Aerial image of the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 4. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern made improvements after one of its trains derailed, caught fire and spilled toxic chemicals near an Ohio town, but the company is nowhere near the “gold standard for safety” it is striving to ...more
"I just want to have fun, and I want to cheer on my other drivers that are out there," FedEx Freight driver Ronald Metternick says of the camaraderie at truck driving events. (FedEx Corp.) Hardly anyone predicted Ronald Metternick’s national 4-axle title victory in 2016. And yet the FedEx Freight superstar known for exuding friendship ...more
Tires in production at a Continental Tire manufacturing plant. The company revised its overall sales guidance for all of 2023 to around $45.56 billion to $48.85 billion from $46.11 billion to $49.4 billion. (Continental) Weaker-than-expected North American and European commercial vehicle replacement tire sales in the second quarter of 2023 and through the remainder of ...more
Truckers traveling through Colorado should be aware of chain requirements going into effect in early September.The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) requires that commercial vehicle drivers (GCWR/GVWR of 16,001 pounds or more) traveling on I-70 between mile markers 133 (Dotsero) and 259 (Morrison) carry sufficient chains from September 1 through May 31 each year.Chains are ...more
Residents of a town in Pennsylvania are skeptical that their local Werner terminal actually needs more truck parking following a proposal that would increase their current truck parking by 50%. Werner Enterprises recently submitted a sketch plan to Palmer Township in Pennsylvania, outlining their proposal to add 138 trailer parking stalls and 47 tractor parking spaces ...more
Michigan State Police (MSP) are responding to a major multi-vehicle crash that has forced the closure of westbound I-96 near Lowell.MSP reported the crash shortly before noon on August 9 on westbound I-96 near Nash Highway.Troopers provided a description of the events leading to the crash: “Initial report is that a semi failed to slow ...more
‘The Sassy Trucker’ isn’t getting much support from her fellow drivers after returning home from a harrowing experience involving jail in Dubai this week. Tierra Allen, otherwise known as “The Sassy Trucker” was recently jailed in Dubai after “shouting” at a rental car employee during a “common rental car extortion scheme” in May.‘Sassy Trucker’ returning home ...more
Nearly 4 million people have viewed a video featuring a truck driver backing into a super tight spot.The video was shared by Twitter account Next Level Skills on August 6, 2023. Since then, it has been viewed 3.7 million times.Parking skills pic.twitter.com/zyoSwr5KVY— Next Level Skills (@NextSkillslevel) August 6, 2023 The video generated hundreds of comments ...more
Officials worked overnight to clear a hazmat spill caused by a semi truck overturn after the driver suffered a heart attack in Washington on Tuesday night. The accident happened on August 8th at around 8:30 p.m. near Tyler, Washington.According to KREM 2 News, the unnamed 62-year-old truck driver from Wyoming suffered a heart attack while driving ...more
This week, New York City officials announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind system to automatically identify and ticket overweight trucks on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE).In an August 7 announcement, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that the city will kick off use of the new automated enforcement system on August 10, 2023, with a ...more
