Federal, News
FMCSA grants TIA’s petition on training for brokers
FMCSA has granted a petition from the Transportation Intermediaries Association regarding training requirements for brokers.
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Podcast: Crashes, drugs, fraud and parking on agenda for FMCSA forum
An FMCSA Research Forum is coming up next week, and what comes out of it could have a significant impact on your life as a truck driver.
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Features, News
Driven to Survive: Trucker takes on TV’s ‘Survivor’
Truck driver Carl Boudreaux got to flash some of the skills he’s picked up on the road while competing for glory on the latest season of “Survivor.”
Features
Driven to Survive: Trucker takes on TV’s “Survivor”
When the CBS reality show “Survivor” began in 2000, it quickly became notorious in part because of a truck driver. That first season was the year contestant and trucker Susan Hawk gave her now-infamous “Snakes and Rats” speech on the show’s final Tribal Council. She would ultimately lose to Richard Hatch, but the speech would […]
News
Report highlights need to increase federal fuel tax to fix deteriorating interstate highways
Interstate highways and other infrastructure in the United States is deteriorating, and the best way to fund projects in the near-term is to increase the federal fuel tax. That assessment comes from a congressionally mandated report recently released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The report also recommends controversial funding mechanisms, including […]
News, State
Ohio House approves oil and gas brine for de-icing roads
An effort halfway through the Ohio statehouse is intended to help keep the state’s roadways clear during winter storms. House lawmakers voted 54-33 to advance a bill to permit the use of brine from vertical oil and gas drilling for roadway de-icing. The bill, HB393, now moves to the Senate. The brine is waste water […]
Opinion
The driver pay problem – how we got here
So why don’t carriers simply raise driver pay and pass it along to shippers? That would seriously slow down driver turnover, right? Isn’t that what they did back in the regulated days, when most drivers earned a good living – at least better than today? I have no sympathy for big carriers that churn through […]
News
National Wreaths Across America Day set for Dec. 15
As part of National Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, Dec. 15, fallen veterans will be honored at about 1,500 cemeteries across the nation. Wreaths Across America started in 1992 when Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Co. in Harrington, Maine, found himself with a surplus of wreaths toward the end of the holiday season. […]
Fuel prices, News
Diesel fuel prices continue on the downward spiral
The average price per gallon for diesel fuel reported weekly on Mondays has dropped every week since Oct. 15. Once again, the federal Energy Information Administration on Monday reported the average price for a gallon of diesel dropped, this time by 4.6 cents. Last Monday, the average price across the U.S. had dropped a nickel […]
News, OOIDA, TRACER Alert
TRACER ALERT: Thief takes 2000 Peterbilt from New Jersey warehouse
A black 2000 Peterbilt conventional 379 has been reported stolen in Avenhill, N.J. The truck was taken from near a warehouse at 1 Terminal Way. It was reported stolen the evening of Oct. 19. TRACER lists a New Jersey license plate number of AT384C and a VIN number of 1XP5DB9X2YN517240 for the truck. The truck […]
News
Saskatchewan’s mandatory driver training begins March 15
Starting next spring, applicants seeking a Class 1 commercial license in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan will be required to undergo at least 121.5 hours of training. The government of Saskatchewan announced it would adopt mandatory entry-level training for commercial drivers. The new training requirements go into effect on March 15. “Saskatchewan has been working […]
Crime & Courts, News
Court denies four of 19 claims in John Christner Trucking lawsuit
A federal judge in Oklahoma recently threw out four causes of action in a class action wage lawsuit against John Christner Trucking but allowed the other 15 to move forward. The Sapulpa, Okla.-based trucking company is accused of misclassifying its truck drivers as independent contractors and violating federal and California labor laws. John Christner Trucking’s […]
