Self-driving truck maker partners with Arizona DOT to boost work zone safety Autonomous trucking firm Embark is collaborating with the Arizona Department of Transportation to promote the safe interaction between automated commercial vehicles and highway work zones in the state. Through the partnership, automatic driving systems developer Embark and ADOT intend to work together to share […]
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration effectively shut down a California-based truck driver after he crashed into a house in Arizona, resulting in one fatality and two serious injuries. FMCSA’s imminent hazard order says trucker Daniel Tobon, also known as Daniel Moran, was driving a tractor-trailer on Dec. 31, 2020, when he crashed into a […]
LTL and brokerage giant XPO Logistics on Thursday said its warehousing spinoff, which it announced in December it was dissecting from its trucking and freight brokerage businesses, will be called GXO. Like XPO, GXO will be publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company will operate independently from XPO. The company says the […]
An Alabama-based towing company has been effectively shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration after investigators found the three-truck fleet to pose an imminent hazard to public safety. The agency also shut down one of the company’s drivers. According to FMCSA, during a March 2021 compliance investigation conducted on Birmingham, Alabama-based Woods Dependable […]
Retail diesel prices across the U.S. have skyrocketed since the beginning of February, rising 45.3 cents a gallon since the week ending Feb. 8, according to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) weekly pricing updates. Fuel prices have also increased for 19 consecutive weeks, rising 81.8 cents since the beginning of November. As […]
After publishing in early January a final rule to clarify the definition of independent contractor within the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Department of Labor is now proposing to withdraw the rule and keep FLSA’s current independent contractor definition unchanged. The rule was first set to take effect March 8, but DOL delayed the rule’s effective date to May 7 […]
In the not-too-distant future, recruiters for motor carriers will be asked by drivers if they offer a Bitcoin payroll option. Perhaps it’s already happening. Similarly, freight brokers will be asked by owner operators and motor carriers if they can pay with cryptocurrency as a condition of hauling spot market loads.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on Wednesday presented its 20th annual Analysis, Research, and Technology Forum, with a wide-range of speakers from the agency presenting on topics from truck crash and fatality statistics, to trends in enforcement and inspections, emerging technologies like autonomous and electric vehicles, and more. The forum, held in a […]
An Ohio-based truck driver has been effectively shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration following a fatal wrong-way, head-on collision. According to FMCSA’s imminent hazard order, Travis Lee Tolliver was driving a tractor-trailer in Wise County, Virginia, on Feb. 24, when he traveled in the wrong direction along Route 23 for approximately 2 […]
