Drivers and Brakes
In 2003 and again in 2004, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance conducted continent-wide surveys of drivers’ brake system knowledge. The results were shocking.
Truckers protest competition from eastern Europe
Maria Adele Carrai has two master degrees from Italian universities in economics and Asian languages and is now earning her PhD in international law in Hong Kong.
What if natural gas prices go up?
The boom in natural gas production in the U.S. has created an oversupply, leading to 10-year lows in natural gas prices. At the same time, some natural gas producers have cut back because of the low prices. If demand for natural gas increases, some …
Driver Training: You Get What You Pay For
There’s no B-Team in trucking. Nor do parallel roadways exist where inexperienced rookies can safely hone their skills before stepping onto the big road with the pros.
Keeping Cargo Where it Belongs
Anyone who’s seen van trailers with sides bulging outward or dented from inside knows that at least some of that is caused by shifting cargo.
Truckers to jam Brussels traffic over competition
BRUSSELS — Truck drivers will seek to disrupt Monday’s traffic heading into Brussels to protest competition from eastern Europe which they say undercuts prices and lowers labor standards.
Atlanta’s I-285 to See Variable Speed Limit Signs
Atlanta’s I-285, a perimeter route legendary for its congestion, will soon be seeing a new technology meant to help move traffic along.
up to the test?
“The best way to sell a Western Star, quite candidly, is to give people the opportunity to drive them,” according to Michael Jackson, general manager of Western Star Trucks and that’s what the company has been doing this year…
Trucker learns that hitchhiker he picked up is wanted for murder
Two men at a Tennessee gas station asked a Long Island trucker on Sunday if they could hitch a ride – but he only had room for one of them.
Local winemaker spots illegal dumping on rural road
The California Department of Fish and Game called a popular, local winemaker a bit of a hero on Friday after the man spotted some illegal dumping off a rural road, and takes action.