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Nevada Ups Speed Limit To 80 MPH On 130 Mile Stretch Of Interstate

Transportation officials in Nevada are officially increasing the speed limit to 80 m.p.h. on a 130 mile stretch of I-80. The speed limit has gone...

Iowa DOT Officers Granted Temporary Permission To Ticket Non-Commercial Vehicle Drivers

Today Iowa lawmakers granted DOT officers permission to keep issuing tickets to non-commercial drivers for one year. The move to temporarily allow DOT officers to...

Delaware Opens New Virtual Weigh Station In Smyrna

The Delaware Department of Transportation has announced the opening of a new virtual weigh station located on SR 1. The new weigh station is located...

Kentucky Trucker Ordered OOS For Hitting 8 Vehicles During Wrong Way Police Pursuit

The FMCSA has put the brakes on a Kentucky-based dump truck driver after he admitted to using drugs before leading police on a pursuit...

Virginia Trucking Company Facing Federal Indictment Charges For HOS Violations

Following a years-long investigation, a Virginia trucking company and several of its executives have been indicted on 126 counts related to truck driver hours...

Maine Governor Considers Eliminating Turnpike Tolls

Maine's Governor Paul LePage says that he would like to eliminate all but one tollbooth in the state and cut out most of the state's...

6 Moments That Changed Trucking Forever

Right now, we are facing what may be one of the most tumultuous times in the trucking industry. Automation threatens millions of trucking jobs at...

FMCSA Places Trucker Out Of Service For Drugs And DUI Multi-Vehicle Crash

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued an out of service order to a Georgia based trucker who admitted to taking a Schedule...

VIDEO: Ohio DOT Cameras Catch Wind Toppling A Truck

The Ohio Department of Transportation has released traffic cam footage of a semi suddenly toppling over because of strong winds. Video Credit: JThom

DOT Study Finds No Safety Benefit In 2013 Hours Of Service Regulations

Today the Department of Transportation announced that they found that the more restrictive Hours of Service regulations implemented in 2013 had no significant safety...

Detroit DOT Employees Charged For Issuing Fraudulent CDLs

Two Detroit Department of Transportation workers are facing serious charges for allegedly taking cash bribes in exchange for fraudulent CDLs. Calvin Foulks, 58, and Michelle...

Thousands Of Truckers May Need New Medical Certification After Fraudulent Exams

As many as 8,000 truck drivers may be asked to retake medical exams after investigators discovered that a chiropractor was allegedly issuing false medical...

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