Truckers Want Reboot of MTO Tow Truck Safety Committee
TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association is urging the provincial Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to reestablish a special committee dedicated to finding ways to encourage faster clean-up of highway collisions and get traffic in…
Truckers Commonly Use Drugs And Alcohol On The Job
Drinking and doing drugs on the job are commonplace among truck drivers around the world, according to a research review of international data published in Monday in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine .
Widow of fatal crash truck driver from Silsden leads tributes to him
Family and colleagues of a truck driver killed in a horror motorway crash have paid tribute to a “salt of the earth” man whose two great passions were “his lorries and his family”.
Trucker charged in crash
A truck driver involved in a fatal wreck on Ga. 400 in September has been charged with homicide by vehicle.
Disney Princess Walkie-Talkie Puts Little Girl In Touch With Foul-Mouthed Truckers
When Jennifer Childress, of Kent, Wash., overheard truck drivers chatting on her 9-year-old stepdaughter’s Disney Princess Royal Walkie Talkies, she was more than a little concerned.
Survey Says: Hours of Service, Top Trucking Industry Concern
The American Transportation Research Institute unveiled on Monday during the American Trucking Associations Management Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla.
Diesel Prices Stable as Oil Falls Below $100
After falling for five straight weeks the average cost of diesel remains the same this week from the week before, according to the U.S. Energy Department.
US truck tonnage rises again. Is economy stronger than we believe?
ARLINGTON, Va. — US for-hire truck tonnage spiked 1.4% in September, matching August’s gain.
US fleets increasing pay packages to attract drivers
ORLANDO, Fla. — Three-quarters of fleets surveyed by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), say they have or will be increasing driver pay packages in the face of a driver shortage.
Truck driver wanted for deaths in Europe is arrested in Kirkland
A Bulgarian fugitive and human trafficker, convicted of the deaths of 18 Sri Lankan nationals who suffocated in the back of a cargo truck in 1995, has been arrested in Kirkland, where he had been working as a long-haul trucker, according to the U.S. Ma…