The Iowa State Patrol Commercial Motor Vehicle Unit (ISPCMVU) sidelined a “dangerous vehicle” spotted last night on I-380. Iowa troopers encountered the ill-maintained commercial vehicle on Monday night on I-380 “trying to make it from Iowa to Tennessee.”“In addition to the violations shown here, as well as many others, the driver did not have a ...more

New legislation introduced on Tuesday aims to crack down on staged accidents that target trucking companies. The Staged Accident Fraud Prevention Act was introduced on April 8 by Representatives Mike Collins and Brandon Gill in response to an uptick in “con artists in passenger vehicles [who] are intentionally colliding with commercial motor vehicles to file frivolous ...more

Canadian police found a large number of safety violations during a traffic stop on a pickup truck hauling a loaded trailer. On April 4, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) – West Region took to social media to call out a commercial vehicle driver after discovering 18 violations during a traffic stop in Wellington, Ontario. Violations include ...more

The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) shared body cam video from a trooper’s recent run-in with a runaway truck tire. The body cam video was shared by AZDPS on April 8.“Last month, one of our Highway Patrol troopers was standing next to his patrol vehicle as he investigated a non-injury crash when he spotted ...more

This week, an Arkansas lawmaker withdrew high-profile legislation increasing restrictions and penalties for non-citizen commercial vehicle drivers, but a new bill with a specific focus on English language has taken its place. In late February 2025, the Secure Roads And Safe Trucking Act Of 2025 (HB1569) was introduced in the Arkansas state legislature by Rep. ...more

Officers Nebraska are warning drivers to “get off your cell phones” after a crash between two semi trucks ripped open a trailer.  The accident happened on Sunday, April 6th at about 2:45 p.m. on eastbound Interstate 80 near mile marker 353 in York, Nebraska.According to News Channel Nebraska, a tractor trailer was traveling in the ...more

Canadian police have arrested a second person in connection with a double broking scheme to steal loaded trailers containing cargo worth millions of dollars. Police launched an investigation after several victims reported that their trailers loaded with freight were stolen by a transportation company known as All Days Trucking between December 2024 and January 2025, ...more

A man was arrested after launching an attack on a sleeping truck driver and assaulting responding police officers at a trucking company in Pennsylvania earlier this month.  The accident happened on April 2nd outside NVK Logistics on the 2800 block of Turnpike Industrial Drive in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to Fox 43, the truck driver was ...more

A trucker was treated to a serious surprise when he purchased a pair of scratchers lottery tickets at a Virginia truck stop. Wisconsin-based truck driver Patrick Golz stopped in at a Love’s Travel Stop in Lambsburg, Virginia, just off I-77, as he was traveling on his regular route, according to a news release from the Virginia ...more

(mntnvision/Getty Images) The U.S. is poised to more than double duties on Canadian softwood lumber to 34.45%, putting more pressure on U.S. materials costs even before President Donald Trump places any new tariffs on the sector. The U.S. currently levies countervailing and anti-dumping duties totaling 14.4%, a level that was set last year. Those are ...more