Amazon.com Inc. is creating its first big foothold in Montana with a last-mile shipping delivery facility for the entire state, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Dec. 16. The online retail giant is constructing a 72,000-square-foot delivery station at 9121 Cartage Road in Missoula in the company’s first major investment in the state. “We’re thrilled Amazon has ...more
The U.S. government’s highway safety agency said Dec. 22 it will send teams to investigate two November crashes in California and Ohio involving Teslas that may have been operating on automated driving systems. The probes bring to 35 the number of crashes investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since 2016 in which either ...more
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill on Dec. 22 that finances federal agencies through September and provides another large round of aid to Ukraine one day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dramatic address to a joint meeting of Congress. The bill, which runs for 4,155 pages, includes about $772.5 billion ...more
The Senate Finance Committee is launching an investigation into whether major automakers such as Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Tesla Inc. are using parts made with forced labor from the Xinjiang region of China. “Unless due diligence confirms that components are not linked to forced labor, automakers cannot and should not sell cars ...more
Certain types of commercial vehicles will be banned from traveling on the Ohio Turnpike over much of the holiday weekend. The Ohio Turnpike travel bans will go into effect at 6 a.m. on Friday, December 23 and are expected to expire at 8 a.m. on Sunday, December 25.The travel ban applies to the following vehicle ...more
Police issued multiple charges to a truck driver who allegedly failed to stop for police while filling out a log book while on the road. The incident occurred in Caledon, Ontario, according to a Thursday morning Tweet from the Ontario Provincial Police’s Central Region.From OPP: “Filling out your log book & pre-trip inspection while driving ...more
A dump truck driver’s dash cam video that ended with his jarring crash into a house was recently featured on the A&E television series “Road Wars.” “Road Wars” is a reality television series that takes a “deep dive into American roadways, examining extreme human behavior, wild weather, insane accidents and a few welcome instances of ...more
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) traffic cameras captured a multi-vehicle crash on I-94 caused by sudden smoke from a pickup with a plow. The crash was caught on camera on December 16, 2022 on I-94 in northwestern Minnesota.In the video clip shared by MN Safety, you can see that a pickup with a plow attachment ...more
Travel restrictions will soon go into effect in Western New York due to potential high winds from an incoming winter storm. The New York State Thruway Authority says that tandem and empty trucks will be banned from the New York State Thruway starting at 6 a.m. on Friday, December 21st. According to Spectrum News 1, the ...more
A motorist was trapped inside of their vehicle for over an hour after a semi truck tipped over during a turn and landed on top of the car. The accident happened on Wednesday, December 21st in Spartanburg, South Carolina. According to 7 News, the semi truck was attempting a right turn onto Blackstock Road when it ...more
