Truck Orders See Surprise Sequential Rise, Still Trail 2024
Workers paint a truck chassis at the Mack Trucks facility in Macungie, Pa., in 2018. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) North American Class 8 truck orders continued to trend below the previous year but did see a surprise sequential improvement during May, according to ACT Research. ACT preliminary data showed orders decreased 44% ...more
Man arrested for threatening truck driver with gun, four hour police standoff, at Walmart dock
Police in Wallace, North Carolina, have provided more information on a police standoff that occurred at a Walmart store early ...more
I-10 west still closed as crews repair buckled pillar from fatal big rig bridge collision, Arizona DOT says
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has provided more information on an extended interstate closure at the New Mexico state ...more
‘High Visibility Enforcement’ patrol to take place statewide in Washington
The Washington State Patrol (WSP) and other law enforcement agencies will be conducting a traffic enforcement campaign called “Arrive Alive.” The ...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 marijuana from a tractor trailer ...more
Truck driver killed after colliding with bridge pillar in Arizona
Transportation officials in Arizona have closed a portion of I-10 following a fatal early morning collision near Willcox. The crash ...more
Bill would forbid FMCSA from passing speed limiter mandate for trucks
This week, a bill was introduced in the House that would ban the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from ...more