Laws & Regulations

Midwest Truckers Association Accuses Cops Of $2.5 Million In Unfair Overweight Tickets In Will County

In a letter to the Illinois Department of Transportation, the head of the Midwest Truckers Association is accusing police of ticketing unsuspecting truck drivers...

Trucking Organizations Urge Government To Pass Long-Term Highway Bill

With the MAP-21 bill set to expire at the end of May, the American Trucking Association (ATA) and Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF) are...

Florida Truck Driver Jailed, Inadequate GPS System Blamed

A Florida truck driver is in jail in Washington County until a $10,000 collateral is paid toward his $17,386.50 fine for driving an overweight...

No IFTA Sticker Leads To Rap Star Nelly’s Arrest

Tennessee State Troopers arrested rap star Nelly Saturday morning on drug charges after the stopping his Prevost motor coach bus for failure to display a...

3,000 Trucks To Be Diverted From I-95 By Ferry And Rural Roads

One sentence in a thousand page legal document could divert 3,000 trucks off of Connecticut's I-95 onto a ferry and local backroads. The project, dubbed...

Truck Driver Loses Dog To Pit Bull Ban In Salina, Kansas

Truck driver Nathan Stewart is missing his furry pit bull copilot Sophie after she was taken away by authorities in Salina, Kansas. Animal Control Takes...

Truck Tires and High Speed: A Deadly Combination

The number of fatal truck accidents is on the rise and experts say that the tires are partly to blame. Between 2009 and 2013, 223 road...

Kansas Changes Trucker Rest Requirements

The Kansas Corporation Commission voted to change rest requirements in order to get truckers back on the road more quickly.

No One Wants Responsibility (Or Liability) For Fixing Truck-Train Communication Problems

The truck-train collision in Orange Park, Florida last Friday (March 27th) barely made a blip on newsfeeds in the wake of the fatal Oxnard crash in February and the massive Halifax accident earlier this month.

Annual Motor Carriers’ Drug and Alcohol Testing Survey Begins

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has started to notify trucking companies that they must submit their drug and alcohol testing program results by...

Florida Highway Patrol To Target Aggressive Drivers On I-95

The Florida Highway Patrol announced plans to step up enforcement on unsafe drivers on I-95 in hopes of reducing the number of accidents and...

Truck Driver Charged With Threatening FMCSA Safety Inspector

The OIG announced that commercial truck driver Ronald Mockelman has been charged with making threats to a federal employee. Driver Accused of Making Threatening Calls The report...

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