2011 Highway Deaths Down, but Truck Occupant Deaths up 20%
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a new analysis showing that highway deaths fell to 32,367 in 2011, marking the lowest level since 1949 and a 1.9% decrease from the previous year. Large-truck fatalities, however, rose, wit…
Jason Swann Wins Top Heavy-duty Tech at Rush Rodeo
For the third time in his career, Jason Swann of Rush Truck Centers in Dallas was named the All Around Winner in the heavy-duty division in the Rush Truck Centers Skills Rodeo.
Amtrak crash blamed on bad truck brakes
An inattentive trucker with a history of speeding violations driving a tractor-trailer with faulty brakes was the probable cause of a fatal collision with an Amtrak train that left six people dead in northern Nevada last year, the National Transportati…
4 Ways to Avoid Selling Counterfeit or Substandard Parts
One of your customers gets sued when his truck is involved in a fatal crash. Faulty brake parts are blamed. Before you know it, you get dragged into court because you sold it to him. You may say, “I didn’t make it! I didn’t know it wasn’t safe!” The…
Trucker killed, massive tie-up on…
An Ohio truck driver was killed in a crash involving two tractor-trailer rigs along foggy Interstate 80 in Monroe County early Monday morning.
Bad truck brakes blamed for Nevada…
An inattentive trucker with a history of speeding violations driving a tractor-trailer with faulty brakes was the probable cause of a fatal collision with an Amtrak train that left six people dead in northern Nevada last year, the National Transportati…
UK man with ‘Ice Road Truckers’ dreams dies in Alaska Hwy. crash
A former U.K. Army truck driver who moved to Canada last year in hopes of landing a job driving an 18-wheeler on the Arctic ice roads he saw on television died last month when his rig left the Alaska Highway in remote central British Columbia.
Retail Imports to Increase 3.9% in December Despite Port Strike
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 3.9% in December despite a strike that closed the nation’s largest port complex for the first few days of the month. Retailers are keeping a close watch on a po…
US truckload driver turnover stays above 100% for second straight month
ARLINGTON, Va. — The annualized line-haul driver turnover rate at large truckload fleets remained over 100% for the second straight month, and the churn at smaller truckload carriers rose to a five-year high, according to American Trucking…
Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo in Full Swing
Almost 100 truck technicians from across the Rush Truck Centers dealer chain are gathered in San Antonio test their skill levels against their peers.