Perspective: Mission Impossible for New CSA Changes?
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is readying changes to the Compliance Safety Accountability Safety Measurement System after a long, fierce debate over its ability to accurately identify unsafe carriers. Along the way, even the Government Accountability Office and Congress got involved. The changes include simplification of the severity weights ...more
Teen arrested for doing 91 while hauling improperly secured skid steer with no license
A sheriff’s deputy in Wisconsin nabbed a commercial vehicle driver for excessive speed and a variety of commercial vehicle violations ...more
Video shows Tesla Semi taking on diesel trucks on Donner Pass
Video recently shared by a Tesla blogger appears to show an electric-powered Tesla Semi passing diesel-fueled trucks on the Donner ...more
Watch this down-under semi truck make a kangaroo-worthy jump
A semi truck makes a wild jump over a dirt ramp in this video. The video offers two perspectives, one ...more
Amazon Prime Day Drives All Online Sales Up 6.1%
Workers fulfill orders at an Amazon fulfillment center on Prime Day in Melville, N.Y. (Johnny Milano/Bloomberg News) U.S. shoppers spent ...more
Daimler Cites Flexibility as Key to Zero-Emission Future
Jochen Goetz stressed that the company will assess where it needs to invest, or where partnership with another supplier may ...more
Anxiety Grows as UPS Strike Deadline Nears
UPS workers go through a rehearsal for a pending strike at a UPS Customer Center in Longwood, Fla., on July ...more
VIDEO: Pickup’s blown tire sends it careening off road, then into the path of a semi truck
A truck driver’s dash cam captured a sudden and scary close call with a pickup ...more
I-55 closed until Tuesday for ‘multiple fatality’ 60 to 80 vehicle pileup amid dust storm
Officials say that I-55 near Springfield, Illinois, will likely remain closed into Tuesday after a ...more
New FMCSA task force to fight back against ‘predatory’ truck leasing
On Monday, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced the members of a new ...more
VIDEO: Seventh grader brings bus to a safe stop after driver passes out behind the wheel
A middle school student took heroic action to bring a school bus to a halt ...more
I-55 in Illinois shut down for dust storm, ‘large’ pileup crash
A dust storm and a major multi-vehicle crash with injuries forced officials to shut down ...more
Dash cam shows semi striking cable pulled down by excavator on I-95
Wild dash cam video captures the moment that a semi truck strikes a low-hanging cable ...more
USDOT approves oral fluid drug testing to help combat shy bladder, employee cheating on urine tests
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has issued a Final Rule that will allow companies ...more
Semi driver accused of firing several shots at car following crash in Detroit
Michigan State Police (MSP) arrested a truck driver for allegedly opening fire on a motorist ...more
US, China Pause Tariffs for 90 Days
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (left) and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent take ...more
3,175 pounds of marijuana found concealed in truck’s load of tires at Detroit border crossing
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Detroit, Michigan, recently seized thousands of pounds of ...more
Police in Norwalk, Connecticut, recently issued several citations to a driver in a commercial vehicle ...more
VIDEO: Clueless car driver sneaks (slowly) off left shoulder right into the path of a big rig
The dash cammer is forced off the road while trying to avoid a crash with ...more
Ford Recalls 274,000 Navigator, Expedition SUVs
(Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg) NEW YORK — Ford is recalling nearly 274,000 of its Expedition and Lincoln-branded ...more
Motorist’s armed road rage turns deadly when “semi truck literally smacked his car”
One motorist is dead after an armed confrontation with another four wheeler sent him spinning ...more
China’s Pony AI Eyes Profitability With Robotaxi Growth
Pony AI is part of a growing cohort of firms in the U.S. and China ...more
April Class 8 Orders Continue Year-Over-Year Declines
Mack trucks in production at the Lehigh Valley Operations Plant in Macungie, Pa. Overall Class ...more