Laws & Regulations
Rhode Island Considers Banning Trucks On Secondary Roads, Reportedly To Force Them To Use Toll Roads
Rhode Island officials are considering a proposal that would ban tractor trailers from certain state roads, making it much more difficult for them to...
ATRI Seeks Driver Feedback On Top Trucking Concerns
The American Transportation Research Institute is asking truckers for their opinions about the most crucial problems that the trucking industry faces in 2017. Since 2005,...
Virginia Truck Driver Out Of Service For “Egregious” HOS Violations, Two Crashes In 19 Hours
The FMCSA has ordered a Virginia-based truck driver out of service after he was found to be in serious violation of hours of service...
Navistar To Pay $31 Million To Trucking Company In Defective Engine Case
A Tennessee jury unanimously decided to award a trucking company nearly $31 million after it found that Navistar committed fraud by selling the company...
“A Day Without A Trucker”: Trucker Lives Matter Memorial Parade On September 5, 2017
Over 330 truckers have pledged to join "A Day Without a Trucker" on September 5, 2017. In alliance with the Trucker Lives Matter movement to...
Arizona DOT Inspector Pleads Guilty To Bribery Charges
An Arizona Motor Carrier Border Inspector has pled guilty and been sentenced for accepting a bribe from a suspected drug trafficker.
Motor Carrier Border Inspector...
Ryder Releases ELD Resource Guide
Ryder System Inc. has released a resource guide designed to get truck drivers up to speed before the December ELD Mandate compliance date.
Are You...
ATRI Developing Tool To Help Identify Safe Younger CDL Drivers
The American Transportation Research Institute has announced that they are taking the first steps toward developing a tool that will identify younger truck drivers...
Trucking OR Drugs. Not Both.
We hear this question all of the time: "I failed my drug test. Now what?" And it's a question that we struggle to answer. There's...
All American Solar Eclipse: Oversized Loads Banned in Nebraska
Here is what you need to know about the solar eclipse and how it will affect your driving schedule.
What Will Happen?
Every 18 months the...
CVSA New Level VIII Electronic Inspection: Inspection In Motion
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) added a level of Electronic Inspection now necessary for commercial vehicles. Prior, the CVSA was regulated by inspections ranging...
Reminder: Colorado Chain Laws Go Into Effect September 1
Just a reminder -- chain laws will go into effect in the state of Colorado at the beginning of September.
Colorado Chain Laws In Effect...