On Tuesday, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced that state troopers will begin “frequent” and random commercial vehicle inspections in an effort to deter human and drug smuggling. According to a December 13 memo from Texas DPS, troopers began a campaign of random CMV inspections on Tuesday at international ports of entry (POEs) ...more

A line of storms has brought tornado warnings to the Dallas Fort Worth area as it moves through north Texas on Tuesday morning.  The bad weather began west of the Dallas Fort Worth area at around 4 a.m. and a Tornado Watch is in effect for most of North Texas through 11 a.m. on Tuesday, ...more

A severe winter weather storm forced transportation officials to close major roadways in Nebraska and Wyoming on Tuesday morning. Around 9 a.m. on December 13, officials announced that I-80 in Nebraska is closed to westbound traffic from North Platte to the Wyoming border. I-80 is also closed in both directions at North Platte (mile marker ...more

A truck driver seems to be the victim of a  ‘catfish’ scam and now has a restraining order filed against him.  A truck driver has had a restraining order filed against him by singer Kelly Clarkson after what appears to be a ‘catfishing’ scam. American Idol winner and pop star Kelly Clarkson has been granted a ...more

Police in Green Oak Township, Michigan, say that a semi truck driver and a motorist were killed in a head-on crash on Monday night. The crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, December 12, on U.S. 23 in Green Oak Township.Authorities say that a semi truck traveling north on U.S. 23 crossed over into the ...more

This week, Iowa DOT Motor Vehicle Enforcement (MVE) called out a jaw dropping heavy equipment hauling violation on a commercial vehicle making a multi-state trek. On Monday, Iowa DOT MVE took to Facebook to share a driver violation that had to be seen to be believed on a truck hauling hay and a skid steer ...more

Truckers say that the roads weren’t that bad in Montana last night, despite the winter weather and reports of multiple crashes.  There were several highway closures southeast of Billings, Montana on the evening of December 12th, and roads were deemed rough on Interstate 94 east of Billings and on Interstate 90 west of Billings as ...more

A Polish trucker recently took to Twitter to explain why he thinks the Tesla Semi missed the mark in terms of being a practical vehicle for drivers to use day in and day out. A Twitter thread shared by truck driver Tomasz Oryński on December 8, 2022, has gone viral for its breakdown of how ...more

The storm that drenched California, dropped snow by the foot across the Sierra Nevada and knocked out power to thousands is drifting east, threatening to bring tornadoes to some areas of the U.S. later this week. Snow and ice will drop across at least 15 western states from the border with Canada down to Mexico ...more

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S CEO Soren Skou will step down and will be replaced by Vincent Clerc, the current head of the transport giant’s ocean and logistics business. Clerc, 50, will start Jan. 1 as part of a “planned CEO transition,” the Copenhagen-based company said on Dec. 12. Skou, 58, was a teenager when he joined ...more