Julia Laurin by Truckstop Truckstop has ramped up a campaign aimed at combating trucking fraud through awareness and research. The web series, Fraud Prevention Friday, became the main initiative of this campaign when it launched May 19. The weekly series will bring together customer research and data while providing the freight industry with tips and ...more
"The committee took action to strengthen our supply chain in numerous," says Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.). (House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee) A panel in the House of Representatives recently approved proposals to boost the freight workforce and increase efficiency along commercial corridors. On May 23, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced to the floor of ...more
Hair testing at a lab. (Psychemedics) It has been more than six years since Congress mandated that the Department of Health and Human Services adopt a drug testing rule allowing the use of hair samples to drug-test drivers and other federal safety-sensitive employees. Can the long wait now be coming to an end? The latest ...more
Texas police have arrested eight people and are seeking several others connected to a large-scale diesel fuel theft operation. According to a May 24 news release from the Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center, sixteen suspects have been charged with first degree felony charges of Engaging in Organized Crime and Evading Motor Fuel Tax.Eight of the ...more
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) arrested a Florida resident who allegedly entered the cab of a semi truck and assaulted a truck driver who was asleep inside. Twenty-three year old Taylor Copeland was charged with sexual battery and burglary with battery, according to OCSO.Police say that early on the morning of May 21, a ...more
A semi truck ended up in a creekbed in Connecticut on Wednesday. The accident happened on May 24th in New Hartford at around noon. According to Daily Sentinel, the tractor trailer was heading eastbound on Red Hill Road when the driver lost control at the intersection with Oneida Street. The truck then went off of the ...more
Six people were injured in a wreck involving three semi trucks and two cars in Washington on Tuesday. The chain-reaction crash happened at 8:30 a.m. on May 23rd near Spokane, Washington along Interstate 90. According to the Spokesman-Review, a semi truck was heading west on I-90 when it slowed for traffic stopped on the interstate. A ...more
A truck driver has been charged after following an employee of a repossession company and threatening them with a gun during the seizure of his semi truck. The incident happened at around noon on May 23rd in Jacksonville, Florida on Druid Street near Lennox Avenue. According to First Coast News, police were initially called to the ...more
Three people are dead after a car stopped right in the path of a semi truck following a collision with a deer. The accident happened on May 23rd near Farr West, Utah at about 3 a.m.According to 2KUTV, the car stopped on northbound Interstate 15 after hitting a deer. The car was pulled towards the ...more
The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) took a moment to praise a couple traveling in a bobtail truck for going out of their way to assist a stranded trooper. In a May 23 Facebook post, OSHP wrote:“Trooper Bailey from our Lebanon Post had a flat tire on I-71 in Warren County and pulled over. While ...more
