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Firefighters used 50,000 gallons of water to douse Tesla semi fire in California, NTSB says

California firefighters had to douse a flaming battery in a Tesla Semi with about 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish the flames following a crash, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday, Sept. 12. In addition to the huge amount of water, firefighters used an aircraft to drop fire retardant on the “immediate area” of the electric truck as a precautionary measure, the agency said...Read More

LA freeway shut down at Stadium Way after semi-truck crash scatters fries across lanes

A semi-truck loaded with french fries crashed on the 5 Freeway in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles leaving all southbound lanes blocked by boxes of fries Thursday morning, Aug. 28. According to local e-media, the crash was reported around 3:30 a.m. near Stadium Way. Video showed the cab of the truck had disconnected from the trailer The french fry boxes were left covering the prompting officials to issue a sigalert stopping all southbound traffic...Read More

Penske introduces new eDVIR feature in Penske Driver Mobile App

Penske Truck Leasing recently launched an electronic driver vehicle inspection report (eDVIR) feature in the Penske Driver mobile app for customers. According to a recent press release, this new feature enables customer truck drivers to submit driver vehicle inspection reports electronically using the free Penske Driver app. This new eDVIR functionality also provides fleet managers...Read More

Congressman secures $1 million for transportation training at Des Moines community college

U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) has secured a $1 million investment for new infrastructure at the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Transportation Institute Education Center in Ankeny, according to a statement issued June 7. “Iowa businesses are facing supply chain issues and one of the main contributors is a lack of employees who hold a commercial...Read More

Excess Truck Supply Depresses Freight Rates to Unprofitable Levels

It was “more of the same” for freight markets in April, according to industry sources. The amount of freight that’s available to haul declined once again, and the rates shippers are paying to haul available loads declined too. Scale Funding, The “freight recession” has entered record territory for longevity. Dean Croke, principal analyst at DAT IQ, explained it this way: “The typical U.S. three freight recessions were in the 17- to 23...Read More

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, Truck Driver in Fatal Hockey Team Bus Crash, Set for Deportation to India

Over six years after the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the truck driver responsible, has been ordered to be deported. A virtual hearing by the Immigration and Refugee Board in Calgary on Friday led to the decision. During the hearing, Trent Cook of the immigration division stated, "I can't consider humanitarian and compassionate factors. My role today...Read More

TA and NATSO Collaborate to Improve Roadside Safety for Breakdowns

All TA Truck Service Emergency Roadside Assistance (ERA) vehicles are now equipped with the HAAS Alert Safety Cloud digital alerting platform, a software that sends “slow down” and “move over” alerts to oncoming drivers when an ERA vehicle activates its flashing lights and is stopped alongside a roadway, according...Read More

BeyondTrucks Introduces Innovative Fuel Transport Solution

The solution digitizes and centralizes all of the customers’ inventory readings into one place, according to a news release, allowing for real-time tracking, order point reevaluation and automated order generation. “BeyondTrucks is designed for unique industry needs,” said Hans Galland...Read More

Unforeseen Impact: How the Corporate Transparency Act Might Affect Your Trucking Business

The good surprises, I mean — things liking finding an extra $20 in your jeans pocket, or having a friend say, “Drinks are on me.” These always bring a smile to my face (even though the latter sometimes leads to regrettable life choices on my part). But I digress. After a lifetime of dealing with them, why on earth would I take their timeline seriously?..Read More

Fueling Concerns: Average US Diesel Price Crosses $4 per Gallon Mark

Truck drivers across the nation are paying more for a gallon of diesel than they were a week ago. The average price for a gallon of diesel has risen above $4 a gallon for the first time since Dec. 4, 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration. The price sits at $4.109 per gallon as of Feb. 12, up from $3.899 per gallon on Feb. 5 and $3.867 per gallon on Jan. 29...Read More

The Waiting Game: Anticipation Surrounds FMCSA's Speed Limiter Ruling

The FMCSA was expected to make its final ruling on the issue by the end of December, according to Dave Heller, senior vice president of safety and government affairs for the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA). Unfortunately, December came and went without the agency issuing a ruling.....Read More

Truckstop Unveils 'Roadmap' Addressing Key Challenges in Trucking for the Coming Year

According to Truckstop, the market is on track to experience modest growth, but challenges like the ongoing driver shortage and tight margins will likely continue to affect the industry. With trucking regulations in flux that will inevitably impact drivers and industry, it’s critical to know what’s being discussed and how you can prepare your business for the road ahead,” Truckstop officials say....Read More

