Diesel trucks refuel at a truck stop. (Bim/Getty Images) Iowa is leading 19 states in a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for backing California’s future ban on heavy diesel vehicles in a purported attempt to regulate traditional trucking “out of existence through mandating net-zero emissions standards.” The 51-page legal action against the EPA ...more
Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman Maria Cantwell is calling on colleagues to support the Railway Safety Act.(Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) A series of bills meant to expedite supply chain operations and improve freight rail safety await consideration in the U.S. House and the Senate. Committee-passed legislation tackling truck parking concerns, the infrastructure permitting process and regulations ...more
Julie Su at her nomination announcement March 1. (Susan Walsh/AP) A vote to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Labor is on the radar for Senate Democrats, but Republicans continue to voice concerns about the candidate’s record on labor policy. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters June 7 he ...more
A Dorsey chassis. Thousands of these chassis are now in storage due to the CBP ruling. (Dorsey Intermodal via Facebook) The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has ruled that chassis manufacturing company Pitts Enterprises and subsidiary company Dorsey Intermodal knowingly imported predominantly finished chassis from China that were being marketed as having been made ...more
ryasick/Getty Images At a recent two-day virtual meeting, officials with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asked members of the agency’s motor carrier advisory committee for some ideas on how the agency could improve truck safety. Committee members responded, offering officials a variety of candid suggestions. Broadly, the 25-member Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee wants ...more
Officers with Arizona’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Task Force (CVETF) recently found thousands of rounds of ammunition concealed in tires while performing a traffic stop near Tucson. On June 3, a CVETF trooper stopped a vehicle on I-19 southbound near Tucson for “multiple moving violations,” according to a news release from the Arizona Department of Public ...more
A truck driver was arrested in Arizona on more than a dozen counts after a roadside inspection allegedly uncovered a human and drug smuggling attempt. Thirty-year old Arizona-based truck driver Eduardo A. Hernandez faces charges of possession and transportation of a narcotic drug for sale, possession and transportation of a dangerous drug for sale, and ...more
A Louisiana State Police (LSP) trooper is being hailed as a hero for the extraordinary measures he took to save the life of a semi truck driver who suffered a medical emergency. The incident occurred on June 5, 2023, in Baton Rouge.A truck driven by Thomas Taylor was stopped on US 61 near Thomas Road ...more
A poll recently posted in the CDLLife App showed that an overwhelming majority of responding truckers would be happy to help out a fellow driver in need of a shower. The poll was posted June 7 by user John Hall, who asked, “Would you give a driver one of your shower credits if the driver ...more
A concrete truck overturned and struck two other vehicles in South Carolina on Thursday. The accident happened on June 8th in Spartanburg, South Carolina at about 10:45 a.m. on Pine Street at Daniel Morgan Avenue.According to WYFF News, the concrete truck was traveling north on Pine Street when it slowed, causing the load to shift. ...more
