Trucks leave a security checkpoint at the Port of Los Angeles. (SiriStafford/Getty Images) A California-led 18-state coalition is backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a legal action asking for rejection of a challenge by 19 states that contend California’s future strict emissions controls will regulate the trucking industry from existence. California Gov. Gavin Newsom ...more
An Aurora autonomous semi tractor-trailer pulls through a sensor calibration area at Aurora's facility in Palmer, Texas. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/TNS) PALMER, Texas — Darcy Desjarlais, senior truck operations specialist at Aurora, hovers both hands under the steering wheel of Aurora’s self-driving truck as it cruises at 65 mph down Interstate 45, heading in ...more
A shopper surveys stacks of clothing on a sales table in a Costco warehouse in Colorado Springs, Colo. (David Zalubowsi/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — An inflation index that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve tumbled in May to its lowest level since April 2021, pulled down by lower gas prices and slower-rising food costs. At ...more
A TuSimple autonomous truck at an industry trade show in 2022. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) TuSimple is exploring strategic alternatives for its U.S. operations, including a sale, which would see the self-driving truck technology provider focus on Asia-Pacific activities instead, the company said. The San Diego-based company said June 28 it had hired ...more
XPO driver and Idaho grand champ Kolton Schultz (right) will be competing in the 3-axle class at the National Truck Driving Championships after going last year as the sleeper berth winner. (XPO) At trucking competitions, it sometimes requires one’s instincts to greet the precision driving courses respectfully. Elite competitors are quick to trust their instincts ...more
A trucking company is being forced to pay $51,000 back to employees it denied overtime pay. Ard Trucking Company in Timmonsville, South Carolina will pay 11 workers more than $51,000 after paying “straight-time rates for all hours worked, including overtime hours.” Of the $51,000 paid, one worker was awarded over $15,000. Investigators with the Labor Department’s ...more
This video gives you a peek into the world of old school trucking as it follows a female truck driver on her driving day. The video was produced for a news program decades ago and follows Joanna Wilson, a 29 year old independent truck driver with seven years of experience in the industry, as she ...more
Authorities in El Paso, Texas, responded to a major hot sauce spill on a busy interstate on Friday. The incident began around 11:30 a.m. on June 30 when another driver noticed that a semi truck traveling on westbound I-10 at the Hawkins Exit was leaking a red liquid that turned out to be Tabasco.The driver ...more
A truck driver was found to be using Tik Tok in the moments before a deadly chain reaction crash in Arizona earlier this year. The crash occurred around 6:15 a.m. on January 12 in the eastbound lanes of I-10 near the Chandler Boulevard off-ramp in Chandler, Arizona. 36-year-old truck driver Danny G. Tiner was arrested ...more
Hundreds of drivers who earned their CDLs in Virginia recently will soon be required to retest thanks to improper conduct of a trucking school. The Department of Motor Vehicles says that they received information that 5 Star CDL Training, a third-party training and testing site, may have been improperly administering CDL knowledge and skills tests. ...more
