Iowa museum keeps on truckin’
We are coming and going, yet trying to settle in the moment during the holidays.
Coal labourers flee Shallang as gang unleashes terror
Shillong, Dec 23 : Hundreds of coal labourers have fled from the coal mining areas of Shallang and Borsora in Meghalaya after they were attacked by a group of armed persons who claimed themselves as Garo National Liberation Army militants.
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.