ATRI to begin research on challenges facing female truckers

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is initiating research on the challenges facing women truck drivers as well as barriers that discourage women from considering a career as a truck driver. According to a news release, the comprehensive study will also identify strategies for overcoming industry issues faced by women.....Read More

Deadly heat wave in the central US strains infrastructure, transportation

Deadly heat that has gripped Texas for much of the summer has spread into other parts of the central U.S. this week where it is forecast to stay for days, with triple-digit temperatures buckling roads, straining water systems and threatening the power grid of the nation’s energy capitol. With heat warnings and advisories stretching from New Orleans to Minneapolis, the unyielding weather is stressing the systems put in place to keep resources.....Read More

FoRRRwD initiative seeks to reduce number of crashes on two-lane roads

You might have noticed a few changes taking place on some of the roadways you’ve traveled. Maybe you’ve encountered a roundabout where there was once an intersection with a stop light. Perhaps a two-lane highway seems wider. Maybe you’ve noticed that more roads have rumble strips along the sides — and some even have them on the center line.......Read More

Snoozing trucker plows big rig into Dublin, Georgia, federal courthouse

A drowsy truck driver wrecked their semi into a Georgia federal courthouse on Thursday, May 11, shattering one of the structure’s columns. According to the Dublin Police Department, the driver fell asleep at the wheel and plowed through a set of barricades before smashing into the J Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse....Read More

Mid-America Trucking Show opens in Louisville

The MId-America Trucking Show (MATS) runs through April 1 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. Join The Trucker and Trucker Jobs Magazine at booth 61085 to learn more about us. Also at the show will be hundreds of other exhibitors and hands-on activities. “Since 1972, MATS has become the world’s largest and longest running annual heavy-duty trucking event,” a MATS news release stated.........Read More

Florida Turnpike chain-reaction crash involving 3 big rigs kills 1 driver

A truck driver was killed just before 6 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 13, after a chain-reaction crash in the southbound lanes of the Florida Turnpike in Stuart, according to a Twitter post from Martin County Fire Rescue. The accident involved three 18-wheelers.“Each truck rear-ended the one in front of it,” the Twitter post stated.....Read More

US braces for dangerous blast of cold, wind and snow

A large swath of the U.S. braced for a dangerous mix of sub-zero temperatures, howling winds and blizzard conditions expected to disrupt plans for millions of holiday travelers. The blast of frigid weather began hammering the Pacific Northwest Tuesday morning, and is expected to move to the northern Rockies, then grip the Plains in a deep-freeze and blanket the Midwest with heavy snowfall, forecasters say.....Read More

Tanker truck driver survives crash off I-10 bridge

A tanker truck driver was hospitalized on Nov. 22 after his rig wound up in the water below Interstate 10 at the line between St. James and Ascension parishes in Louisiana. According to the Louisiana State Police, the truck driver received only minor injuries in the one-vehicle accident. Details about how the rig veered off the road were not immediately available. ........Read More

Briefly: Drivewyze extends Smart Roadways alert service to Georgia

Drivewyze, a provider of connected truck services and operator of the largest public-private weigh station bypass network in North America, has partnered with the Georgia Department of Transportation to provide INRIX real-time traffic alerts through Drivewyze’s Smart Roadways service......Read More

ATA thanks Buttigieg for DOT's attention to creating more parking

The American Trucking Associations Thursday thanked the U.S. Department of Transportation for its commitment to expanding the nation’s truck parking capacity. In a letter to ATA President and CEO Chris Spear, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg pledged the Biden Administration’s support for increasing the availability of safe parking options for America’s professional truck drivers through its Trucking Action Plan, grant funding under the Bipartisan.......Read More

Truck crash covers part of I-80 in fresh tomatoes

The California Highway Patrol reports the truck crashed into another vehicle near the Davis Street onramp, causing the driver to lose control, and hit the center divide. Hundreds of pounds of tomatoes were spilled onto the highway. CHP reports vehicles trying to pass through the spilled produce also crashed into each other, though no major injuries have been reported.....Read More

Committee sends truck parking legislation to entire House

Legislation to fund the creation of more truck parking was approved today by a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Its next stop will be the full House. The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved an amended version of the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act through the markup process.......Read More

Hear what to expect at this year's Walcott Truckers Jamboree

Since 1979, truckers and fans of trucks have gathered at the Iowa 80 Truck Stop for the annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree. This year's Jamboree will be held July 14, 15, and 16 and feature:

- the annual Super Trucks Beauty Contest.. Read More

FMCSA extends comment period for proposed speed limiter rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) is extending the comment period for its proposal to install speed limiters in commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). The comment period for the advance notice of supplemental proposed rulemaking is extended from June 3, 2022 to July 18, 2022. The agency has so far received more than 12,100 comments on the Federal Register, many of which are against the proposal.....Read More

