The Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) shared dash cam video of a close call caused by a motorist’s erratic last-second turn maneuver. In a June 30, 2023, social media post, Georgia DPS said, “We’re giving a shout-out to this professional CMV that was not driving distracted and potentially saved the driver of this passenger ...more
Officials announced plans to develop a federally funded truck stop for electric commercial vehicles along a busy freight corridor in Michigan. On June 29, the State of Michigan in partnership with Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced plans to build a “Mobility Charging Hub” to support the charging of electric commercial vehicles.The companies referred to the ...more
Police say that another truck driver is to blame for the death of a trucker found inside his rig with smashed windows on Thursday. The incident occurred on June 29th in the 10800 block of Belleville Road in Van Buren Township, Michigan. Click on Detroit reports that police were called to the location at around 1 ...more
A new law restricting left lane travel for trucks goes into effect over the weekend in New Mexico. Starting on July 1, 2023, New Mexico’s new law banning trucks from using the left lane goes into effect, with some exceptions.The law requires trucks to stay in the right lane of any two or more lane ...more
A woman recently took to social media to praise a trucker for his selflessness in the wake of a collision, and the post made it all the way across the internet to the truck driver involved. On June 29, Emily Brooke Tanner shared a Facebook post thanking a trucker for staying on the scene with ...more
A trucking company is being forced to pay $51,000 back to employees it denied overtime pay. Ard Trucking Company in Timmonsville, South Carolina will pay 11 workers more than $51,000 after paying “straight-time rates for all hours worked, including overtime hours.” Of the $51,000 paid, one worker was awarded over $15,000. Investigators with the Labor Department’s ...more
A truck driver was found to be using Tik Tok in the moments before a deadly chain reaction crash in Arizona earlier this year. The crash occurred around 6:15 a.m. on January 12 in the eastbound lanes of I-10 near the Chandler Boulevard off-ramp in Chandler, Arizona. 36-year-old truck driver Danny G. Tiner was arrested ...more
This video gives you a peek into the world of old school trucking as it follows a female truck driver on her driving day. The video was produced for a news program decades ago and follows Joanna Wilson, a 29 year old independent truck driver with seven years of experience in the industry, as she ...more
Hundreds of drivers who earned their CDLs in Virginia recently will soon be required to retest thanks to improper conduct of a trucking school. The Department of Motor Vehicles says that they received information that 5 Star CDL Training, a third-party training and testing site, may have been improperly administering CDL knowledge and skills tests. ...more
A person is dead after being crushed between a truck and a trailer on Thursday night. The accident happened on June 29th in Charlotte, North Carolina on Westinghouse Boulevard. The Charlotte-Mechlenburg Police Department has not yet released more information about the incident, reported WCNC News. JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER Get the hottest daily trucking news
