Laws & Regulations
250 Pounds of Marijuana and 23 People Found In Truck On I-10
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) uncovered a truck carrying 250 pounds of marijuana and 23 undocumented immigrants on Wednesday in El Paso Texas. ICE HSI El...
UPDATE: RIDOT Request To Ban Trucks From Certain Roads Denied
The Rhode Island State Traffic Commission has denied a request from the state's Department of Transportion to ban trucks from 14 roads in a...
Truck Driver Hit By Tractor Trailer After Walking Into Highway Traffic
A driver of a tractor-trailer pulled over onto the east side of California Interstate 15, near Dale Evans Parkways in Apple Valley, and proceeded...
Trucker Slapped With $1000 Fine For Using Independence Pass
A truck driver learned an expensive lesson in Colorado on Wednesday when he was caught using Independence Pass to try to avoid construction related...
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.
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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.
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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...