On Thursday, autonomous truck tech company Kodiak Robotics, Inc. announced a partnership with C.R. England to haul freight for Tyson Foods in Texas as part of a pilot program. Starting this month, Kodiak’s self-driving trucks and C.R. England’s refrigerated trailers will haul Tyson Foods loads between Dallas and San Antonio, Texas.The companies will haul three ...more
A truck driver recently went viral on social media after a load of lumber went through his cab. On April 11, driver Tyler Johnson shared a must-read message about the possible consequences of cutting off trucks.Johnson said: “I can’t STRESS this enough STOP PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF US BIG TRUCKS WE CANT STOP ON ...more
This week, a truck driver was arrested in Louisiana after authorities discovered more than 100 pounds of cocaine in his vehicle during a traffic stop for a moving violation. The incident began around 2:30 p.m. on April 18 as deputies with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office (RPSO) were conducting routine patrols along LA Highway 28 East ...more
Indiana State Police (ISP) have released information about a fatal multi-vehicle crash that occurred in Clinton County on Wednesday. The crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. on April 19 on I-65 near mile marker 152.ISP says that a 2016 Freightliner was southbound on I-65 when, for unknown reasons, it left the interstate, veered through the median, ...more
The Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) shared dash cam video showing a trooper putting himself in the way of a wrong way motorist in order to protect others on the interstate. The incident occurred shortly before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18, in Tooele County.In the dash cam clip, you can see that the trooper is ...more
Dash cam captured a highway confrontation between a moving company’s truck in the left lane and a semi truck in the right. The video was shared by a Facebook user on April 15. She writes, “My boyfriend works for a moving company. This happened on their way to Arizona.”In the video, the moving company driver ...more
The driver of a pickup truck is dead following a multi-vehicle crash on I-65 in Tennessee on Tuesday afternoon. The crash occurred around 2 p.m. on April 18 at mile marker 115 on I-65 near Cross Plains, Tennessee. Pickup driver Bryant Freedle, 28, was stopped in the northbound lanes of I-65 behind two semi trucks. ...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized more than 3 million fentanyl pills hidden in a truckload of produce. The drug seizure occurred around 7:20 a.m. on Monday, April 17, at the Otay Mesa port of entry in Otay Mesa, California.Officers encountered a 48 year old truck driver hauling a shipment manifested as ...more
A traffic stop on a semi truck for speeding becomes complicated as the driver tries to explain to the trooper that he is not operating in interstate commerce. A video documenting the interaction was shared by Bruce Wilson on April 10, 2023.The video has been viewed more than 1 million times in less than 10 ...more
A Washington State Patrol (WSP) trooper tries his best to protect drivers as a pileup crash unfolds on an icy roadway. The recently released video was captured on December 22, 2022, on I-90 at mile marker 37 east of North Bend, Washington.Here are a couple of pictures from the scene WB 90 near MP 37. ...more
