Trucker Imprisoned Without Charges For 17 Days
A truck driver claiming to have been imprisoned for 17 days without being charged with a crime is filing a lawsuit in federal court against the county, the…
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HOS Changes To Bring New Challenges For Drivers, Carriers
The dreaded HOS changes are right around the corner, and come July 1st, OTR drivers will be following a new federally-mandated sleep schedule. The FMCSA seems to think…
82 commentsRig Is Stolen With Driver Still Inside
Truck and trailer theft are major problems in our industry, but they can be even bigger problems when the driver is stolen along with his rig! A driver…
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FMCSA Says BASICs Program Needs Changes
The carrier crash-risk rating given by the CSA known as a BASIC score (Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories) is a notoriously poor judge of a carrier’s actual…
1 commentInfamous “Trucker Spy” Guilty of Attempted Murder
Even if you’ve never heard of Joseph Volpe, you’ve probably heard of people like him. Volpe was known as the “Trucker Spy” and would drive around the nation’s…
55 commentsPilot Flying J Faced With RICO, More Lawsuits, Questions
The RICO act is famous for taking down high-ranking members of organized crime institutions and was created in the 1970s to be able to hold high-ranking members of…
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