TRUCKING NEWS

Texas Investigates Trucking Schools Over CDL Standards as Attorney General Warns CVS About Supplier Practices

TEXAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has expanded enforcement efforts affecting transportation, logistics, and supply chain operations, with separate actions targeting commercial driver...

Semi-Truck Loaded With 25 Million Bees Breaks Down in Utah Canyon, Firefighters Spray Down Hives to Keep Them Alive

SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH — A semi-truck carrying roughly 25 million honeybees broke down in Parley’s Canyon on Tuesday, prompting firefighters to help keep...

Trucking Groups Oppose Trump Fuel Tax Holiday Proposal, Warn Highway and Infrastructure Funding Could Take Major Hit While Savings Would Be Minimal

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Major trucking groups are pushing back against a proposed federal fuel tax holiday floated by President Donald Trump, warning that the...

63-Year-Old Drunk Car Carrier Driver Knocks Down Traffic Light Pole Near Thruway Exit in New York After Crossing Median; Route 57 Closed for Hours,...

SALINA, NEW YORK — A commercial car carrier driver was charged with drunk driving after crossing into the median and striking a traffic light...

Kansas County Fed Up With Semis Ignoring KDOT Detour and Using Gravel Roads — Approves $500 Fine for Trucks After Cattle Truck Rollover Sent...

HODGEMAN COUNTY, KANSAS — Hodgeman County commissioners have approved a $500 fine for commercial trucks that bypass the Kansas Department of Transportation's signed detour...

Texas CDL Crackdown Leaves Legal Immigrant Truckers Without Work as Drivers Share Stories of Lost Jobs and Sold Trucks

TEXAS — Letytgvgal immigrant truckers and bus drivers in Texas say their lives were upended after the state began canceling non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses...

Driver Shoots Himself After SUV Crashes Into Back of Hazmat Semi on I-80 Near Utah-Nevada Border

TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH — A driver is in critical condition Monday after crashing his SUV into the back of a semi-truck on eastbound Interstate...

Tennessee Trooper Stops Truck for Inoperative Taillights — Finds Bald Steer Tires, Missing Fuel Cap, Inoperative ID Lamps, and Driver With No Valid License

TENNESSEE — A Tennessee Highway Patrol Motor Carrier Plus East Region trooper stopped a commercial vehicle for inoperative taillights and uncovered multiple serious safety...

New York Man Arrested for Filing $400,000 in Fake Accident Claims Against Trucking Companies by Parking Car and Waiting for Semis to Pass —...

POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK — A 69-year-old Poughkeepsie man has been arrested for allegedly running a five-year scheme in which he parked his vehicle, waited...