Lawmaker Asks DOT to Reverse Obama-Era English Proficiency Memo

By |2025-04-25T12:19:57-05:00April 24th, 2025 at 2:58 AM|Trucking News|

Trucks in traffic along a snowy Interstate 80 west of Laramie, Wyo. (Wyoming Department of Transportation) Citing concerns for highway safety, a federal lawmaker from Wyoming is asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to require that commercial truck drivers who cannot demonstrate proficiency with speaking and reading English be taken out of service in roadside ...more

Arkansas Trucking Law Cracks Down on Fraudulent Foreign CDLs

By |2025-04-25T08:19:37-05:00April 24th, 2025 at 1:58 AM|Trucking News|

“What we’ve seen over the course of the last 10 years are a bunch of fraudulent CDLs out of Mexico allowing for immigrants to come in illegally,” Hawk said. (Hal Bergman Photography/Getty Images) Arkansas has enacted a law requiring foreign commercial truck drivers to have valid U.S. work authorization, demonstrate English proficiency and possess authentic ...more

NHTSA Takes Initial Steps to Boost Self-Driving Vehicles

By |2025-04-25T08:19:42-05:00April 24th, 2025 at 1:16 AM|Trucking News|

(Just_Super/Getty Images) The Trump administration announced its first policy moves to remove what it sees as regulatory barriers facing autonomous vehicles, following through on a goal set by advisers to President Donald Trump. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is updating rules to allow domestically produced autonomous vehicles to qualify for exemptions to U.S. auto ...more

By |2025-04-25T07:24:20-05:00April 24th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A trucking company in Utah is offering a reward for information on a motorist that caused a crash with one of their drivers so that they can hold the four wheeler accountable.  The crash was caught on dash cam, and happened on April 22nd at around 10:15 a.m. in Farmington, Utah on Interstate 15. According to ...more

By |2025-04-24T15:25:17-05:00April 24th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

Two truck drivers were recently arrested in connection with a scheme to steal hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel from a Love’s truck stop in Florida. Truck drivers Jesus E. Garcia and Ever Sierra were arrested in Polk and Broward Counties on felony fuel theft and fraud charges, according to the Florida Office of Agriculture ...more

By |2025-04-24T15:25:22-05:00April 24th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

Federal authorities announced the launch of an investigation into the national security implications of importing medium and heavy-duty trucks and truck parts. In a Notice scheduled to publish in the Federal Register on April 25, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security announced plans to investigate “the effects on the national security ...more

By |2025-04-25T07:24:11-05:00April 24th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A truck driver was arrested on Sunday after a road rage incident led him to chasing another truck driver with a knife.  The incident happened on Sunday, April 20th along Interstate 80 in Uinta County, Wyoming. According to Cowboy State Daily, officers responded to the area of exit 33 off of I-80 at about 3:40 p.m. ...more

By |2025-04-25T07:24:16-05:00April 24th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

Multiple law enforcement agencies partnered to man a commercial vehicle checkpoint in Irvine, California, this week. The checkpoint was held on April 22, 2025, near Great Park in Irvine.The Irvine Police Department (IPD) partnered with 14 other agencies from across southern California to inspect commercial vehicles passing through the checkpoint. According to IPD, 87 commercial vehicle ...more

By |2025-04-25T11:23:44-05:00April 24th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A UPS trucker and his grandson both love trucking, but are still equally thrilled about his incoming retirement. In the clip, the sacrifices the UPS trucker makes for his company and his family are outlined through an adorable little boy’s eyes. If you need a trucking-related cuteness boost, here’s one that’ll get you through the day. 

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