Advocates Poll Rekindles Restart Fight
One trucking group says the way to end the controversy is to go ahead and end the use of paper logbooks. Photo: Jim Park The fight over the 34-hour restart broke out again Thursday.
Family wants charges in crash that killed 7
A mother and father who lost seven of their family members in a fiery Interstate 65 crash are demanding criminal charges be filed against the truck driver, Call 6 Investigator Kara Kenney reported. Judith Williams, of Merrillville, lost her two daughte…
Long Distance Truck Drivers Use Condoms
A report by the Institut d’Analyse et de Communication des Ensemble Sociax based in Benin shows that 91.01% of truck drivers, their apprentices and sex workers plying their trade at five ports in West Africa are familiar with at least two means of HIV …
Poll: 80% Don’t Want Truckers’ Restricted Driving Hours Relaxed
A new poll commissioned by a coalition of highway safety groups found that 80% of Americans believe Congress should not raise the number of hours a truck driver can be on the road to 82 hours from 70. American Trucking Associations called the results “…
Watch shocking moment road rage trucker leaps from lorry and abuses…
The HGV driver jumped out of his cab in busy traffic and placed his hands on the bonnet of a moving car before yanking the driver’s door and shouting “F*****” This alarming footage shows the moment a HGV driver leaped from from his cab in heavy traffic…
This Volvo Video’s No Bull
Now how did I miss this? An interactive 360-degree video experience of Volvo’s European medium-duty FL truck doing a “running with the bulls.” I was searching for more information on Volvo’s concept 360-degree scanning technology when Google served up …
Virginia Port Export Traffic Jumping, Truck Wait Time Slumping
Exports moving across Port of Virginia facilities in September helped drive a high amount of cargo through port terminals, but officials concede truck wait times could be shorter. Newly released figures show September was the third consecutive month to…
Noregon Co-Develops Diagnostic Tool for Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Jointly developed by Noregon Systems and Power Solutions International, the PSI PowerLink is a diagnostic software program designed for PSI’s alternative-fuel power systems. The program runs total vehicle diagnostics to ensure a comprehensive diagnosti…
Baron and Budd Investigating Truck Accident Lawsuits
According to a news report that cited statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , in 2012, nearly 4,000 people were killed in accidents involving commercial semi-trucks and buses – a 4 percent increase from the previous year. I…
New LTL Pricing Option Coming from UPS Freight
The less-than-truckload carrier will make density-based rates, also known as dimensional weight pricing, available as an option to all customers, rather than just traditional method of pricing LTL shipments based on a commodity classification code esta…