A Texas resident was sentenced to federal prison this week on drug smuggling charges after authorities discovered half a million dollars worth of cocaine concealed on the tractor trailer he was operating. On April 25, 2023, Baltazar Reyes-Herrera, 28, was sentenced to more than 8 years (100 months) in prison to be followed by four ...more

Officials in Vermont are warning truck drivers to stay off of the notorious Smugglers Notch segment of Vermont Route 108 as the road opens for the spring. On Tuesday, Smugglers Notch (a mountainous portion of Vermont Route 108 located between Cambridge and Stowe) reopened for the season to passenger vehicle traffic only.Each year, stuck trucks ...more

A suspected road rage incident resulted in a major single vehicle semi truck crash that was caught on dash cam. The dash cam clip was shared on April 26 by the YouTube account RM Videos. It isn’t clear when or where the video was captured.As the dash cam video begins, two trucks are traveling nearly ...more

The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan has announced that multiple individuals and companies are facing federal charges for a years-long scheme to disable emissions controls from semi trucks. The charges were announced on April 26. While the investigation is ongoing, the U.S. Attorney’s Office calls this case “one of the largest of ...more

The California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Bakersfield Division recently thanked a group of truckers who volunteered to help a person experiencing a mental health crisis. The incident occurred April 17 on the Lerdo Highway over SR-99 in the Shafter area.According to CHP, a person had crossed over the guardrail and was standing over the freeway lanes ...more

Multiple agencies in Texas have responded to an injury train vs. truck collision that occurred Wednesday afternoon. The crash occurred on U.S. Highway 77 in Refugio, Texas.KIIITV reports that a truck driver was inside the cab and wasn’t wearing a seatbelt when the collision occurred, resulting in his ejection. The extent of the truck driver’s ...more

The Decatur County Sheriff Department (DCSD) is investigating a rock throwing incident that put a semi truck driver in the hospital over the weekend. Police say that the incident took place shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday, April 23, near Greensburg, Indiana.DCSD responded to westbound I-74 at mile marker 127 and found a FedEx semi ...more

Last week, officers with the Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) held a large-scale enforcement effort targeting various commercial vehicle violations. The blitz took place April 18 — 20 along the I-95/I-16 corridors and the areas near the Port of Savannah.During the three day effort, Georgia DPS Motor Carrier Compliance Division (MCCD) officers were on the ...more

Volvo Trucks North America has issued a recall for certain VNR Electric models due to a sudden braking issue that could occur during the use of the truck’s adaptive cruise control system. Volvo issued the recall on April 18, 2023.The recall affects about 236 VNR Electric trucks manufactured between April 16, 2019, and October 19, ...more

California lawmakers have advanced a high-profile bill that would ban the operation of heavy autonomous vehicles without a human in the cab. Last week, AB 316 passed the California Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee with bipartisan support and is headed to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.AB 316 was introduced in the California Legislature on January 23, 2023, by Assembly ...more