Regulations Cause Problems For Truck Drivers
It’s all because in 2010 more than 3,675 people died in accidents involving large trucks.
Trucker convicted in crash that killed NC mental health director
A logging truck driver was convicted Friday of running over the chief of North Carolina’s mental health services last year as the man was riding a bicycle in north Raleigh.
Job hopping: Truck drivers on the move
The competition among fleets for drivers seems to be heating up along with the weather across the country, as turnover is on the rise and the new hours-of-service regulations are cutting into productivity.
Train Trailer, WestVan merge under single brand
MALTON, Ont. — Semi-trailer rental companies Train Trailer and WestVan have announces they will be integrating under a singular brand: Train Trailer.
Federal limits on truck drivers’ hours fuel controversy, lawsuit
Because he is based out of Texas, stopping outside of Nashville is part of his regular routine to reach the Northeast.
New US regulations could leave industry short a million drivers by 2016: FTR Associates
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An incoming regulatory tsunami could leave the American trucking industry in need of a million drivers by 2016, if all the new regulations currently being considered are implemented.
Turnover rate rises in first quarter at small, large truckload carriers: ATA
ARLINGTON, Va. — The turnover rate at both large and small truckload carriers rose in the first quarter of 2013 due to the improving economy and continued competition for drivers, according to the latest figures from the American Trucking…
Trailer Wizards announces changes to executive team
MISSISAUGA, Ont. — Trailer Wizards has announced a number of recent changes to its executive team.
Trucker killed while fleeing burning rig
A truck driver fleeing his burning rig after it crashed was struck and killed while crossing the Will Rogers Turnpike after a crash in a construction zone in the westbound lanes of the turnpike near Adair, OK, at about 4:30 a.m. on June 28. The Oklahom…
‘Lucky’ trucker’s close call follows week of prangs
A TRUCK driver was flown to hospital yesterday morning after his B-double ran off the road on the Wimmera Highway at Tarnagulla.