
• Personal conveyance and “truck stop lawyers.”
• Bullying customer may be shipper of last resort.
• Traversing Georgia’s 190-mile parking desert.
• Freightliner debuts two electric trucks.
• Congress debates livestock/ag hours regulations.
• Bill would repeal excise tax on truck purchases.
• Payments may loom from fradulent services case.
• Brake inspection blitz set for September.
• Coverage from the 36th annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs.
• Hot pink 379 stays in the family.
• Reader Rigs: Heavy-hauling ’06 W900L; chromed-out 2000 379; ’16 Coronado glider carves its own path;’16 389 has Georgia power; Canadian reefer-hauling ’06 W900.
• EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT Dashcams.
• GEAR GUIDE Window deflector, tires, tape, more.
• FLEET NEWS Carriers still hiking driver pay.
• BETTER HEALTH Knowing risk factors for diabetes.
• TURNING POINT Overdrive’s Dashcam Central shows a trucker’s questionable right turn on red.
• Business: Company driver pay swelling in 2018 Company driver pay per mile surged in the first quarter of 2018 from a year ago, with the refrigerated sector leading the way, according to a survey of mid-size to large carriers.
• COVER STORY: Guaranteed pay Fleets are increasingly introducing plans that promise company drivers a minimum weekly pay. Find out what’s driving the trend and what it could mean for owner-operators.
• Guarding personal data Because of their constant traveling, truckers can be particularly vulnerable to financial loss and a trashed credit rating from identity theft. The resulting legal complications also can threaten their livelihood.
• Talent finalists headed for Dallas James Nelson, Mandi Jo Pinheiro and B.J. Williams will compete next month at The Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, where the drivers have been invited to participate in the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent S
• Mix business, pleasure at GATS A new tailored driver recruitment matchup at the Great American Trucking Show joins established highlights such as Pride & Polish show trucks, live music, business seminars and health screenings.