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By |2025-06-19T15:24:10-05:00June 19th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A Tennessee interstate was closed on Thursday morning after a semi truck hauling a race car caught fire. The fire occurred around 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 19, in Dandridge, Tennessee.According to the Dandridge Police Department, a commercial vehicle fire occurred on westbound I-40 at Exit 417. The Dandridge Fire Department told WBIR that a ...more

By |2025-06-20T07:25:17-05:00June 19th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A truck driver was run over by his own truck after being fatally rear ended by a second semi truck while standing outside of his rig.  The accident happened near the Long Beach Port in California on Wednesday morning, June 18th. According to Long Beach Patch, the first truck driver was standing near the front of ...more

By |2025-06-20T07:25:12-05:00June 19th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) released results from a recent traffic enforcement effort targeting drivers with unsecured loads in Snohomish County. According to a June 18 statement from WSP’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Bureau, troopers teamed up for a two-hour unsecured load emphasis patrol in Granite Falls, Lake Stevens, and Arlington.During the two-hour effort, WSP achieved ...more

By |2025-06-20T07:25:08-05:00June 19th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A crash involving a tractor and a tractor trailer sent the semi truck plummeting off of Route 30 Bypass in Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon.  The crash happened at about 1:10 p.m. on the Route 30 Bypass above Old Mill Road in Sadsbury Township, Pennsylvania. According to ABC 6, authorities were called to the scene when a ...more

By |2025-06-19T11:23:35-05:00June 19th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A law going into effect in Louisiana next year seeks to incentivize trucking companies to outfit their vehicles with dash cams and telematics systems. House Bill 549, authored by Louisiana State Rep. Rodney Schamerhorn, was signed into law by Governor Jeff Landry on May 28, 2025. It will go into effect on January 1, 2026.I’m ...more

By |2025-06-19T15:24:20-05:00June 19th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A man who quit his job to report idling semi trucks in New York City  claims to make six figures as a semi truck “bounty hunter.” It is technically illegal for semi trucks to idle in New York City for more than three minutes at a time, but drivers who exceed the limit are rarely ...more

By |2025-06-19T15:24:15-05:00June 19th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A major interstate at the Tennessee/North Carolina state line is shut down as of Thursday morning, and drivers are asked to seek alternate routes. At 7:25 on June 18, the Cocke County Emergency Management Agency (CCEMA) out of Tennessee announced that I-1-40 was closed in both directions at the North Carolina/Tennessee State line due to ...more

Amazon Ramps Up Zoox Robotaxi Factory

By |2025-06-20T12:20:26-05:00June 18th, 2025 at 12:07 PM|Trucking News|

In this undated handout photo provided by Zoox, Zoox robotaxis are assembled at a 220,000-square-foot factory located in Hayward, Calif. (Zoox via AP) HAYWARD, Calif. — Amazon is gearing up to make as many as 10,000 robotaxis annually at a sprawling plant near Silicon Valley as it prepares to challenge self-driving cab leader Waymo. Tesla ...more

Class 8 Truck Sales Drop 5% Year Over Year in May

By |2025-06-20T12:20:32-05:00June 18th, 2025 at 11:50 AM|Trucking News|

A Mack Trucks dealership in Houston. Mack reported sales increased 1.5% to 1,637 units in May from 1,613 in May 2024. (Volvo Group) U.S. Class 8 retail sales experienced a sequential increase in May despite continuing to trend below the prior year, according to data from Wards Intelligence. Sales decreased 5% to 18,778 from the ...more

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