The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on May 14 published a long-awaited final rule updating hours of service rules for commercial motor vehicle drivers that offer the industry more flexibility.
While we're cooped up at home wishing we could get out, going home isn't an option for many drivers. In a new two-part HDT Talks Trucking Special Report, host Jim Park introduces you to seven drivers who live on the front line of the battle with COVID-19.
The safety performance history records request (SPHRR) offers a glimpse into an applicant’s possible unsafe behaviors while at another motor carrier. After 15 years, it still generates several questions.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule to clarify the role of state driver’s licensing agencies in closing a loophole in the federal drug- and alcohol-testing system for truck drivers.
Lubrication Specialties Inc. (LSI), manufacturer of Hot Shot’s Secret performance oils and additives, is stepping up their support for our nation’s truckers by introducing a Trucker Appreciation Care Package.
"Those medical people on the front lines are heroes. We are the supply line," says truck driver Jeff Clark, who shares his thoughts about being on the road during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As reports have circulated about truckers having a hard time getting food on the road during the COVID-19 pandemic, some groups and companies have stepped up to help out.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of state and local governments have issued orders restricting public gatherings and even told residents to "shelter in place." Trucking, defined as essential by the federal government, is not subject to these orders.
As an increasingly aware United States mobilizes to contain the spread the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the trucking industry is uniquely positioned to help in the containment effort – or to spreading the disease.
