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
A new law restricting left lane travel for trucks goes into effect over the weekend in New Mexico. Starting on July 1, 2023, New Mexico’s new law banning trucks from using the left lane goes into effect, with some exceptions.The law requires trucks to stay in the right lane of any two or more lane ...more
A woman recently took to social media to praise a trucker for his selflessness in the wake of a collision, and the post made it all the way across the internet to the truck driver involved. On June 29, Emily Brooke Tanner shared a Facebook post thanking a trucker for staying on the scene with ...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
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
