How to Make Trucking More Cost Effective
Whether you drive a truck for business or pleasure, cutting your costs will revolve around two key areas. One being the maintenance of your car and the other seeing how fuel efficient you are....
Construction Season is in Full Bloom
Now that winter is over, except in some weather challenged areas. Wyoming and Colorado you know who you are! We are starting to see the blacktop machines, loaders and rollers come out. As well...
FMCSA Chief Wants Better Safety Records In Trucking
The FMCSA Chief wants better safety records in trucking and stated that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is committed to working side by side with trucking stakeholders to improve highway safety. He made...
Stay Alert, Stay Riding: Keeping Energy Up as a Trucker
Trucking is exhausting. There’s no other way to put it. Endless hours, repetitive scenery, and strict company deadlines are a brutal team, wearing truckers down into haggard, bleary-eyed zombies by the end of the...
When You Suspect Something May Be Wrong with Your Tires
There are a lot of things that go into making sure that your transport is running at peak efficiency. Oil changes, new brake pads, tire rotation, new air filter, and regular tune-ups to name a...
Brake Safety Inspection Week Starts September 7th
The annual Brake Safety Inspection Week starts September 7th and runs through September 13th. Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance says it expects more than 30,000 brake inspections to take place during the week, which would be...
American Trucking Association Supports Hair Testing To Detect Drugs
Hair testing for drugs may be just around the corner for American truck drivers. The American Trucking Association (ATA) announced Monday that it supports a bill, before the United States Congress, which proposes to...
ATA President Makes Statement Over Highway Safety
ATA President and CEO Bill Graves made an official statement earlier this week concerning highway safety. “The issue of highway safety, and in particular the safety of the trucking industry, has been at the...
NTSB Blames Truck Driver For Chesapeake Bridge Accident
Truck Driver At Fault For 2013 Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported that a truck driver who was unfamiliar with traffic patterns on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and wasn’t paying attention to the road as...
Investigating Roby Trucking And Pittsburgh Restaurant Crash
Monday left one Pittsburgh restaurant looking like a Hollywood movie set. The only difference, this wasn't a movie set in California, this was what was left after a semi crashed into a Pittsburgh restaurant,...