Help for truck drivers during snowstorms
Maryland transportation officials announced a pilot program Thursday for emergency truck parking in select park and ride lots during storms with more than six inches of snow.
N. Yanke Transfer driver named Highway Angel
SASKATOON, Sask. — Gyslain ‘Juice’ Lemelin, a driver for N. Yanke Transfer, has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) after he helped save a couple and their belongings from their burning pick-up truck. [Full Story]
OBAC calls for moratorium on yearly road tests for senior A/Z drivers
OTTAWA, Ont. — The Owner-Operator’s Business Association of Canada (OBAC) says it is pleased Ontario Transport Minister Bob Chiarelli is seemingly willing to put an end to the discriminatory licensing requirements for senior commercial drivers. [Full …
BC Truckers Concerned Terminal Closure Will Reduce Capacity
Truckers are worried that closures at the Duke Point terminal in Nanaimo will reduce capacity, reported the Vancouver Sun today.
Limit for truckers stays 11 hours
Truck driver Larry Anderson prepares to get back on the road Thursday after spending the night in Del Camino, Colo., when Interstate 25 iced over.
Happy Holidays!
Other than Oliver Patton’s analysis of the new hours of service rule, there will be no news on Truckinginfo today due to the Christmas holiday.
New Hours Rule Likely Headed Back to Court
There’s a good chance the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new hours of service rule is going back to court.Just hours after the new rule was released, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety indicated that it may resume its challenge of t…
Lasers Viewed as Solution to Truck-Eating Bridge Problem
The city’s Parking and Transportation Commission is considering the use of laser-triggered warning signals to direct tractor-trailers away from the A notorious “truck-eating bridge,” a downtown railroad underpass with an 11-foot clearance.
Single-mom struggles with Walmart job, caring for Dakota
Negrette: ‘It’s what I gotta do. It’s my job. I’m his mother.’ The living room of Kay Negrette’s Tooele was home full of whoops and hollars as her son, Dakota Madill, and a friend, Ethan Malcom played a video game Wednesday on Dakota’s PlayStation3.
Truckers say final hours-of-service regulations won’t imp…
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, which represents small-business and professional truckers, responded to the final hours-of-service regulation announced today, saying that a one-size-fits-all approach will not improve safety.