Truckers around the country -- including in the nation's capital -- gathered to protest the upcoming ELD mandate, which goes into effect Dec. 18.
RICHMOND, VA - Virginia has launched a new pilot program to use undeveloped state Department of Transportation properties as truck safety rest areas.
CROSSVILLE, TN - A long haul trucker aims to provide crucial information on how the normal, everyday driver of a non-commercial vehicle can drive safely around commercial vehicles.
BATON ROUGE, LA - The Louisiana House sidetracked a bill May 6 that would have banned truck drivers from talking on hand-held cell phones while driving.
ALBANY, NY - Gov. David Paterson recently proposed penalties including jail time and confiscation of trucks to come down on drivers who use GPS to take more hazardous routes and end up striking bridges.
WASHINGTON – S1036, a bill just introduced in Congress which aims to increase use of non-highway, intermodal freight by 10 percent by 2020 has kicked up a lot of dust lately, according to Trucker.com.
EL PASO, TX – A Texas man was recently arrested when an Oregon State Police trooper found marijuana plants, hashish, and a kit used for falsifying urine tests during a check of the man's commercial truck, according to The StatesmanJournal.com.
COLUMBUS, GA – Truck driver Eric Carter of Columbus has been honored by FedEx Ground for achieving 10 years of safe driving without a preventable accident, according to The Ledger-Enquirer.
ANN ARBOR, MI – Over the company's 25-year history, more than 1,280 Con-way Freight driver sales representatives have reached the 1-million-mile safe driving milestone, while more than 90 have driven 2 million miles accident-free.
PITTSBURGH – PPG Industries is showcasing its automotive glass technology for the trucking industry in booth 17228 at the 37th Annual Mid-American Truck Show, Mar. 27-29, at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky.
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