The Midwest has been getting a break recently from the record-breaking, prolonged cold snap in late January. Temperatures plummeted to 40 degrees below zero or lower from the Dakotas to the Great Lake...
Read moreA coalition of groups representing livestock haulers and others has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for more lenient hours of service regulations. Instead of the standard 14-hour...
Read moreA group of researchers this month issued a report on the effects of the electronic logging device mandate, and they reached two main conclusions: The use of ELDs has not reduced the rate of truck cra...
Read moreOwner-operator Jerry Stetz has been trucking roughly since shortly following the time he first emigrated from Poland to Chicago in the mid-1990s, working first for a time as support staff at O’Hare ...
Read moreA month before U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods are scheduled to jump to 25% on March 1, freight interests outside the Beltway are concerned about legislation aimed at giving Presid...
Read moreMandating 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 ...
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