US Targets 43.5 MPG for New Vehicles by 2032
Traffic on a Los Angeles freeway. (Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press) DETROIT — The U.S. government wants to raise the fuel economy of new vehicles 18% by the 2032 model year so that all new vehicles would average about 43.5 miles per gallon in real-world driving. The proposed numbers were released July 28 by the National Highway ...more
Walmart’s First Class of Homegrown Truck Drivers Graduates
Ashley Milacek, 35, says her new job driving 18-wheelers will almost double her Walmart Supercenter salary. (Walmart) In the midst of a truck driver shortage last year, Walmart decided its own ranks of 1.6 million employees might want to learn how to drive a big rig for Walmart. Walmart dangled first-year truck driver salaries of ...more
Spero, Colantuone, Hicks Take It to the Next Level
Connecticut grand champion Anthony Spero of ABF Freight (left) shares a smile with Motor Transport Association of Connecticut President John Blair, who also was a tournament coordinator. (Eugene Mulero/Transport Topics) WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — On a crisp, sunny day in north central Connecticut, a veteran truck driver once again mastered a precision driving course. As ...more
Carrier Global Q2 Profits Pegged Back by Sale Charge
Carrier said its refrigeration division’s Q2 sales fell 6% to $972 million from $1.041 billion in the year-ago period. (Carrier) Carrier Global Corp. reported a narrowed second-quarter profit of $199 million, down from $573 million in the year-ago period, on the back of a charge related to the sale of fire suppression and detection unit ...more
Truckers remind public lack of parking means they “have to break the law” in face of recent fatal bus crash
A recent deadly Greyhound bus crash into a line of parked semi trucks has brought the issue of truck parking to the forefront of the news, despite years of issues. The July 12th crash in southern Illinois happened on an exit ramp where a line of semi trucks was parked outside of a rest area that ...more
Here’s what you need to know about fuel discounts for truckers
Content Sponsored by Multi Service Fuel CardFuel is one of the largest operating costs incurred by trucking companies, and paying full price to fill up just doesn’t make sense when there are other options for those who are willing — and savvy enough — to play the game.There are multiple ways for truckers to save ...more
Wrong-way, DUI motorist wreaks havoc between multiple cars, semi trucks
A motorist has been charged with driving under the influence after a wrong-way crash involving multiple cars and two semi trucks in Florida on Friday morning. The accident happened on July 28th in Seffner, Florida at around 3:40 a.m. According to Patch Tampa, a Lexus SUV traveling the wrong way on Interstate 4 near mile marker 10 ...more
Semi truck veers off Arizona interstate, plummets 30 feet to road below
First responders in Arizona are responding to a serious Friday morning semi truck crash that left two people injured.The crash occurred at 5:30 a.m. on Friday, July 28, near Flagstaff.When the Ponderosa Fire Department (PFD) arrived on the scene, they found “a semi that had left the westbound lane of Interstate 40, plummeting over a 30 ...more
WATCH: Semi truck knocks around work truck at intersection
A semi truck smacks into the side of a work truck at an intersection in California in this dash cam video. The video was captured by a motorist sitting at a red light intersection at Acacia Avenue and Highway 20 in Sutter County. Motorist Bill Ollar says that “the lights changed and I saw a truck on ...more