Federal transportation authorities are currently at work on new technologies that will make it possible to conduct roadside inspections while the commercial vehicle is in motion without any direct contact with an inspector. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is currently developing and implementing the “Level VIII Inspection Program Operational Test,” the agency said ...more
On Tuesday, Yellow Corporation announced a lawsuit has been filed against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), alleging that IBT is blocking the company’s attempts to modernize in order to stay in business. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas accuses the Teamsters of breaching their contracts and causing more ...more
A truck driver lost his life on Wednesday morning in a workplace accident in San Antonio, Texas. The incident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. at a building supply company located on E. Nakoma Street, according to Kens5.San Antonio police say that the truck driver was unloading slabs of marble when the load fell on top ...more
Five more people have been charged for the death of 53 migrants in a hot trailer, just as the one year anniversary passes. The indictment was filed on June 7th and was unsealed Tuesday, June 27th, the one year anniversary of the tragic incident. According to KSAT News, federal prosecutors allege that 30-year-old Riley Covarrubias-Ponce, 28-year-old ...more
A pickup truck driver couldn’t bear to wait for an appropriate time to pass a semi truck in this dash cam video. In the clip, a pickup truck suddenly appears from behind the filming semi truck and passes it on a dark curve. The pickup avoids a collision with an oncoming car by mere inches, ...more
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) shared a list of tips to help commercial vehicle drivers anticipate and react to the behavior of other drivers on the road to avoid crashes. As part of the CVSA’s Operation Safe Driver Program, officials prepared a list of defensive driving tips specifically for commercial vehicle drivers in order ...more
A class action lawsuit accuses shipping giant FedEx of wide scale odometer fraud. A lawsuit filed on June 13, 2023, in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey claims that FedEx replaced the odometers on thousands of used diesel fleet delivery vehicles so that they displayed zero miles “though Defendants know that the vehicles have, ...more
The Utah Department of Transportation is installing a new brake check area along a notoriously dangerous section of road in hopes that it will help truckers stay safe. Highway 89 in Logan Canyon has seen eight semi trucks lose their brakes in five years, sending them crashing into Garden City. Because of this dangerous trend, ...more
A California-based truck driver has been sentenced to federal prison after he admitted to transporting drugs in exchange for $30,000. Thirty year old Dejohntae Zeche Keith Williams was sentenced to eight years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana.Williams previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to ...more
Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Aion Y compact electric multi-purpose vehicles at the Auto Shanghai 2021 show. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News) China’s Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. said it has developed the world’s first car engine that runs on ammonia, adding to new energy solutions such as battery-powered electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells that reduce carbon emissions ...more
