“We could see a drop off in volume starting as early as the month of May,” Seroka said. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg News) Imports at the busiest U.S. port should start declining as soon as May and are set to fall sharply in the second half of the year as punitive tariffs start to weigh on demand ...more
The Alabama Department of Transportation has started studying options for improving a notoriously dangerous mountain road, otherwise known as ‘Joe’s Truck Stop’. The most recent wreck in the area happened on Monday, April 7th at the sharp turn on Highway 35 known as ‘Joe’s Truck Stop in Fort Payne, Alabama. However, the issue with trucks ...more
A motorist was caught on video doing a series of intentional donuts that led to a crash with a semi truck on a freeway in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred just after 4 p.m. on the eastbound side of the 10 Freeway in Baldwin Park near Los Angeles, California on April 9th. According ...more
A traffic stop conducted on a semi truck by U.S. Border Patrol agents resulted in the discovery of hundreds of pounds of illegal drugs. At 6:40 p.m. on April 8, agents from the Newton-Azrak station initiated a traffic stop on a semi truck traveling north on I-215 in Murrieta, California.A canine unit was brought to ...more
A tractor trailer led police on a pursuit resulting in a crash and injuries on Friday morning, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol. A police pursuit involving a semi truck took place on Friday morning through Brevard and Rosman, North Carolina.The pursuit resulted in a crash and injuries, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol ...more
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) says that thousands of truck drivers will need to obtain new medical certification after the agency deemed two Houston-area doctors non-compliant with physical qualification examination regulations. On Friday, April 11, FMCSA announced that over 15,000 unexpired Medical Examiner’s Certificates (MECs) issued by Dr. Jenny Le and Dr. Dustin ...more
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will begin offering drivers the option to subscribe to free text alerts for the I-70 Mountain Corridor this summer. On April 10, CDOT announced plans to offer real-time text notifications for three key areas along the I-70 Mountain Corridor: the I-70 Floyd Hill Project, the I-70 West Vail Pass Auxiliary ...more
A truck driver was arrested earlier this month after picking up a woman and ‘maintaining a house of prostitution’ using her services. 52-year-old truck driver Shawn Brownlee was arrested on April 3rd in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma after meeting and picking up a woman from the Bay Area in California back in March. Brownlee had initially ...more
(4kodiak/Getty Images) Although truck parking in the U.S. is predominantly located at private truck stop facilities, states are increasingly looking to expand public parking to address the critical parking shortage, according to a new study by the American Transportation Research Institute. The research, a collaborative effort between ATRI and the American Association of State Highway ...more
A view of the U.S. Capitol. Republican Reps. Mike Collins and Brandon Gill introduced the Staged Accident Fraud Prevention Act on April 7. (uschools/Getty Images) Two trucking associations have voiced their support for a bill introduced in Congress that would make it a federal crime to stage a crash with a commercial motor vehicle. The ...more
