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Where’s “my” freight?
“What a difference a few months makes. The highly anticipated truckload capacity crisis and the ensuing truckload rate party lasted from late 2017 through late 2018. Beginning in early 2019 – surprise – the rate party was over. It feels like carriers have quickly gone from the best party since deregulation in 1980 to potentially […]
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Trucker fights deportation after police checked his Log book
“A mechanical engineering student who supported himself by driving a truck faces deportation from Canada to India for working more hours than his study permit allowed”.- According to the article in freightwaves.com and its author Nate Tabak “Jobandeep Sandhu was pulled over during a routine traffic stop on Highway 401 between Montreal and Toronto in 2017. But upon examining his […]
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A building size boulder hits Colorado highway closing it “indefinitely”
“CO 145 between Cortez & Telluride is closed indefinitely due to a significant rock fall which occurred this afternoon. The slide is located approximately 12 miles north of Dolores, MP 22. The slide consisting of dirt, rock and two huge boulders which have destroyed the full width of the highway pavement, leaving a trench approximately […]
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Border Patrol seizes ultralight aircraft loaded with meth, fentanyl
“Tucson Sector #USBP and #AMO track and seize ultralight aircraft containing over 140lbs of synthetic drugs. Meth and Fentanyl seized before reaching our communities.” – According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Arizona. “Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Nogales and Tucson stations seized a modified ultralight aircraft and its illicit cargo of […]
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Truckers Against Trafficking nets $162,000 from Kenworth auction
“Truckers Against Traffickingnetted $162,000 as a result of the auction of a 2019 Kenworth T680 last week. The $162,000 donation from the auction nearly doubles the donation received from the previous Everyday Heroes T680 auction, which netted $83,000 for TAT two years ago”. – According to the article in ccjdigital.com Read the full story HERE Source and credits: ccjdigital.com
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FMCSA extends declaration suspending HOS for truckers delivering support to flooded areas
“The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Thursday it has extended an emergency declaration for 16 states in the Plains and Midwest due to historic flooding across the region”. – According to article in overdriveonline.com and its author Matt Cole States included in the declaration are Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, […]
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Democrats try to preserve 30 min rest-break and make HOS violations public again
“Lawmakers holding the purse strings on Capitol Hill are attempting to keep federal regulators from pre-empting states that choose to pass and enforce stricter meal and rest-break laws. If signed into law, the provision would be a setback for carriers benefiting from recent decisions that help them avoid lawsuits filed by drivers alleging unfair work […]
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Going mirrorless: How soon until cameras replace traditional mirrors?
“Someday in the near future, there will be no need for mirrors on commercial trucks because they may be no drivers to look into them. But until that day, mirrors remain a key part of the safety equation for truck drivers”. – According to article in freightwaves.com and its author Brian Straight Straight also wrote – “Like everything […]
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House bill would boost fuel taxes to try to drum up infrastructure funding
“Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) on Wednesday announced the introduction of a bill into the U.S. House that would raise per-gallon fuel taxes on gasoline and diesel by five cents a year for five years — and then tie the fuel tax rate to inflation — as a means to raise revenue for surface transportation infrastructure”. […]
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