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
A person is dead after being crushed between a truck and a trailer on Thursday night. The accident happened on June 29th in Charlotte, North Carolina on Westinghouse Boulevard. The Charlotte-Mechlenburg Police Department has not yet released more information about the incident, reported WCNC News. JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER Get the hottest daily trucking news
The Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) shared dash cam video of a close call caused by a motorist’s erratic last-second turn maneuver. In a June 30, 2023, social media post, Georgia DPS said, “We’re giving a shout-out to this professional CMV that was not driving distracted and potentially saved the driver of this passenger ...more
Officials announced plans to develop a federally funded truck stop for electric commercial vehicles along a busy freight corridor in Michigan. On June 29, the State of Michigan in partnership with Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced plans to build a “Mobility Charging Hub” to support the charging of electric commercial vehicles.The companies referred to the ...more
Police say that another truck driver is to blame for the death of a trucker found inside his rig with smashed windows on Thursday. The incident occurred on June 29th in the 10800 block of Belleville Road in Van Buren Township, Michigan. Click on Detroit reports that police were called to the location at around 1 ...more
CSX locomotives sit at the CSX North Framingham Yard in Framingham, Mass. (Steven Senne/Associated Press) OMAHA, Neb. — CSX and CPKC railroads announced a deal June 28 that will allow them to beef up a little-used connection between their two networks in the southeastern United States to handle a significant amount of freight. The deal ...more
Motorists in traffic drive south on Highway 101 in Los Angeles. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg News) The Biden administration’s proposal to crack down on vehicle pollution with strict new tailpipe emission limits isn’t reasonable or achievable by a 2032 deadline, according to the biggest auto industry trade group in the U.S. The Washington-based Alliance for Automotive Innovation, ...more
The last strike was in 1997, which led to UPS losing considerable market share, according to Stifel analyst Bruce Chan. (UPS Inc.) The Teamsters union gave UPS Inc. a June 30 ultimatum in labor talks after walking away from discussions June 28, warning a nationwide strike “appears inevitable.” UPS and the union’s current National Master Agreement ...more
Trucks parked at a truck stop. Among the bills approved in committee was the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act. (grandriver/Getty Images) With the congressional August recess fast approaching, senior transportation policymakers are calling for passage of several big picture supply chain-centric bills. A bill recently introduced in the Senate meant to improve freight rail connectivity ...more
