Court rejects death sentence appeal in 1998 road rage killings of two truckers
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal to get Douglas Feldman, 54, off death row for the road rage slayings of two truck drivers in 1998 in Texas.
Utility Expands Refrigerated Trailer Plant in Virginia
Utility Trailer Manufacturing announced the expansion of its refrigerated trailer manufacturing plant in Marion, Va.
I-44 to Close in Springfield, Mo., for Bridge Demolition this Weekend
Interstate 44 at West Bypass (Route 160) in Springfield, Mo., will be closed starting at 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 and will remain closed until as late as 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22 to allow contractor crews to remove half of the West Bypass bridge…
ATRI Looking for Comment on Truck Parking
The American Transportation Research Institute recently launched a survey on truck parking information needs and system requirements.
Website, Appreciation Week Events Aim to Help Truckers Stay Healthy
EGears, which offers online and video-based education for truck drivers, is also launching a website and resource: TheHealthyTrucker.net. The website is a partnership project with Driver Solutions, a company that trains inexperienced truck drivers and …
FMCSA Shuts Down Kansas Trucking Company for Extreme Hours of Service Violations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Kansas-based commercial truck company HP Distribution LLP and an affiliated company, HP Distribution LLC, to immediately cease all transportation services based on serious hours-of-service and …
Going the Distance: Triathlon Trucker Helps Others Get Fit
It didn’t take long on the road before Siphiwe Baleka realized he was getting a truckers gut. Baleka had just left a 15-year career working for nonprofit organizations and was working as a lease owner-operator for Prime Inc. while he figured out his…
Preventing Dock Walk
“Dock walk,” the phenomenon of the trailer’s body moving slightly away from the loading dock when a heavy forklift rolls aboard, has been around since air-ride suspensions came into use on trailers.
Cheats at DMV used spy cams
A husband and wife who ran a Brooklyn truck-driving school admitted yesterday that they used miniature spy cameras and transmitters to help students who spoke little English cheat on their written state driving test.
Aero Trailer could save $3,900 a year in Euro fuel, Daimler engineer says
HANOVER, GERMANY – Twenty years of aerodynamic research is behind a streamlined semitrailer displayed this week at the huge Hanover truck show in Germany, says a Daimler Trucks executive who briefed a crowd of journalists on the efforts behind the v…