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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
	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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