Teletrac Navman Guarantees ELD Compliance for Director HOS Platform
Teletrac Navman has guaranteed federally mandated electronic logging device hours of service compliance for the company’s Director product platform . Director HOS customers will receive free firmware and software updates to comply with the ELD mandate requirements throughout the ELD timeline and beyond, according to Teletrac.
Charges refiled on trucker in York City assault
Charges have been refiled against an out-of-state truck driver who had his felony assault case dropped because his alleged victim missed two preliminary hearings. Charges refiled on trucker in York City assault Charges have been refiled against an out-…
In conversation with Daimler’s Martin Daum
Daum reflects on time leading DTNA as he prepares to take on global responsibilities
Similar to ride-sharing apps, Doft launches service to match owner-operators, loads
Doft, a new solution aimed at helping America’s 400,000 or so freelance and owner-operator truckers find work, has officially launched nationwide. Targeting a market worth $80 billion, Doft – which stands for “do freight transportation” – has set its sights on being the first Uber-like service for trucks.
Missing trucker pulled from mangled cab two days after crash
It was a massive rescue operation that took all day. A truck driver, who was hanging upside-down inside the crushed cab of his semi truck for two days, was finally pulled from the wreckage Thursday.
Trucker found after 24 hour search
A seriously injured truck driver spent more than 24 hours trapped in his vehicle at the bottom of an embankment near Manning Park, and was rescued yesterday. According to RCMP the trucker was reported missing Wednesday morning.
Will driverless trucks be commonplace by the year 2030?
PHOENIX, Az. – If ‘ELDs’ was the most common phase uttered during Omnitracs Outlook 2017, ‘autonomous’ was a close second. But while most believed the timing for driverless trucks rolling down North American highways was close, some find the notion…
A new app helps drivers find parking
Truck Parking Europe, the largest free parking app for truckers in Europe has expanding to the US with Truck Parking USA. The new app, available now on Android and iOS devices, provides truckers with thousands of the nearest parking and…
Connecticut Finds Another Way To Tell Truckers: We Don’t Care
Thirty years ago an Ohio school librarian and her Lutheran minister husband climbed into a tractor-trailer rig, bound for a life on the interstate highways delivering sheet metal, toilet paper and everything in between. For Christine and Charles Everett, 69 and 71, it’s been a life of freedom in the confines of a Kenworth cab.
OTA selects 2017-2018 Road Knight team
TORONTO, Ont. — The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has knighted seven truck drivers who will travel the province over the next two years, promoting the industry to the media as well as sharing their experiences and knowledge of the trucking…