Crime & Courts, Federal, News
Feds warn carriers about cargo theft scheme
Cargo theft in the U.S. continues to climb. The FBI is warning carriers about a sophisticated scheme that has cost the industry millions.
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Podcast: Effort in Illinois would cap ‘nuclear verdicts’
An effort in Illinois would put a cap on pain-and-suffering damages in trucking court cases in an attempt to combat “nuclear verdicts.”
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Business, News, Products & Services
DAT Solutions: After a hot week for spot freight, demand cools
Maybe everyone did their shopping early, according to load posts and spot rates. The number of load posts on MembersEdge declined 10 percent while truck posts increased 12 percent last week, bringing the overall load-to-truck ratio to about the same place it was two weeks ago. The national average spot van rate increased 6 cents […]
Business, News, OOIDA
OOIDA offers Truck to Success business class March 12-14
Truck to Success, OOIDA’s business education training, is a 2½-day intensive training for those ready to take their first steps toward becoming an owner-operator. Truck to Success is scheduled for March 12-14 at the Courtyard by Marriott in Blue Springs, Mo. The class features true trucking experts who have worked and do work for the […]
News, State
Pennsylvania bills of interest try to beat deadline for passage
As Pennsylvania’s two-year legislative session nears the finish line, a handful of bills of note could still complete the trek through the statehouse. Speed radar One bill awaiting consideration on the House floor would authorize speed radar use by some local police. Senate lawmakers previously approved an earlier version of the bill. Pennsylvania is the […]
Crime & Courts, News
Trucking company on hook for $14 million in vicarious liability case
The Illinois Supreme Court recently ruled on a case dealing with vicarious liability between the estate of a deceased plaintiff and three defendants: a trucker, the company to which the trucker is leased and C.H. Robinson, who contracted with the two other defendants. The case revolves around who is responsible for how much in a […]
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. […]
