The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will ramp up enforcement activity this week for its annual Operation Safe Driver Week enforcement blitz.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will ramp up enforcement activity this week for its annual Operation Safe Driver Week enforcement blitz.
A federal court has ruled that Crete Carrier Corp. is within its legal boundaries to require truckers at the company to be tested for sleep apnea if their body mass index is greater than 35.
Hurricane Matthew has dissipated out into the Atlantic Ocean as of Monday morning, but a few major highways remain closed due to flooding, debris and other damage.Portions of I-95 in North Carolina remain closed because of flooding, according to the latest updates from the North Carolina DOT.
A diesel technician’s job is about as an advanced technological career field as anything on the market and hits just about every major push in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) curriculum. But that often is undersold against the stigma that it’s a “greasy†job.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will ramp up enforcement activity for a week-long period this month for its annual Operation Safe Driver Week enforcement blitz.
The National Transportation Safety Board said this week the U.S. DOT needs to tighten pre-employment driver screening for carriers. Its recommendations come following its investigation into a June 25, 2015, crash in Chattanooga, Tenn., involving a tractor-trailer. Six people were killed in the crash, and four others injured.
As Hurricane Matthew approaches the East Coast, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina have issued emergency declarations suspending several federal regulations on truckers operating in the states to aid with relief efforts. South Carolina has also reversed lanes on I-26 between Charleston and Columbia.
As the U.S. enters the homestretch of one of the most unsettling presidential elections in the country’s history, it’s important for the voting public to engage the electoral process. “It is our government. Don’t blame anyone else for the performance of the government other than those who don’t participate in it, 
Texas A&M University earlier this month unveiled a plan 18 years in the works for a truck-less freight movement system.