401 trucker alerted Oxford farmer to inferno
A frantic knock on the door by a passing trucker woke farmer Clarence Markus up to a blazing inferno that has left an Oxford County dairy farmer with less than half his cattle stock.
NYC: How NYPD Bike Enforcement Is Making Streets Less Safe
Considering what happened to longtime street safety advocate Hilda Cohen last Friday afternoon, you have to wonder how many “scofflaw cyclists” are in actuality the victims of police harassment.
PeopleNet patents data delivery monitoring tool
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — PeopleNet says it has been granted a patent on a system that improves its data delivery across any wireless network in North America.
Kenya: Kenya Removes Roadblocks to Ease Movement of Goods
Rwandan truck drivers have welcomed the new move by the Kenyan government to remove police roadblocks between the coastal port city of Mombasa and Malaba, near the Ugandan border.
Truckers may be heeding new Westchester parkway warnings
The latest effort to keep tractor trailers off Westchester parkways – giant warnings painted on the pavement – seems to be getting the attention of truckers.
Company manager: Trucker accused in state trooper’s death was ‘bound to have a very big accident’
Three years before truck driver Johnny Felton was accused of hitting and killing Illinois State Trooper Kyle Deatherage, a company manager wrote in a memo that Felton was “bound to have a very big accident sooner or later.”
New HOS Rules Mean Less Flexibility for Shippers
Still pondering the latest twist in the truck driver hours of service rules? Sorry, time’s up.
June truck orders slide, but it’s not so bad: ACT Research
COLUMBUS, Ind. — Classes 5-8 vehicle orders slipped in June, but ACT Research says there’s reason for optimism to be found in the latest numbers.
Trucking firms brace for impact of new driver-rest rules
New U.S. safety regulations requiring truckers to work shorter shifts may cut productivity, worsen a driver shortage and boost freight costs for the $8.4 trillion in goods hauled each year by American big rigs.
Trucking firms brace for impact of new driver-rest rules
New U.S. safety regulations requiring truckers to work shorter shifts may cut productivity, worsen a driver shortage and boost freight costs for the $8.4 trillion in goods hauled each year by American big rigs.