Amazon has been piloting the program since 2020. (Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg) Many small businesses have long relied on Amazon’s platform and delivery pipeline to boost their business. Now, Amazon wants to enlist them to help with deliveries, too. The e-commerce giant on June 26 officially launched a program it has been piloting since 2020 that pays ...more
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will accept comments on the notice through July 24. (U.S. Department of Transportation) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget to conduct a human-factors study that will examine the effect of nondriving secondary task engagement, transfer of control and training ...more
General Motors GMC Hummer electric vehicle. (General Motors) General Motors Co. and Australia-based Element 25 Limited have signed an agreement for Element 25 to supply up to 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate annually to the Detroit automaker, the companies said June 26. The supply will support the annual production of more than 1 million ...more
Multiple sports teams from the Philadelphia area came together to donate money to benefit the family of a tanker truck driver killed in the crash that caused I-95 to collapse earlier this month. Philadelphia sports teams the Flyers, Eagles, 76ers, Union, and Phillies came together to donate $50,000 to create a trust for the seven ...more
A motorcycle rider nearly lost their life speeding by a semi truck in this dash cam video. In the clip, a biker speeds by the filming motorist, flying towards a semi truck with its left blinker on. The motorcycle rider then speeds past the semi truck on the left side right as it moves into ...more
No one was hurt after a Tesla on autopilot crashed into a truck directing traffic in Pennsylvania on Friday. The accident occurred on Friday, June 23rd at around 10:25 p.m. on eastbound Interstate 76. According to Penn Live News, The 2007 Freightliner was parked in the middle lane of I-76 at mile marker 48.8 in Plum ...more
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting death of a semi truck driver in Lathrop earlier this month. On June 24, CHP’s Stockton Division announced the arrest of 29 year old Andrew Christopher Watson on homicide charges for the death of 37 year old North Carolina-based truck driver Ilkhom ...more
Five people are dead after a car smashed into an attenuator, causing a chain reaction crash. The multi-vehicle accident happened at around 4 a.m. on June 26th in Long Beach, California on the northbound 710 Freeway near the 91 Freeway interchange. According to KTLA 5 News, a dark colored sedan slammed into an attenuator, sending the ...more
The partner of the truck driver killed in last week’s crash off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, gave birth within a matter of hours after his death. On June 22, 36 year old truck driver Chris Scott was northbound on the CBBT near mile marker 1 when he crashed off the ...more
A car smacked into a semi truck after sliding down a hill in West Virginia over the weekend. The accident happened on Sunday, June 26th in Beckley, West Virginia on Interstate 77 near the Harper Road exit. According to 59 News, a BMW went off the side of the highway and careened down an embankment before ...more
