Two truck drivers and a passenger are dead after a head on collision between two rigs on Tuesday afternoon. The accident occurred on the afternoon of July 11th on US Highway 20 in Harney County, Oregon. According to KTVZ News, 57-year-old Darrell Thew was driving a 1997 Peterbilt east on Highway 20 when he crossed into ...more
This week, the Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) shared dash cam video to praise a trucker’s attentiveness in preventing a crash. The video was shared by Georgia DPS on July 12, 2023.In the quick clip captured at night, you can see that the dash cammer in the left lane sees another truck broken down ...more
A dump truck driver forgot to lower their bed and took down an entire highway sign on Wednesday. The accident happened on July 12th in Cobb County, Georgia on Interstate 75. According to Atlanta News First, the dump truck with a raised bed struck the highway sign, causing it to collapse. The structure was left lying ...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently intercepted a large shipment of illegal drugs stashed in the roof of a semi trailer. The drug seizure occurred shortly after 9 a.m. on July 6 at the Tecate Port of Entry’s cargo facility located in Tecate, California.CBP officers encountered a 46 year old truck driver at the ...more
The Grapevine Police Department (GPD) recently sidelined a truck driver after discovering multiple cans of beer during an inspection. According to a July 12 social media post, a GPD officer discovered “several cans of beer” during a CMV inspection in the Grapevine, Texas, area.Police say that the driver was placed out of service for 24 hours ...more
Alvin Brown speaks at his nomination hearing June 21. (commerce.senate.gov) The Senate Commerce Committee on July 12 easily advanced the nomination of Alvin Brown to join the National Transportation Safety Board. Formerly the mayor of Jacksonville, Fla., Brown garnered bipartisan backing from the Democrat-led panel. In endorsing his nomination, committee Chairwoman Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said, ...more
Prime trailers at an Amazon delivery station in Dallas. (Kathy Tran/Bloomberg News) U.S. consumers spent $6.4 billion online in the first 24 hours of Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Day, according to Adobe Inc. That’s up 6% from a year ago but fell short of estimates for even stronger growth as shoppers hunt for bargains. The 48-hour ...more
The Crimson Battery Energy Storage Project in Blythe, Calif. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg News) California has, in just three years, seen a tenfold increase in batteries plugged into its grid as solar and wind installations take the place of aging gas-burning power plants. The state now has enough large-scale batteries to supply 5,600 megawatts of electricity, up ...more
A shopper looks down an aisle in a Target store in Upper Saint Clair, Pa. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — After two years of painfully high prices, inflation in the United States has reached its lowest point in more than two years — 3% in June compared with 12 months earlier — a sign ...more
Roland Bolduc holds the sleeper berth trophy, which was presented to him by Motor Transport Association of Connecticut President John Blair. (Eugene Mulero/Transport Topics) WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — On a reasonably warm, sun-soaked morning in early June, Roland Bolduc arrived at his state’s truck driving championships ready for elite-level competition. His goal was simple: qualify ...more
