Auto Bits: Tips for sharing the road with big rigs

While millions of drivers will be motoring toward fun, the nation’s big rig truck drivers will be all business on the roads – keeping cargo moving and ensuring the products we all depend upon make their way to their destinations.

Ontario truck blitz to kick off tomorrow

AURORA, Ont. — The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Ministry of Transportation and other agencies are combining to target commercial vehicles through Operation Corridor, beginning tomorrow morning. [Full Story]

Trucking jobs sit vacant

While the unemployment rate in Wisconsin has been slowly but steadily dropping, at least one industry still is looking for workers.

PeopleNet unveils new generation Blu.2 onboard computer

TORONTO, Ont. — PeopleNet has come out with a sleeker, more powerful version of its Blu in-cab computing system, which will be available to customers for about the same price as the original version, the company announced. [Full Story]

State checks trucker violations as part of safety blitz

Elaine Chan of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asks truck driver Dave Atwal, of Hicksville, N.Y., to turn on the lights on the truck at the Greenwich weigh station on Interstate 95 on Wednesday, June 8, 2011.