Research firm: ‘Sky isn’t falling’ in transportation industry

ACT Research is responding to a recent op-ed piece that ran in a transportation trade publication proclaiming that “the sky is falling” in the transportation industry. According to ACT officials, their staff has received many questions surrounding the issue. “To be fair, for the first time since Q2’20 transportation metrics stopped moving ‘up and to the right’ in Q1,” said ACT President and Senior Analyst Kenny Vieth......Read More

Massive tornado rakes through Big Easy; truck driver recounts survival

A tornado flipped cars and heavy trucks, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house in the middle of a street in the New Orleans area, part of a storm front that caused damage in places as it blew from Texas to South Carolina. Professional truck driver Anton Santana said he had just parked his rig near his home when the tornado struck.......Read More

US truckers planning pandemic protest to begin heading to DC

Modelled after recent trucker protests in Canada, truck drivers in the United States are planning on setting off on a massive cross-country drive towards Washington, DC to protest against coronavirus restrictions. Organisers of the “People’s Convoy” say they want to “jumpstart the economy” and reopen the country......Read More

Canada drops vaccine mandate for its truckers after pressure from industry

Canada will allow unvaccinated Canadian truckers to cross in from the United States, reversing a decision requiring all truckers to be inoculated against the coronavirus, Canada's border agency said....Read More

Colorado DA seeks to reduce trucker’s 110-year sentence

During a Dec. 27 status hearing in Colorado's First Judicial District Court, a judge set Jan. 13 as the date for a resentencing hearing for truck driver Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos. A Colorado district attorney has asked a court there to reduce the 110-year prison sentence of truck driver Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos to 20 to 30 years.......Read More

OOIDA advocates for more truck parking in letter to Buttigieg

Todd Spencer, president and CEO of OOIDA, requests that $1 billion of discretionary funds in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act be dedicated to adding more parking for truck drivers.the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) submitted a letter to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg requesting that $1 billion of discretionary funds.........Read More

What the largest infrastructure spending bill in history means for trucking

In a scathing opinion, the conservative 5th Circuit sides with trucking interests, calls OSHA rules ‘an unlawful overreach.’ Mandate next heads to another court on its way to likely hearing before the Supreme Court. President Biden, this week, will sign into law the largest federal spending package in history aimed at improving U.S. roadways, bridges, ports, and other transportation infrastructure. .........Read More

PrePass real-time safety alerts now available nationwide

PrePass Safety Alliance recently upgraded the PrePass safety alerts system to include critical traffic warnings across all 48 contiguous states. Motor carriers and commercial vehicle compliance agencies now benefit from thousands of alerts that appear in-cab on the PrePass app........Read More

Rocket scientists say they found the solution to semi-truck rollovers

A team of trucking outsiders—made up of rocket scientists and automotive engineers—are working on a fifth-wheel solution to reduce the death and injuries caused by Class 8 truck and trailer rollovers on U.S. highways. Large truck rollovers killed more than 300 people in 2019. Another 9,000 people are injured in Class 8 truck rollovers......Read More

Five good things that happened in trucking

TCA Scholarship Fund awards most students to date; announces new scholarship, Women In Trucking opens nominations for 2021 Influential Woman in Trucking Award, West Michigan parts campaign raises $12,500 for local charities, and more.the act of responding to a person's kindness to oneself by being kind to someone else. ...Read More

What infrastructure talks mean for trucking

While bipartisan infrastructure agreements on Capitol Hill are unraveling, the trucking industry seeks a plan that would first and foremost fix the nation's crumbling roads and bridges to create better freight delivery networks.....Read More

Lighting the way to successful roadside inspections

In 2020, lighting was the most common vehicle violations of commercial vehicle roadside inspections, according to FMCSA. A bad light can be the first impression a truck makes on an enforcement officer. Gino Fontana, a vice president of operations for Transervice’s Berkeley Division, keeps track of various regional and national safety blitzes as part of his fleet maintenance program.,,,,Read More

Five good things that happened in trucking

The first truck stop turned pop-up vaccine clinic in Irving, N.Y. began offering COVID-19 vaccines to truck drivers, motorists, Natives from the Allegany and Cattaraugus Territories and residents from surrounding communities.The owner of Native Pride Travel Plaza in Seneca's Tallchief Territory, J.C. Seneca, partnered with G-Health Enterprises to make it happen......Read More

