Industry leaders note that systems like TPMS remove “the gap in time” between getting data and acting on its findings. (Ryder System) The data-driven approach has sparked an ongoing evolution for truck fleets in how to manage and understand key aspects of their operations. Normally used in maintenance for engines, drivetrains and emissions performance, this ...more
Powell turns to Trump during his announcement as Fed chair in November 2017. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press) President Donald Trump warned the U.S. economy may slow if the Federal Reserve does not move to immediately reduce interest rates, in his latest broadside against Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Trump said in a social media post April ...more
The agency found users can be required to navigate as many as 23 screens and take up to 32 actions to cancel, according to an FTC statement. (Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg) Uber Technologies Inc. was sued by the Federal Trade Commission, which claims the rideshare and delivery company hurt consumers through “deceptive billing and cancellation practices” as ...more
(shauni/Getty Images) The Department of Transportation this month announced a repeal of a Federal Highway Administration rule for states to establish emission-reduction goals. Led by Secretary Sean Duffy, the department on April 18 indicated FHWA guidance, such as its requisite reporting on such emission targets, was deemed “woke” and contrary to DOT’s agenda in the ...more
Germany-based Heidelberg Materials operates in some 3,000 locations in 50 countries and has 51,000 employees. (Heielberg Materials) Heidelberg Materials North America will build a $7.3 million aggregates distribution terminal in South Carolina’s Lowcountry region along the Interstate 95 corridor, state officials announced. “We are proud that Heidelberg Materials continues to do business in South Carolina ...more
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. (Stephania Corpi/Bloomberg) Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said there’s no agreement yet with her U.S. counterpart Donald Trump after the two spoke last week about lifting U.S. tariffs. The Mexican head of state said April 21 that they had discussed an existing 25% tariff on imported vehicles and an equivalent one ...more
A truck driver was reunited with his lost dog thanks to the help of a drone operator in Missouri this spring. Earlier this year, the truck driver and his dog, Buddy, were making a stop in Strafford, Missouri on their way to Joplin when Buddy ran out to play in the snow. Buddy soon ran ...more
A semi truck rollover shut down an eastbound I-80 rest stop in Nebraska on Monday morning. The accident happened on Monday, April 21st at around 10 a.m. near Ashland, Nebraska. According to Nebraska 511, a semi truck overturned as it exited eastbound Interstate 80 and entered the rest stop at mile marker 425. The accident split ...more
Tennessee authorities recently seized millions of dollars worth of cocaine from a tractor trailer initially pulled over for a traffic violation. The drug seizure took place late in the evening on April 15 on I-40 in Haywood County, Tennessee, according to the West Tennessee Drug Task Force.Agents with the Criminal Interdiction Unit stopped a semi ...more
Authorities in Kentucky are reminding drivers to pay attention to signage after a commercial vehicle driver recently entered flood waters in a box truck in the Crittenden County area. At 11 p.m. on April 17, first responders were called for a commercial vehicle that had driven into floodwaters on KY-365.“The driver had ignored and driven ...more
