Ticketing Cars Around Trucks Helped Reduce Fatalities By 40%
Police officers in Texas are learning what truckers have known for a long time; if you want to reduce the number of crashes involving large commercial vehicles, target…
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Swift Acquires Central Refrigerated
Trucking giant Swift Transportation Co. has just acquired Central Refrigerated Transportation Inc. for close to $189 million. According to the FMCSA’s website, Central Refrigerated has 2,616 power units…
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Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports Not Needed On Defect-Free Vehicles
The FMCSA issued a proposal for a new rule this week that would remove the requirement for drivers to file a Driver Vehicle Inspection Report when there are…
12 commentsNo Dignity in Death: Trucker Denied Last Ride Home
OTR drivers almost never get home. It means that they spend a lot of time away from their families of course, but it also means that when something…
235 commentsATA: Self-Driving Trucks Are “Close To Inevitable”
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article titled “Daddy, What Was A Truck Driver?” In it they predict that the future of commercial trucking lies in self-driving…
103 commentsAmendment to Reverse HOS Bill On The Table
Well, the good news is that someone in the Congress finally heard that many drivers and companies are unhappy with the new HOS rules. An amendment to a…
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