BCTA partners with high school to deliver professional driver training
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA) has teamed up with the Kamloops/Thompson School District to help promote careers in the trucking industry to young people and to develop their skills for a career in trucking.
Tanker driver charged with careless driving in West Amwell
WEST AMWELL TWP. – A Toms River trucker was charged with careless driving by Patrolman Jon Sellner after he allegedly hit a parked vehicle with a tractor-trailer tanker truck.
Witness to train-truck collision: ‘I’ve never been so close to something so scary’
The man who was trying to help a trucker back up when an Amtrak passenger train struck his semitrailer Saturday in Ann Arbor Township said it was one of the most terrifying moments of his life.
New study shows heavy trucks boast better safety record than medium-duty trucks
ARLINGTON, Va. — A new report from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) suggests that combining medium- and heavy-duty truck crash statistics drags down the true safety record of the US heavy truck fleet.
Trucker files lawsuit claiming beating by S.J. deputy
A big-rig truck driver who says he rescued an elderly woman after she drove into an embankment on Highway 12 is suing the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office on a report that a responding deputy beat him and falsely arrested him at the scene.
ND trucker punished for illegal salt water dumping
A Dickinson truck driver has been sentenced for illegally dumping salt water in the western North Dakota oil patch, a case that Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says is a first for the state.
Truckers say bridge collapse good example why truck weight limits shouldn’t be raised
While attending a public input session today conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation, professional truckers gave reasons why commercial truck sizes and weight limits should not be raised from current levels.
Fiery semi truck crash closes I-5 lanes for hours in Seattle
A semi truck with a double trailer crashed and burned Wednesday morning on Interstate 5 in downtown Seattle, closing down all southbound lanes for several hours and snarling the morning commute.
Navistar now shipping 4×4 Terrastar
LISLE, Ill. — Navistar has announced it is now shipping International TerraStar 4x4s.
Family has questions about fatal hit-and-run crash
The family of the 18-wheel truck driver who was killed Tuesday in a hit-and-run crash doesn’t understand why more hasn’t been done to catch the other trucker involved, said the driver’s sister, Sherry Cooper.