Popular chain of truck stops to require face masks nationwide
Visitors will be required to wear a mask or face covering at all Love’s truck stop locations starting from 29th of July. Today, Love’s Travel Stops made the announcement that all visitors will be required to wear a mask at every Love’s Travel Stop, Love’s Country Store, Love’s Truck Care and Speedco location across the ...more
Protesters are shutting down I-490 in Rochester, NY this Sunday
A group of protesters said they’re going to shut down Interstate 490 this Sunday. The shutdown is scheduled to occur at 2:00 pm in Rochester, New York, the Facebook event states. According to the Facebook event, the group is protesting because “Rochester police refused to have a simple conversation with us about releasing inmates with ...more
FMCSA plans to review safety measures on last-mile delivery
FMCSA plans to review the involvement of last-mile delivery trucks in road traffic accidents, considering the trends indicating the increased use of such vehicles in the interstate haul. Commenting on these plans during a meeting of the FMCSA's Advisory Committee on Motor Vehicle Safety (MCSAC) on Monday, FMCSA Assistant Policy Administrator Larry Minor said the ...more
North Carolina has formed a team to catch speeders
Look out, drivers. North Carolina Highway Patrol has formed a team of officers to catch speeders. The team of troopers will focus on speeding and reckless driving. Troopers will use various tactics to catch speeders, including troopers on bridges using radar. According to the Charlotte Observer, the enforcement campaign begins July 20. The troopers will ...more
Per-mile Rates Are Surging after The First Phase of Reopening
Per-mile spot market rates jumped in all three segments in June, according to data on rates averages from DAT.com, rallying from the March-to-April spot market crash, in which rates plummeted as shelter orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and as restocking from the March panic buying subsided. However, as noted last week in ...more
Tesla Semi Truck Spotted while Hauling Cars
A red Tesla semi-truck was spotted in California hauling a load of Tesla Model Y and Model 3 cars. The truck was delivering Tesla cars to customers in California. In a Tweet, Elon Musk said that Tesla semi-trucks can deliver Tesla cars to within California. Special thanks to Tesla trucking & rail partners for figuratively ...more
Truck Driver Arrested for a Record Drug Bust at Canada Border
A cross-border truck driver was arrested after trying to transport $20 million in drugs across the border from Canada into the U.S. On Monday, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) announced in a Tweet, “RECORD NORTHERN BORDER SEIZURE: CBP officers at the Peace Bridge Cargo Facility in Buffalo discovered more than 9,000 pounds of ...more
Three states issuing new travel restrictions as COVID-19 cases rise
Officials in three northeastern states have issued travel restrictions in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. On June 24, New York Governor A. M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor P. Murphy, and Connecticut Governor N. Lamont announced a tri-state restriction set to go into effect at midnight tonight. “All individuals traveling from states with increasing spread of ...more
Trucker shared a list of 82 areas he was asked to avoid with a high value load
A truck driver from one of the trucking communities shared a story that his high value load came with the list of truck stops that the customer asked him to avoid. At least 20 states are included in the list: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North ...more