The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week enforcement effort is officially in the books, but the next major trucker blitz is already right around the corner. From August 24 — 30, 2025, law enforcement agencies across North America will partner for CVSA’s Brake Safety Week inspection campaign. ...more
Grassley Presses Senate to Tackle Cargo Theft Losses
"Criminal action must be met with criminal punishment," Grassley said. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg) The leader of the Senate Judiciary Committee recently ...more
FMCSA Grants Waiver on Electronic Medical Certificates
Until Oct. 12, motor carriers and drivers can continue to use a copy of the MEC as proof of a ...more
Trump Says Deal With Indonesia Includes 19% Tariff
Flags of the U.S. and Indonesia (themotioncloud/Getty Images) President Donald Trump said he reached a deal with Indonesia that will ...more
The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Highway Patrol is asking drivers to check both truck and trailer tires after ...more
The Washington State Patrol (WSP) discovered several serious violations on a commercial vehicle traveling on I-5. According to a July ...more
Drivers will soon face civil penalties for speeding in certain construction zones thanks to a new Colorado Department of Transportation ...more
Some weeks on the CDLLife App hit harder than others — and this one brought ...more
US Again Closes Border With Mexico to Livestock Imports
An adult New World screwworm fly. (Denise Bonilla/U.S. Department of Agriculture via AP) The U.S. ...more
CVSA, States Eye Crackdown on New ELD Tampering Trend
Oregon has been catching truckers with falsified ELDs during inspections after the truckers drove past ...more
Brazil Vows Retaliatory Tariffs If US Sets 50% Rate
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends an event at the Planalto presidential palace ...more
Performance Food Draws Takeover Interest From US Foods
US Foods has deployed battery-electric trucks and refrigerated trailers with electric transport refrigeration units in ...more
Trump Plans to Hike Tariffs on Canadian Goods to 35%
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney walks with President Donald Trump after a group photo at ...more
EU, US Spar Over Car and Farm Tariffs
Trump had threatened to impose a 50% tariff on the EU this month before sticking ...more
US, India Nearing Interim Tariff Deal Below 20%
The statement would likely set a baseline tariff below 20% — compared with 26% initially ...more
A traffic stop on a speeding commercial vehicle resulted in the discovery of more than ...more
Watch the moment a scrap metal truck sends it WAY too hard
A scrap metal truck lost control and dumped its load all over someone’s yard in ...more
May Trailer Orders Increase 12% From Last Year
McNealy cautioned that expectations for subdued build and order intake levels this year remain intact. ...more
Nikola Needs New Leadership, Says Trevor Milton
With about 50 million shares, Trevor Milton remains Nikola's largest individual shareholder. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg ...more
NYC Sets Smaller Driver Pay Raise After Uber, Lyft Resistance
The Lyft logo visible on a rideshare car in New York City. (John Taggart/Bloomberg News) ...more
I-95 Section in Philadelphia Could Reopen by End of June
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (right) listens as President Joe Biden speaks about the Interstate 95 ...more
Former ATA President Bennett Whitlock Dies at Age 97
Whitlock worked for American Trucking Associations for 36 years, culminating in his appointment as president ...more
Truck Tonnage Slips 1.3% in May
John Sommers II for Transport Topics Truck tonnage in May continued its downward year-over-year trend, ...more