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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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