Polar vortex strains freight networks, drives spot rate increases

At a time when rates would typically drop off, this year’s weather event, combined with the ongoing pandemic, is putting more upward pressure on freight rates. An Arctic polar vortex is headed East after blasting areas of the Midwest and Southern U.S. with bone-chilling weather and record deep freezes in Texas and Oklahoma,....Read More

Meeting heavy haul challenges

Omega Morgan's approach to heavy haul trucking starts with performing route surveys to detect potential road hazards, eliminate delays, and determine the safest way to transport oversized loads. Size matters at Omega Morgan, but so do flexibility, innovation, and careful planning......Read More

Santa is a truck driver

A 55-foot Engelmann spruce crossed the country in November from its origin in the Uncompahgre National Forest in western Colorado to the nation’s capital. You may have seen it. It was the 2020 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. A load the size of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree stands out on the road any time, but particularly this year with reduced traffic from the COVID-19 pandemic. ..........Read More

FMCSA seeks comments on integrating autonomous trucks

The government wants to know how the trucking industry would like to proceed with autonomous technology for over-the-road commercial freight as it seeks to streamline how conventional fleets would welcome self-driving trucks.......Read More

GP Transco continues progress, plans move to new HQ

On April 15, as some trucking companies struggled with losing freight because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, one northern Illinois carrier showed just what it means to be truly “essential” these days.
That was the day an Antonov AN-124 cargo plane landed at Chicago Rockford International Airport, delivering 600,000 pounds of much-needed medical supplies from Malaysia. During the......Read More

Harvey Butcher hangs up the keys

Rush Truck Centres of Canada has announced longtime salesman Harvey Butcher has retired. Butcher’s 49-year career concluded May 31. He has spent the last eight years selling new and used trucks and trailers to customers in Durham Region on behalf of Rush Truck Centres of Canada. “Harvey is now ready for more games of golf and time with his wife, kids and grandkids,” the company said......Read More

Changes to hours of service effective Sept. 29

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration today published in the Federal Register changes to the regulations it says provide “greater flexibility” while not undermining highway safety. The changes go into effect Sept. 29. The changes had been announced in the middle of May. Publication in the Federal Register was required to make them official.....Read More

Spread of COVID-19 forces lockdown of Gallup, NM

The City of Gallup, New Mexico and its some 22,000 residents are still on lockdown as the state’s governor extended an order intended to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.........Read More

TWO OF THREE WHO DIED IN WYOMING I-80 PILEUPS WERE TRUCKERS

Two truck drivers were among the three people killed in last week’s massive pileups on Interstate 80 in Wyoming, and a new video shows part of one of the collisions as it unfolded......Read More

2 TRUCKS CRASH ON I-15 IN CALIFORNIA; 2 PEOPLE DIE

Two people died when two tractor-trailers collided and caught fire on southbound Interstate 15 in Barstow, California early Sunday morning, Jan. 19.....Read more

2 TRUCKERS AMONG 5 KILLED IN PA TURNPIKE CRASH

Two truck drivers were among the five people who died in a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 5. Both were in one of two UPS tractor-trailers that struck a loaded tour bus that overturned on the turnpike southeast of Pittsburgh.....Read More

LOADED WITH LETTUCE, TRUCK HITS DISABLED VEHICLE IN LA

A tractor-trailer loaded with lettuce stuck a disabled vehicle and rolled over Monday, Dec. 30 in the Sunland neighborhood of Los Angeles. The collision and a small fire occurred at about 12:20 a.m. on the westbound 210 Freeway.....Read More

HIGH WINDS TOPPLE TRUCKS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

High winds in Southern California Tuesday, Dec. 17, knocked over several tractor-trailers and caused many more to stop alongside one freeway about 50 miles east of Los Angeles......Read More

BUTANE TANKER ROLLOVER STOPS I-15 TRAFFIC FOR 10 HOURS

A tanker with two trailers of butane rolled over on Interstate 15 in Lehi, Utah Saturday morning, Nov. 30, closing the highway for more than 10 hours and forcing the evacuation of some nearby residents.....Read More

DRIVER DIES AS TRACTOR-TRAILER FALLS FROM I-10 IN SAN ANTONIO

A 62-year-old trucker died Thursday, Nov. 7, when his tractor-trailer fell from an interstate in Texas. Elsewhere, two tractor-trailers and a box truck were involved in a construction zone accident in Wisconsin Thursday, and a trucker had......Read More

KENTUCKY CARRIER CORETRANS HIKES DRIVER PAY

Kentucky-based CoreTrans recently announced a five-cents-per-mile pay increase. Drivers will also receive a half-cent-per-mile raise every six months with no maximum, according to a.......Read More

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