Mandating the use of electronic logging devices (ELDs) was aimed ultimately at reducing accidents and improving safety, but new research shows mixed results toward that goal so far. The results? While...
Read moreThe ongoing nasty winter weather is showing no mercy in the Northeast. Besides brutally cold temperatures the past few days, with wind chills as low as 30 degrees below zero, the snow and wind just ke...
Read moreAfter failing to get two previous presidential administrations to require trucks to set their speed limiter devices to 65 mph, safety lobbyists are bypassing regulators and taking their case to the ne...
Read moreA truck driver was busted in Idaho Jan. 24 hauling more than 6,700 pounds of marijuana – the largest pot bust in Idaho State Police history. According to an ISP press release, Denis Palamarchuk, of ...
Read moreLast night January 29 at 8 p.m. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued travel ban for all semi trucks on some of New York Highways. From Cuomo’s office: Beginning at 8 p.m. tonight, tractor trail...
Read moreChicago and the Midwestern US will freeze today to unprecedented temperatures as the polar vortex tightens its grip on the Midwest! Temperatures will drop to -25° degrees with windchill approachi...
Read moreMany industry thought leaders refuse to buy into the prospect of truck drivers being displaced entirely; they contend that automation could never mature to a level where it could completely replace a ...
Read moreThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has expanded its regional emergency declaration from Jan. 18 to now include 22 states ahead of a winter storm expected to impact much of the Eastern U...
Read moreDriver detention has been causing headaches and lost wages for years, but the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate has shone a spotlight on the issue like never before. For the first time, carriers...
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