Tag: Trucking
Swift Transportation to increase cruise speed to 65 MPH
Yesterday Swift Transportation announced that it will be increasing the cruising speed for its drivers to 65 m.p.h. From yesterday's Facebook post from Swift:
"MORE GREAT...
Truck driver to serve 3-6 years for killing another truck driver
A Texas truck driver, Alan Kegel, 57, was sentenced Tuesday to 3-6 years in prison for killing another truck driver on Interstate 81 earlier...
Do you know the difference between AOBRDs and ELDs?
Take a look at this chart to see the differences between AOBRDs and ELDs.
An AOBRD is an automatic onboarding recording device that connects to a...
Electrolux successfully tests autonomous trucks for appliance deliveries
Electrolux has successfully tested driverless trucks to deliver appliances from western U.S. distribution centers.
The vice president of Electrolux North America supply chain, Josh Benton, said...
Truck driver safety belt usage skyrockets to record breaking national level
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that the use of safety belts by truck drivers has increased...
Driver injured after semi crashes into Indiana home
A truck traveling on U.S. 41, near Washington Street in Sullivan County, ran into the front of a home Sunday evening. The truck, which was...
Truck cab leaves behind its trailer as it dangles off overpass
A truck hauling Miracle Whip and macaroni and cheese crashed through an overpass side railing right before that cab detached from the trailer and plunged...
Bernie Sanders calls on Trump to end abuse of truck drivers
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has written a letter to President Trump calling for an end to the exploitation of American port truck drivers.
Sanders Asks...
VIDEO: Car driver with a death wish after cutting off truck on highway
This video shows a car that has an apparent death wish as they cut off a truck on the highway.
Rhode Island delays truck tolls until February or March
Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director, Peter Alviti Jr., announced on Monday that RIDOT will be delaying the imposition of truck tolls until...
Truck discovered hauling $2.1 million in cocaine
A Rosenberg police officer found 156 pounds of cocaine in a tractor-trailer during a traffic stop on Tuesday near Beasley, Texas.
The officer and a...
Truck drivers have the second fast-growing salaries according to Forbes
Glassdoor, a job and recruiting website, conducted an analysis of fast-growing salaries in 2017. Naturally, wages change with demand and supply of workers willing to...
