Since the Clearinghouse opened in January of 2021, 110,856 drivers have tested positive for marijuana. (KLH49/GettyImages) The number of truck drivers testing positive for marijuana use increased 9.2% the first three months of 2023, and a large number of those who failed their tests are not enrolling in the return-to-work program, according to federal Drug ...more
Secretary of State Antony Blinken shares a moment with Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo at the US-EU Trade and Technology Countil meeting in Lulea, Sweden. (Secretary of State Antony Blinken via Twitter) To further the quest to electrify trucking, the U.S. government and European Union have agreed that when a megawatt charging standard is developed ...more
Justin Trudeau speaks at a Stellantis facility in Windsor, Ontario, in 2022. (Emily Elconin/Bloomberg News) Stellantis NV is likely to receive more in subsidies for a new electric vehicle battery plant in Canada than the C$13 billion ($9.5 billion) Volkswagen AG extracted for a similar project, according to an expert who has crunched the numbers. ...more
Estes' new facility in Banning, Calif. (Ed Tyler Photography) Estes Express Lines took a major step in its expansion and sustainability initiatives with the opening of a new terminal in Banning, Calif., the carrier announced May 26. The new terminal has been in development since the carrier first purchased the land in 2018. It spans ...more
A 2024 Honda Accord with automatic emergency braking is displayed at a dealership April 14 in Highlands Ranch, Colo. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — The U.S. government’s auto safety agency plans to require that all new passenger cars and light trucks include potentially life-saving automatic emergency braking and meet stricter safety standards within three years. ...more
A boy was seriously injured by a semi truck while exiting a school bus in Maine on Tuesday afternoon. The accident happened on May 30th in Gray, Maine at around 2:30 p.m. on Route 100. According to WWNYTV News, the student was crossing in front of the bus on his way home from school when a ...more
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has released new information on this year’s Operation Safe Driver Week campaign. This year’s Operation Safe Driver Week will be held July 9 — 15 in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.During the weeklong enforcement effort, police will be on the lookout for unsafe driving behaviors committed by both motorists ...more
A truck driver involved in a wreck with a van that killed seven was indicted on Tuesday. The May 18th accident in Oregon left seven dead and four injured. The 52-year-old trucker, Clayton Smith, was indicted on May 30th on 13 charges, including seven counts of manslaughter.UPDATE: DUI, manslaughter charges for truck driver in “sandwiched” ...more
The Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) recently shared impressive photos of a pair of super loads that travelled through the state over the weekend. On May 28, KHP Trooper Tod shared images of trucks hauling super loads for Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Kansas highways.KHP said that these are these are 16 foot wide, 300 foot long, ...more
On Wednesday, federal transportation authorities announced a major rule proposal to require that new cars and light trucks come equipped with automatic emergency braking (AEB) and pedestrian AEB systems. On May 31, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to require AEB on all light vehicles manufactured on or ...more
