TCA Lays Wreaths on Air Force Veterans’ Graves
Truckload Carriers Association conducted a special ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. to honor Air Force veterans who are interred at the Academy’s cemetery.
CRASH says New Safety Data Validates Need for New HOS Rule
In a press release issued Friday, the Truck Safety Coalition says truck crash fatalities rose to nearly 4000 in 2010, from 3,380 casualties in 2009.
Frito-Lay Electric Delivery Trucks Hit the "Green" Streets of Orlando
PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America will roll out 10 new electric trucks in Orlando next year. In total, Frito-Lay will deploy 176 electric trucks this year in the U.S. and Canada, making Frito-Lay the largest commercial fleet of all-electric trucks in…
Mean Streets: Trucker arrested for mowing down 90-year-old man in Williamsburg
Police say they have nabbed the drunk truck driver who mowed down a 90-year-old man crossing Metropolitan Avenue on Thursday morning and left him for dead.
New driver screening product offered
Truck Matters LLC has introduced Recruiting Matters, which the company said is a comprehensive new product that brings together ‘an arsenal of tools intended to expedite the truck driver recruitment process and increase driver retention.’ Recruiting Ma…
Rep. Bruce Braley: Making Our Roads Safe This Holiday Season
In an effort to make roads safer, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration , which regulates truck safety standards, has proposed changing their rules to reduce the number of hours that truck drivers are allowed to drive in a day.
Sharing the road with commercial vehicles: What driver education should teach
How many people in Madison and beyond use the interstate highway system to go to work? Shopping? Visiting? Interstate highways such as 90 and 94 that cut through Madison is just a few examples of the hundreds of miles of interstate highway systems that…
Cumberland County College offering truck driver training
Cumberland County College is offering a Commercial Truck Driver License program.
Toronto Transportation Club announces 2012 executive committee
TORONTO, Ont. — The Toronto Transportation Club has announced its executive committee for 2012. The vote was held at the TTC’s annual general meeting at the Royal York Hotel yesterday. [Full Story]
Getloaded Partners with National Association for Minority Truckers
Getloaded has launched a new, exclusive partnership with the National Association for Minority Truckers.