The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) shared details about a brake safety and inspection campaign taking place throughout North America this summer. The CVSA’s Brake Safety Week will take place August 24 — 30, 2025, throughout Canada, Mexico and the U.S.During Brake Safety Week, CVSA-certified officers will conduct commercial vehicle inspections with an emphasis on ...more
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) traffic cameras captured the moment that a truck tipped while making a turn to enter a tunnel on Friday morning. The crash occurred just before 11 a.m. on May 30 in the downtown Minneapolis area.According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a truck traveling on I-94 tipped over as it took ...more
On the CDLLife App, real drivers share their real experiences—the good, the funny, and the helpful. Here’s a highlight of some posts that have been starting conversations in the community this week.One driver braved the caves of Lenexa, KS this week. Underground truckers, that’s a new one. I70 was breathtaking the other night in Colorado, ...more
This week, executives for a Los Angeles-based freight forwarder were accused of illegally smuggling billions of dollars’ worth of goods from the United States into Mexico. On May 27, Ralph Olarte, 55, the chief financial officer of freight forwarder Sport LA, was arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport after a 22-count federal grand jury ...more
250 million bees have broken loose from their hives after a semi truck wrecked, spilling its load of bee hives. The accident happened at around 4 a.m. in a rural area near the Canadian border in Whatcom County, Washington on Friday, May 30th. According to KOMO News, the semi truck was loaded with 70,000 pounds of ...more
Love’s Travel Stops announced that several stores have undergone major remodels so far this year. Love’s recently announced that seven truck stops located across the U.S. have been upgraded as part of the company’s Strategic Remodel Initiative (SRI).Features of the remodeled stores include expanded restrooms, upgraded showers, improved laundry facilities, and Love’s Fresh Kitchens. See below ...more
A trucking company and a power company are both shirking responsibility after a semi truck took down a low-hanging power line in a Houston neighborhood. The incident occurred on Detering Street in the Rice Military neighborhood of Houston, Texas, earlier this month. According to Click2Houston, the semi truck, operating for 6G Transport, drove down Detering Street ...more
A Pennsylvania trucking company owner has been accused of depositing a counterfeit U.S. Treasury check into his company’s account. On May 28, 2025, Rashu D. Powell, 51, was indicted on one count of bank fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.Officials say that in July 2024, Powell deposited a ...more
Trump to Appeal Ruling Against Tariffs
President Donald Trump in the White House on May 28. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump’s appetite for new tariffs remains undeterred, even after a court hit his signature duties with their most devastating blow yet. White House officials quickly signaled May 29 that Trump will pursue many of the same levies through other legal authorities, ...more
Toyota to Sell Seven EV Models in US
Camry vehicles produced at the Toyota plant in Georgetown, Ky. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) Toyota Motor Corp. is betting Americans are ready for more U.S.-made electric vehicles. And if they aren’t, it has a plan: exports. Production of two American-made all-electric models is slated to begin next year, joining three new imported EVs Toyota aims to have ...more