A bill reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives this week aims to support truckers by removing a tax on the sale of heavy-duty trucks. On March 27, 2025, Reps. Doug LaMalfa, Chris Pappas, Darin LaHood, Salud Carbajal, and Max Miller reintroduced the Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2025. The bill would repeal ...more

A pickup truck landed upside down underneath a crashed tractor trailer after both vehicles tumbled down a brushy embankment on Thursday.  The accident happened on March 27th at about 1:16 p.m. in Westport, Connecticut on Interstate 95 southbound near exit 19. According to the Town of Westport Fire Department, a tractor trailer and a pickup truck ...more

This week, video safety and telematics company Lytx Inc. debuted a new geofencing feature in response to concerns over biometrics privacy laws in the state of Illinois. On March 27, 2025, Lytx announced the new “Dynamic Adjust for Illinois Restrictions” feature designed for trucking fleets that operate within or through Illinois. The feature “creates a ...more

The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) recently nabbed a pickup driver for a slew of worrisome violations. On March 27, OCSO detailed a traffic stop that occurred this week in the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma area.“This week, one of our deputies stopped this truck with an expired/ improperly displayed license plate and a bunch of unsecured ...more

Police in Colorado Springs responded to an incident involving a semi truck and a large landscaping boulder on Thursday. Officers responded to a reported traffic collision at E. Fountain Blvd. and S. Weber St. in Colorado Springs, Colorado, around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2025. “The investigation revealed that a tractor-trailer scooped out an approximately ...more

A truck driver will appear in court next week after allegedly stealing a fellow driver’s cat right out of her truck cab.  Truck driver Christine Smith-Powell says that she was resting in the sleeper berth of her truck while her co-driver unloaded the truck at a Best Buy in Findlay, Ohio in October of 2023. ...more

A truck driver’s good deed was caught on video this week amid severe flooding in Pharr, Texas. Many parts of southern Texas saw intense flooding as a storm dumped as much as a foot of rain on the area on Thursday.The video shared on social media was reportedly captured on Veteran’s Blvd at Exit 147A, in ...more

(Stadtratte/Getty Images) Now that President Donald Trump is moving ahead with tariffs worldwide, Mexico can at least ensure its exports to the U.S. get a lower fee than others, Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said. “If we are going to go to such a high tariff system, what we have to do is seek preferential treatment ...more

A barge in the distance travels along the Tennessee River. (felixmizioznikov/Getty Images) Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced a $12.85 million plan to upgrade the public Yellow Creek State Inland Port in northeastern Iuka to bolster multimodal freight and improve the state economy. “This investment is a vital step in modernizing our port infrastructure and ensuring ...more

Opel cars are parked at the Opel car factory in Ruesselsheim near Frankfurt, Germany. (Michael Probst/AP) FRANKFURT, Germany — European automakers, already struggling with tepid economic growth at home and rising competition from China, on March 27 decried the U.S. import tax on cars as a heavy burden that will punish consumers and companies alike ...more