Tag: TxDOT

Rookie driver learns to expect the unexpected in dash cam clip

Trucking NewsApril 17, 2024

A rookie driver learns to expect the unexpected from four-wheelers in this dash cam clip filmed on a Chicago highway. In the video, a truck driver of only 6 months is traveling through Chicago in the right...

Impressive video shows a human tow truck rescuing a stuck semi

VideosApril 17, 2024

A stuck semi truck is no big deal for the determined group of men in this video.

Raised Dump Trailer Destroys TxDOT Sign On I-10

Trucking NewsJanuary 5, 2017

The driver whose raised dump trailer struck a TxDOT sign in San Antonio yesterday said that she likely hit the lever to raise the...

TxDOT Offers Up To 75% Truck Toll Discount Through August 2017

ResourcesNovember 1, 2016

The Texas Department of Transportation is offering truckers a bigger toll discount in the hopes of keeping 18 wheelers off of I-35 through Austin. Truck...

TxDOT To Drop I-10 Speed Limit To 65 Near Beaumont

ResourcesAugust 29, 2016

The Texas Department of Transportation announced that they will drop the speed limit from 75 m.p.h. to 65 m.p.h. on a stretch of I-10 The...

PRESS RELEASE: TxDOT To Begin Work On $23 Million Rest Area Project

ResourcesAugust 4, 2016

PARIS, Texas (August 3 -- TxDOT) – Texas Department of Transportation officials today said work on two new safety rest areas along Interstate Highway...

Texas Sets Up Hotline To Get Truck Driver Feedback On I-30 Corridor

ResourcesAugust 2, 2016

Because of the volume of truck traffic traveling through the I-30 corridor in eastern and northeaster Texas, transportation officials have set up a hotline...

Officer Arrested For Accepting $8000 In Bribes For Favorable TxDOT Inspections

Trucking NewsJune 7, 2016

A San Antonio police officer was arrested yesterday on suspicion of accepting bribes in exchange for giving a local trucking company passing TxDOT inspections. Officer...

TxDOT Not Amused By Hacked Highway Signs

HumorMay 31, 2016

Hacked electronic highway construction signs in the Dallas had some amusing -- and politically divisive -- messages for early morning commuters today. Pranksters Broke Into...

UPDATE: Log Was Not Updated For Truck Driver Involved in Deadly I-35 Bridge Crash

Trucking NewsApril 3, 2015

The Department of Public Safety's investigation into the confusing and fatal I-35 bridge crash in Saldano, Texas that took place March 26th has started to...