A newly introduced bill seeks to prevent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from moving ahead with a pending rule requiring speed limiters on heavy-duty trucks. The FMCSA is expected to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Heavy Vehicle Speed Limiters rule (also known as the speed limiter mandate) in the spring of ...more

The NFL has hired a local trucking company to hire gear for the upcoming NFL Draft event in Wisconsin.  The NFL Draft is scheduled for April 24th through 26th at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Veriha Trucking in Marinette has been employed to help the organization haul its sound and video gear to the ...more

A truck driver is dead after a young driver pinned him against a loading dock as he attempted to guide his semi truck.  The accident happened on Thursday, April 10th at about 12:34 p.m. at Priority Cooling Mann Pack in Yuma, Arizona. According to KYMA, a 21-year-old trucker was being guided by a 61-year-old trucker as ...more

A truck driver could have saved himself some soreness and humiliation if he had just followed the 3 Points of Contact rule.  In the video, a truck driver was caught on camera exiting his rig in a questionable way, which ended with a less than ideal landing. Instead of exiting the cab the way all ...more

On Thursday, Love’s Travel Stops announced the opening of a new store in Charleston, Missouri. The new Love’s store is located at 2461 E Marshall Street in Charleston, off I-57 at US 62, Exit 12.Amenities at the Charleston Love’s include: Over 11,500 square feet 76 truck parking spacesArby’s (opening April 14)Seven diesel baysFour showersLaundry facilitiesCAT ScaleDog parkSelf-checkout ...more

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently conducted a single day traffic enforcement operation that netted hundreds of citations. On April 9, 2025, CHP troopers from the Bakersfield, Buttonwillow, Fort Tejon, Central Division Commercial/SAFE, and Newhall divisions partnered for a special enforcement operation on I-5 through the Grapevine. Between from approximately 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., CHP ...more

The police officer who shot into a semi truck on an interstate in Florida last month has been reassigned to the telephone team.  Lieutenant Marc Crawford was placed on administrative leave after the March 10th incident on Interstate 95 in Jacksonville, Florida. Crawford returned to work on Wednesday, April 9th, and has been reassigned to ...more

International RH Series. (International Motors) International Motors sold 16,900 trucks and buses in the first quarter of 2025, a 12% decrease compared with 19,300 vehicles in the same period 12 months earlier, parent company Traton Group said April 9. The effects of a persistently weak freight market as well as uncertainty fueled by the Trump ...more

Roeth speaks during the 2025 Technology & Maintenance Council Annual Meeting. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) The North American Council for Freight Efficiency on April 8 revealed most of the 13 fleets that will take part in its Run on Less — Messy Middle program in September. NACFE said the participation of Albert Transport, ...more

(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) As tariff-spooked shoppers begin pulling back on spending, Walmart Inc. is prepping for a worsening economy by using its massive footprint to keep prices low and hunt for ways to take market share. On April 9, the world’s largest retailer said in a statement that it still sees net sales growing 3% ...more