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Winter roadway “pileups” aren’t one crash — they’re a chain reaction. Here’s what triggers them, how truck drivers can spot the danger early, and what to do if you're suddenly trapped in the mess.
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The Department of Transportation plans to embark on a rulemaking process that would ban text messaging and restrict the use of cell phones by truck and bus drivers
Read More →The Ontario Legislature has passed a law banning the use of handheld devices to talk, text or e-mail while drivin
Read More →Congress has passed a bill that will temporarily fund government operations, including highway funding, for another month, just as the fiscal year came to a close Wednesday
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Conducting cell phone business while driving is destined to go the same way as driving without a seat belt and getting behind the wheel after a few drinks. There's a lot of talking still to be done, details worked out
Read More →As a national summit on distracted driving gets under way this week, the New York Times coverage of driver distraction raised the ire of trucking industry representatives who said it contained a number of errors
Read More →ISO has teamed up the National Insurance Crime Bureau to develop a national information sharing system aimed at combating cargo thef
Read More →Diesel exhaust fluid stored in underground storage tanks is not covered by Underground Storage Tanks regulation
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The "right to repair" one's vehicle wherever one chooses isn't in the U.S. Constitution or Bill of Rights, but many people in the maintenance and parts business believe it almost should be. Original-equipment dealers don't agree and have some real-money reasons why certain servicing information should remain proprietary. The issue has a lengthy history, and now there's legislation pending in Congress that would give independent shops what they want
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Anne Ferro, President Obama's nominee to head the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, was politely received by the Senate Commerce Committee at her confirmation hearing last week but ran into tough questionin
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A court ruling last week boosted the case of trucking companies who use owner-operators/independent contractors at California ports. A civil action filed in Superior Court by the California attorney general against Pac Anchor Transportation and truck owner
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