The FMCSA has proposed mandating speed limiters for trucks as a way to reduce fatality crashes. OOIDA and most truckers say it would make things worse.

Rep. Peter DeFazio and two Republican colleagues are leading another charge toward dedicated funding for increasing truck parking capacity.

A Senate committee considered the nomination of Robin Hutcheson to be FMCSA’s next administrator. She’s been the deputy administrator since January.

FMCSA’s extension through the end of August means that the emergency declaration is set to remain in effect for at least two-and-a-half years.

The TSA Security Threat Assessment Application Modernization Act is intended to streamline the enrollment systems.

Action at statehouses around the country continues as states look to provide relief from high fuel prices.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that it is increasing its safety grants by 52%.

As instructed by the infrastructure law passed in 2021, FMCSA must clarify the definitions of brokers and bona fide agents by Nov. 15.

FMCSA’s driver training rule requires instructors to have two years of driving experience. A school wants an exemption.

The FMCSA renewed a five-year exemption that allows drivers from the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association to operate without a CDL.

Operation Safe Driver Week is scheduled for July. Unsurprisingly, the focus will be on catching speeders.

With wait times of over four weeks to complete the CDL skills test, Arkansas Trucking Association and state police take action to address backlog.

Multiple states have taken action to specify procedures for the use of fully autonomous vehicles on state roadways.

The Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association and CARB are in a lawsuit over emission standards for 2024.

Adding insult to injury for many motorists facing high fuel prices, the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company's higher toll rates began July 1.

Dating as far back as 2004, the Brent Spence Bridge corridor improvement project is making progress and is likely to begin in the near future.

After several high-profile bridge closures, the Federal Highway Administration has finally updated the National Bridge Inspection Standards.

Legislation affecting trucking businesses is still active around the country. Land Line rounds up the bills truckers needs to know about.

OOIDA’s official comments to the EPA poke holes in the agency’s logic to impose stricter emission standards on heavy-duty trucks.

Despite improvements in safety technology, the roadways are becoming more dangerous, according to the latest traffic fatalities statistics.

The Office of the Solicitor General advised the Supreme Court not to hear the California Trucking Association’s case against AB5.

The private sector continues to struggle with local boards, commissions and councils when attempting to solve the truck parking crisis.

Taking part in the Midwest Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit, OOIDA said listening to truckers would be a good start

An engineer says he jokingly calls a new stop in North Carolina the “Taj Mahal of rest areas.” Even so, he says he’s only partially joking.

Cost of operations is extremely important to your bottom line. If you don't know your costs, how will you know what is profitable for you?

Distracted driving is at an all-time high. Increasing speed differentials is bound to make the problem even more dangerous.

Truck drivers’ response to FMCSA’s speed limiter proposal has been swift and staunch in its opposition.

Derrick Walker, a forward for the University of Nebraska basketball team, saw an opportunity to build a future with his own trucking business.

Another successful effort at the Mother's Day Truck Convoy for Make-A-Wish Philadelphia, Delaware and Susquehanna Valley.

The Washington State Patrol uses trailer wraps in hopes of gathering information in a missing person case.

The third annual Torch Run Truck Convoy for Special Olympics generated about $13,000 – nearly double the amount from 2021.

Denver Bellamy's model trucking collection reveals his passion for trucking, which he was introduced to at the age of 4 by his father.

"Big Rig" film to follow the journey of a female trucker played by Vanessa Hudgens of Disney fame.

This edition of Mafia Secrets features a 2015 bright yellow Peterbilt that hauls farm commodities up and down Interstate 29.

This edition of Mafia Secrets features a 2015 bright yellow Peterbilt that hauls farm commodities up and down Interstate 29.

In this Dashboard Confidential, Dave Sweetman discusses how trucking regulations, such as speed limiters, have him and most drivers perplexed.

This edition of Trucking History takes a look at attempts to increase motor carriers’ minimum insurance from $750,000 to $4.2 million.

Believe it or not, a trailer full of bologna may not be as innocuous as you think.

The movie “Smokey and the Bandit” was released 45 years ago, but fans still honor the trucking classic every year with the Bandit Run.

ROSES for a Highway Angel, new rest areas and more driver training courses, while a fraud scheme and double fines get RAZZBERRIES.

For one reason or another, driver turnover numbers are not readily available.

Cost of operations is extremely important to your bottom line. If you don't know your costs, how will you know what is profitable for you?

Speed limiters have long been a controversial topic, and federal authorities are once again considering mandating them.

Tennessee analytics executive claims better planning would benefit truckers in finding more parking. Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

OOIDA's Truck to Success course is designed to provide a head start for those interested in becoming an owner-operator.

OOIDA fuel card puts money back in members’ pockets. Fuel savings equaled more than $1 million in the first quarter of 2022.

At least for the foreseeable future, net zero emission seems to be unattainable, according to the latest information from the American Transportation Research Institute.

This edition of Trucking & Taxes provides some advice on what to do if and when that dreaded IRS letter arrives in the mail.

This edition of Road Law discusses dealing with out-of-service orders, which have been on the rise in trucking since ELDs were introduced.