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Startup Uses Truck Driver’s Social Media To Predict “Problems With Hiring”
A Chicago-based startup promises to help trucking companies hire the right drivers in part by using data from a trucker's social media profiles. The Enlistics:...
Veteran Trucker Escapes Chicago Road Rage Shooting
A veteran trucker is considering retirement following a frightening road rage shooting in Chicago yesterday. The shooting took place last night near the intersection of 95th...
Startup FourKites To Use ELD Data To “Disrupt” Trucking
A Chicago-based startup called FourKites recently received $13 million in Series A funding from Bain Capital Ventures in the hope that the company's real-time...
Indiana Police Tase Trucker After He Led Them On A Wild Hour Long Pursuit
Shots were fired and squad cars struck during a semi truck police pursuit that began in Illinois and ended in Hammond, Indiana, today, "terrorizing"...
Chicago’s I-55 Shut Down In Both Directions For Massive Truck Fire
Hazmat teams have responded to a huge two truck fire that has shut down Chicago's I-55 in both directions. On scene reports say that four...
Woman Dies After Clipping Truck, Sending It Crashing Into House
A woman died yesterday afternoon in the South Suburbs of Chicago after making a sudden lane change which sent a truck crashing into a...
Trucker Shot On Dan Ryan Expressway Recovering
A truck driver who was critically injured following a highway shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago last week is recovering. Ion Rafan, 68, was...
Trucker Shot In Face On Dan Ryan Expressway
A trucker is in critical condition after being shot in the face on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago late last night.
Shots Fired Into...
VIDEO: IDOT Truck Drivers Corner And Tackle Man With Pants Around Ankles
Watch as IDOT truck drivers help Chicago police tackle a man with his pants around his ankles on the Dan Ryan Expressway Tuesday morning. Video Credit:
PoliceActivity
VIDEO: Mangled Trailer On Chicago Highway
Take a look at this severely busted up trailer travelling at highway speed in Chicago! Video Credit:
Live Leak
The Worst Traffic Bottlenecks In The U.S. Ranked
A new report from the American Highway Users Alliance ranked the 50 worst traffic bottlenecks in America -- and number one is not in California. The study revealed...
Co-Drivers Crash While Fighting With Knife And Biting In Cab
Two feuding co-drivers recently caused a crash when they got into an altercation in the cab of their truck after three days on the...