Trucking News
Routine inspection ends in truck driver’s arrest for diesel pump tampering, Florida officials say
A commercial vehicle driver was arrested at a Florida agricultural checkpoint on several felony charges related to illegal fuel pump manipulation and theft. The...
Eight accused of impersonating legitimate trucking companies, using forged placards to steal $5 million in goods
Eight people are facing serious charges for impersonating legitimate trucking companies in order to steal millions of dollars worth of items from logistics sites...
Scale operator guilty of taking kickbacks for letting trucks through without load ticket or payment
A jury in Florida convicted a man on grand theft charges for a trucking kickback scheme. Ray Richard Bernaldez Sotomayor was found guilty on a...
USDOT subpoenas New York DMV for CDL records of bus driver in crash that killed five
Federal transportation officials have taken legal action against the New York Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in an attempt to gain access to records...
Family-owned Wisconsin trucking company warns that mass layoffs loom following backruptcy case
A Wisconsin trucking company has filed notice with state regulators of possible mass layoffs on the horizon as the company looks for a buyer...
CHP inspectors catch dangerous exhaust leak below semi truck’s sleeper berth
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) took a truck out-of-service after locating a dangerous exhaust leak during a routine commercial vehicle inspection in Fairfield, California. The...
Bill would finally end federal excise tax on heavy trucks established nearly 110 years ago
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate today seeks to help modernize the American trucking industry by repealing the federal excise tax. On June 2,...
Blitz in Virginia coalfields uncovers 17 out-of-service violations, drivers using dyed fuel
Virginia law enforcement officers found numerous commercial vehicle violations during a recent enforcement operation in the coalfields. According to a May 28 statement from the...
Texas resumes issuing non-domiciled CDLs to agricultural workers with FMCSA approval
The Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) will resume issuing non-domiciled commercial driver licenses (CDL) and commercial learner permits (CLP) to temporary agricultural workers....
Truck driver faces homicide charges from 26-vehicle pileup in Green River Tunnel
A semi truck driver has been charged in connection with a multiple fatality pileup that occurred in the Green River Tunnel in Wyoming last...
Ohio to notify 5,000 non-domiciled CDL holders about potential license downgrades
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) is taking major action to comply with federal commercial driver license (CDL) requirements. On May 29, 2026,...
Texas mandates that all CDL knowledge testing must be administered in English
The Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) announced new language requirements for the state’s commercial driver license (CDL) testing process. Effective June 1, 2026, all...