Two Waymo driverless taxis stop before passing one another on a San Francisco street in 2023. (Terry Chea/Associated Press, File) Waymo is seeking California’s permission to expand its footprint in the South Bay area near San Francisco, offering fared robotaxi rides throughout San Jose and along the peninsula. A map included in the company’s updated ...more
Cars on a Hertz car rental lot in Berkeley, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management has amassed a nearly 20% stake in Hertz Global Holdings in a bet on the rental car company’s turnaround plan and that tariffs will boost the value of its vehicles. The firm began buying shares ...more
The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) division released the results of a major truck blitz that took place in earlier this month. The commercial vehicle enforcement operation took place April 7 through April 11 in southeastern New Mexico.Troopers say that the purpose of the operation was to increase highway safety by ...more
Multiple law enforcement agencies in Wisconsin partnered this week to conduct aerial traffic enforcement operations. On April 14 and April 16, the Wisconsin State Patrol (WSP) conducted aerial traffic enforcement on US 12/18 (Beltline) in Dane County at the Monona Drive interchange in an effort to “improve safety on one of Wisconsin’s busiest highways.”During the ...more
The truck driver involved in a deadly 2024 crash in Colorado has been deported for the 17th time, according to ICE tweets. 47-year-old Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in late March, immediately after completing seven months of a one year jail sentence for the US 285 crash in Colorado in ...more
A load of spilled plastic pipes led to a pile up crash involving six vehicles that caused a brush fire in West Virginia on Thursday. The accident happened just after midnight very early on Thursday morning, April 17th on the West Virginia Turnpike in Fayette County, West Virginia. According to Fox 11, a tractor trailer was ...more
A landscaping company in B.C. shared dash cam video of one of their drivers involved in a collision with an out-of-control passenger vehicle. The video was captured on April 17 on Highway 97 in Penticton, B.C., according to the Summerland Review.Western Turf Farms Ltd shared dash cam video and a photo of the aftermath, along ...more
A truck driver is working to change the traffic signals at a dangerous intersection in southern Texas after a serious wreck with two teenage girls. The accident happened on Tuesday, April 15th in Beaumont, Texas, at the intersection of Highway 365 and LaBelle Road. According to 12 News, a pickup truck driven by 16-year-old Callie Pirtle ...more
Oregon State Police (OSP) shared new dash cam video as a reminder to commercial vehicle drivers to slow down when taking a curve. On April 16, troopers shared dash cam video of a truck crash captured on I-5 southbound near mile marker 68.In the video, you can see a commercial vehicle tipping over while taking ...more
An HEB truck driver recently hit more than 4 million miles accident free after 33 years on the road. HEB truck driver Homer Flores reached the 4 million mile mark after a delivery from Kingsville, Texas to Corpus Christi, Texas. As he rolled into Corpus Christi, Flores hit four million and seven consecutive accident free ...more
