Truckers arrested for police chase, drugs and immigrants smuggling
According to article in overdriveonline.com “Several truck drivers have recently been involved in highway incidents, including drug busts, a multi-state police chase and human smuggling”. Read full story at : overdriveonline.com/highway-mayhem-truckers-arrested-for-police-chase-drugs-human-smuggling-more/ Source and credits : overdriveonline.com A trucker last week reportedly led police on a chase through three states after attempting to ram his truck into a Cincinnati police officer’s […]
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Truckers helping with Midwest flood recovery, but more needed
“Historic flooding continues to devastate the Midwest, drowning cities and small towns along the Missouri River. Everyday needs like clean water, food and personal hygiene products are hard to come by, but truckers and relief groups are doing their best to get supplies to the victims”. Read full story at : freightwaves.com/news/weather/truckers-helping-with-midwest-recovery-but-more-needed Story by : Nick Austin, […]
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No evidence of drivers shortage according to Dep. of Labor
According to article in ccjdigital.com and its author James Jaillet Department of Labor study concluded there is no truck drivers shortage in U.S. “A lengthy study recently published by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics concludes that, from a true economics perspective, there’s little evidence supporting the widely publicized notion that there’s a driver shortage in the trucking industry. […]
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Shippers return to their old ways of detention as carrier compliance increases
According to article in freightwaves.com and its author Zach Strickland “After a period of attempting to improve detention times with carriers, they appear to be falling into the old habits of making load/unload times are lower priority according to FreightWaves’ Detention Minutes Index”. Read full story at : freightwaves.com/news/chartofweek/38 Source and credits : freightwaves.com
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Michigan roadside drug testing pilot to expand statewide this fall
“A pilot program that allowed specially-trained Michigan State Police troopers to conduct roadside drug tests on suspected impaired drivers will soon be expanded from five counties to the entire state”. According to article originally appeared ccjdigital.com and its author Matt Cole Read full story at : https://www.ccjdigital.com/michigan-roadside-drug-testing-pilot-to-expand-statewide-this-fall/ Source and credits : ccjdigital.com and Matt Cole
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Two injured after truck tanker explosion in LA
According to article in miamiherald.com – “A tanker truck leaking gasoline caught fire and caused an explosion that injured two people and sent up a huge plume visible across Los Angeles on Sunday, authorities said”. Read full story at : miamiherald.com/news/business/article228055624.html Source and credits : miamiherlad.com
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FMCSA will use ELD data to amend HOS rules
According to article from supplychaindive.com and its author Emma Cosgrove : Data from ELDs are informing the hours of service (HOS) rule review in process, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) head Ray Martinez said in a speech at the Truckload Carriers Association annual meeting this week, according to multiple media reports. Martinez did not confirm when a new set of […]
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Interstate speed limits could increase to 75 in parts of West Virginia
According to article in overdriveonline.com and its author Matt Cole , “Lawmakers in West Virginia this month passed a resolution that gives the state’s transportation secretary the ability to raise speed limits on interstates within the state to 75 miles per hour”. Matt Cole also wrote “The resolution calls for the state DOT secretary “to authorize raising highway speed […]
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Swift to pay up to $100M to settle driver classification lawsuit
According to article in ccjdigital.com : Swift Transportation has entered into a class action settlement of up to $100 million with certain current and former truck drivers to end a nearly 10-year legal fight over drivers claiming they were misclassified as independent contractors and should instead have been classified as company drivers Read full story here : ccjdigital.com/swift-to-pay-up-to-100m-to-settle-driver-classification-lawsuit/ Source […]
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