Researchers Identify Common Factors in Truck-Related Crashes
Two Kansas State University civil engineers are working to make Kansas roads and highways safer by reducing the number and severity of vehicular crashes that involve large, cargo-carrying trucks.
Right to Repair Submits Final Signatures for Ballot Initiative
The Right to Repair Coalition today submitted 16,000 signatures to the Massachusetts secretary of state to secure the initiative’s place on the November ballot.
Enforcer Seal Guard Lock to Prevent Tampering
Transport Security, Waconia, Minn., introduced the Enforcer Seal Guard Lock hasp and trailer seal protector.
Nine New Task Forces to Meet at TMC Meeting
The American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council has created nine new task forces that will meet for the first time at TMC’s 2012 Fall Meeting, Sept. 10-13 in Pittsburgh, covering topics such as tires, corrosion, CSA and visi…
What’s up with electric trucks?
It seems every time I turn around the past few weeks, I see something about how the demand for electric and hybrid vehicles is not meeting expectations.
Lawyers deliver closing arguments in 2009 big rig slaying
Rodolfo Rodriguez, left, and Nolan Lopez leave West Valley Superior Court in Rancho Cucamonga in 2009 after both pleaded not guilty to the murder of truck driver Rafael Valencia Ochoa.
Talbert Names New Director of Business Development
Talbert Manufacturing appointed industry veteran Gerald (Jerry) Rothwell as director of business development. This position is designed to create and expand markets for the Talbert trailer lines throughout North America.
A Quick Guide to Alternative Fuels
The world no longer seems concerned about “peak oil” (the idea that oil reserves are going to run out), and today’s clean-diesel engines have addressed many environmental concerns about truck exhaust. Most industry experts believe conventional diese…
Caltrans Proposes Truck-Only Expressway on I-710
In its proposal for improvements to Interstate 710 in Los Angeles County between Ocean Boulevard and State Route 60, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is looking at a provision of a separate four-lane freight corridor to be used…
Attorney: Reenactment shows trucker jailed in Mexico made ‘mistake’
There was new hope Thursday for the mother of the North Texas truck driver who has been in a Mexican prison since April 17.