Breaking, News
New Jersey offers clarification on minimum insurance law
A New Jersey law that requires motor carriers in the state to carry at least $1.5 million in liability insurance takes effect in July.
Listen Now
Podcast: Bill would mandate drivers in autonomous trucks
A California bill mandating drivers in autonomous trucks is making another run at passage in California – despite a veto last year.
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Equipment
Daimler Trucks recalling thousands of trucks for fuel system issue
Daimler Trucks North America is recalling certain Freightliner and Western Star trucks after finding an issue with the fuel rail assembly.
Features, News
Artists discuss trucking connections ahead of SCF benefit concert
St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund’s first-ever virtual benefit concert, “Highway to Hope,” will be headlined by Wynonna Judd on May 16.
News, State
Missouri legislature approves fuel tax increase
The Missouri General Assembly this week voted in favor of a fuel tax rate increase, and higher fees for alternative fuel vehicles.
News
Interstate 40 bridge between Arkansas and Tennessee shut down
The Interstate 40 bridge connecting Arkansas and Tennessee has been shut down indefinitely after an inspection found a fractured steel beam.
Federal, News
Truck parking crisis draws spotlight at another congressional hearing
Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., can be added to the growing list of lawmakers calling attention to the nation’s truck parking crisis.
Federal, News
U.S. DOT takes additional steps to address Colonial Pipeline situation
The U.S. Department of Transportation is taking additional steps to help states negatively affected by last week’s cybersecurity attack on the Colonial Pipeline Co.
News, State
New York emissions deterrent includes sizable fuel tax increase
A proposal at the New York statehouse is intended to reduce emissions and could raise fuel tax rates by more than 50 cents per gallon.
Federal, News
Truckers hurt by lack of infrastructure investment, Teamsters rep says
The need for a significant investment in the nation’s infrastructure served as the focus of a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, May 11.
Equipment, Federal, News
NTSB: Autopilot ‘not available’ in fatal Tesla crash last month
Tesla’s Autopilot may not have been to blame for a crash that killed two people in Texas last month, says a preliminary report from the NTSB.
News, State
Regs waived in North Carolina for truckers to aid fuel supplies
Fearing a shortage of fuel supplies, North Carolina governor waives a variety of trucking regulations for deliveries of fuel in the state.
