A truck driver was left with very few options when a group of four-wheelers stopped in the middle of a highway for a crossing turtle. The chain-reaction crash was caught on the trucker’s dash cam on Tuesday, May 16th in Walton County, Florida on US 331. The cars and filming semi truck were heading south when ...more
The rescue of a trucker and his son in Oklahoma on Sunday was caught on camera, offering a closer look at the heroic actions of the responding firefighters. The crash happened in Oklahoma City on May 14th, when a motorist cut the trucker off and left the rig hanging off of Interstate 44 over Pennsylvania ...more
A series of wrecks involving a semi truck turned fatal when some Good Samaritans made an unsafe stop to try to help and were fatally struck. The incident occurred at around 2 a.m. on Sunday, May 14th on US 287 in Wichita Falls, Texas. According to News Channel 6, a semi truck crashed through a grassy ...more
A container ended up down an embankment after a semi truck overturned on a Florida on-ramp on Tuesday morning. The accident happened on May 16th near Doral, Florida. According to Local 10 News, the crash happened on the entrance ramp to the Palmetto Expressway northbound from the Dolphin Expressway westbound. The rig overturned when it failed ...more
Torc Robotics' pilot program with C.R. England will take place on the Interstate 40 corridor. (Torc Robotics) Torc Robotics and C.R. England are teaming up on a pilot program that leverages the refrigerated carrier’s temperature-controlled loads and the self-driving-vehicle technology company’s Level 4 autonomous trucks, they said in a May 9 statement. Salt Lake City-based C.R. ...more
By combining the best resources and assets of each integrated business, Mitsubishi HC Capital America is leveraging its role as a consultative partner to provide customized and flexible financing across the entire transportation industry including all segments from light-duty vehicles to over-the-road tractors and trailers. On the heels of our recent integration with ENGS Commercial ...more
The ARC Automotive manufacturing plant is seen in Knoxville, Tenn. (Adam Lau/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP) DETROIT — A Tennessee company could be heading for a legal battle with U.S. auto safety regulators after refusing a request that millions of potentially dangerous air bag inflators be recalled. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding ...more
Computer code displayed on screens arranged in Danbury, U.K. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News) The U.S. Transportation Department said it had been hit by a data breach involving its administrative systems. A preliminary inquiry found that the breach was confined to software used to process employee transit benefits, the department said in a brief statement on May ...more
The safety and efficiency of the country’s supply chains are being examined by the panel on highway policy in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Highways and Transit Subcommittee recently signaled bipartisanship on potential legislation that would help maintain the swift movement of freight. A supply chain-centric bill also would aim to integrate emerging technologies ...more
PacLease.com Federal regulators have appointed nine individuals to serve on a truck-leasing task force that is charged with evaluating lease agreements in the trucking industry, including their potential safety and financial impacts on owner-operators. The task force was established under authority provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and chartered by Transportation Secretary Pete ...more
