Police were called to a Florida intersection for a near-altercation between two truck drivers over parking etiquette last week. The incident happened on Wednesday, June 14th near the intersection of North Washington Boulevard and 20th Street in Sarasota, Florida. According to Your Observer News, a truck driver was having his trailer unloaded when another driver pulled ...more
A truck driver had a tough Tuesday after spilling a load of animal waste all over a Georgia highway. The incident occurred on June 20 in Cherokee County, Georgia.Authorities said that a truck hauling chicken parts east on Knox Bridge Highway at Butterworth Road “lost part of its load.” The Cherokee Sheriff’s Office – Georgia ...more
Temporary lanes on Interstate 95 will open sometime this weekend, Governor Shapiro announced on Tuesday. On Saturday, June 17th, Shapiro initially estimated a reopening in the next two weeks, but the timeline has been updated to sometime this weekend as of Tuesday, June 20th, reported News on 6.“Traffic will be flowing here on I-95 this ...more
Officials in Mexico recently shared eye-popping photos and video of cartel-modified trucks that were recently seized and destroyed. On Sunday, June 18, the Mexican attorney general’s office shared images of “narco tanks” that were seized in Tamaulipas, where warring cartel factions are prevalent.The vehicles are standard heavy duty pickups and CMVs with steel plates welded on ...more
A flatbed driver was filmed driving along an open drainage ditch by a fellow trucker’s dash cam in this clip. In the video, the filming trucker is driving along a mostly straight, two lane roadway when a flatbedder heading in the opposite direction leaves the roadway and drives into a roadside ditch. The flatbed truck can ...more
In just a few weeks, a new truck stop will open in the Henderson, Nevada, area, joining an existing truck stop operated by the same company in Henderson. The Eldorado Truck Stop and Travel Center (located on Railroad Pass Casino Road west of I-11) in Henderson is scheduled to open in early August 2023.This is ...more
John Sommers II for Transport Topics Truck tonnage in May continued its downward year-over-year trend, dipping 1.3% when measured against the same month in 2022. However, on a month-to-month basis, the index increased a seasonally adjusted 2.4% and the index jumped to 115.4 compared with 112.7 in April. Still, American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob ...more
Workers clear debris from a section of the collapsed bridge in Philadelphia on June 15. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg News) PHILADELPHIA — Temporary lanes on Interstate 95 will be open sometime this weekend, with permanent repairs to follow, Gov. Josh Shapiro said June 20, more than a week after a section of the interstate collapsed in Philadelphia. ...more
A Rivian R1T electric pickup. (Hannah Elliott/Bloomberg News) Rivian Automotive Inc. will incorporate Tesla Inc.’s electric vehicle charging ports into future automobiles and gain access to its supercharger network, marking another high-profile adopter of technology that is rapidly becoming the industry standard. The agreement would give Rivian drivers access to more than 12,000 Tesla superchargers ...more
(THEPALMER/Getty Images) Truck dealers are all-in on electric commercial motor vehicles and want cleaner, greener, and safer trucks on our roadways. We’re doing our part to be ready for the coming electrification of commercial fleets. However, we also understand that fleet owners have major factors to weigh when considering an investment in electric or alternative-powered ...more
