A truck driver will spend up to four years in prison for a road rage shooting involving another truck driver on the Ohio Turnpike.  The road rage incident happened in July 2024 on the Ohio Turnpike near the Interstate 76 interchange near Austintown, Ohio. The 28-year-old truck driver, Curtis Brooks, of Dallas, Georgia, was sentenced ...more

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) shared updated guidance for law enforcement on how to evaluate whether a commercial vehicle driver is sufficiently fluent in English to avoid a citation or out-of-service order. In late April, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) requiring the enforcement of existing English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements for ...more

A murder suspect was shot in the leg by a semi truck passenger as he tried to steal the rig from the truck driver.  The incident happened over the weekend on Sunday, May 18th in Baldwin County, Alabama. The suspect, 28-year-old Mike Thomas, was wanted in connection to a murder in Georgia. According to Center Daily ...more

State troopers in Kentucky, Missouri, and Illinois partnered this month for a traffic detail and commercial vehicle enforcement effort. “Operation United Front” took place May 1 — May 15, 2025, and involved the Kentucky State Police (KSP), the Illinois State Police and the Missouri State Highway Patrol.Patrols emphasized I-24 through Illinois and Kentucky, as well as ...more

The family of a young man killed in a chain reaction crash with a semi truck is pushing for mandatory driver-facing cameras in the wake of the tragic accident. The May 13th accident happened in north Georgia on Interstate 75 when a semi truck collided with a sedan and veered across the median and into ...more

On average, a gallon of diesel costs 25.3 cents less than at this time in 2024. (vitpho/Getty Images) The national average diesel price rose 6 cents a gallon to $3.536, its first increase since early April, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released May 20. Before the increase, trucking’s main fuel had dropped each ...more

ATA's For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was at 113 for April, an increase from 111.7 in the 2024 period. (WendellandCarolyn/Getty Images) The freight market experienced another monthly dip in tonnage due to choppy market conditions in April, though it was up from last year, American Trucking Associations reported. The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 0.3% ...more

Elon Musk speaks via video link at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Qatar, on May 20. (Christopher Pike/Bloomberg) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Billionaire Elon Musk said May 20 he’s committed to being CEO of Tesla in five years’ time as the automaker faced intense consumer and stock price pressure over his work with ...more

(Justin Merriman/Bloomberg News) Nippon Steel Corp. has bolstered its pledge to invest in United States Steel Corp. in the event that President Donald Trump approves the Japanese company’s proposed $14.1 billion takeover, according to people familiar with the matter. Nippon Steel is now offering to build a new steel mill, save existing steelworker jobs and ...more

“I cannot think of two individuals with more knowledge of, or commitment to, the long-term success of the FedEx Freight business,” Subramaniam said. (Dustin Franz/Bloomberg) FedEx Corp. has named the leadership team for its soon-to-be-independent less-than-truckload freight division, with longtime executive John Smith tapped as CEO and veteran board member R. Brad Martin as chairman. ...more