CVSA's inspections revealed that 38% of drivers used the conveyance time improperly. (RichLegg/Getty Images) Commercial motor vehicle inspectors have quietly gathered data on truck driver personal conveyance time and are making plans to soon ask regulators to limit the use of conveyance time to two hours. Collecting data during more than 41,000 roadside inspections, leaders ...more
Hess' 2024 holiday toys. (Hess Toy Truck via Facebook) Hess Corp., the U.S. oil producer widely known for its signature green-and-white toy trucks, said the release of a collection of new miniature vehicles was delayed because of trade tariffs. “We are delaying the release of the 2025 Miniature Collection, previously scheduled for June 2, to ...more
Newly released charging documents show that the truck driver involved in the recent deadly crash at a red light was trying to answer his phone at the time of the crash. 45-year-old Andrii Dmyterko has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide for the May 6th accident that killed two people in Alabama. According to ...more
A car driver and a trucker appear to have some beef in this dash cam clip captured in Washington state earlier this month. The dash cam clip was captured on May 8, 2025, near Federal Way, Washington.From the dash cammer: “A semi truck road raged against a white Kia in front of my car on ...more
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has removed eight electronic logging devices, or ELDs, from the agency’s list of approved devices. On May 12, the FMCSA announced that the following eight Gorilla Fleet Safety, LLC, ELDs have been moved to the revoked devices list for failure to meet minimum federal requirements:AllwaysTrackCommand Alkon TrackitELDXGorilla Safety ...more
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) shared a video of a trooper performing a Level I inspection as part of this week’s Roadcheck inspection campaign. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck inspection effort is taking place from May 13 — 15 in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.To help truck drivers get a better idea ...more
Three people are dead after a cross over crash involving six vehicles on Interstate 75 in Georgia on Tuesday morning. The series of accidents happened on the morning of May 13th on I-75 in Gordon County, Georgia near mile marker 308. According to News Channel 9, a tractor trailer on the northbound side of I-75 collided ...more
A truck driver allegedly consumed an “unknown amount of tequila” before causing eight crashes along 28 miles of an Alabama Interstate. The series of crashes happened on May 6th along Interstate 65 in Limestone County, Alabama, starting at about 6:45 p.m. Only four of the eight crash reports have been completed as of May 13th.According ...more
Law enforcement agencies in California arrested four people following a months-long investigation into a major cargo theft operation that involved the theft of multiple semi trucks. Victor Alvarez, Brenda Alvarez, Mauricio Heriberto Gachicoa, and Otto Javier Rivas have been arrested on charges of auto theft, cargo theft, and conspiracy, according to a May 12 statement ...more
The man who flipped a car hauler on Interstate 83 earlier this week had a non-US ID and had stolen the rig before crashing it. The May 12th wreck happened on I-83 in Fairview Township, Pennsylvania at around 4:30 a.m. According to York Dispatch, the car hauler went off of I-83 and overturned in a ditch, ...more
