What Happens When A Carrier Ignores A Shutdown Order?
Regardless of how you may feel about the FMCSA’s attempts to regulate trucking companies and drivers, when they take a carrier off the road, the carrier almost always…
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President Obama to Change Fuel and Emission Standards Again
Even though the trucking industry is still working on implementing the new heavy-duty fuel efficiency standards that the federal government imposed back in 2011, it looks like the…
35 commentsTrucker Gets $200,000 Parking Fine
With the truck parking situation how it is today, most drivers have, on occasion, had to get a little “creative” with their parking situation. Eventually, someone will take…
73 commentsAnthony Foxx Officially Confirmed as New Head of DOT
As Ray LaHood leaves his position as Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx has now officially been unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate as his successor. Fox, who has…
5 commentsCompany Owner Guilty in HazMat Poisoning Deaths of Two Drivers
The CEO of a now defunct HazMat hauler in Texas called Port Arthur Chemical and Environmental Services (PACES) has acknowledged his part in causing the poisoning death of…
17 commentsThree More Pilot Flying J Employees Take Guilty Plea Agreements
Three more senior employees at Pilot Flying J have decided to face the music and sign plea agreements for their part in the alleged Pilot Flying J fuel…
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