Elite Truck Drivers Encourage Safe Summer Driving Behaviors
Earlier this month, elite truck drivers from the Share the Road Program urged motorist to exercise caution when taking to the highways this summer. The Share the Road Program is made up of some of...
Mack Defense Will Supply 1,500+ Trucks To Canadian Armed Forces
Mack Defense has been awarded two contracts by the Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada on behalf of the Department of National Defense to deliver more than 1,500 8x8 trucks for the Medium...
Mitsubishi Electric Hires New Heavy-Duty Truck Managers
NORTHVILLE, MI — Mitsubishi Electric hired two new national account managers for its heavy-duty truck business. Mitsubishi Electric currently supplies starters and alternators to heavy-duty truck OEMs and the aftermarket.
Scott Balgenorth will be responsible...
Truck Driver Charged in Tracy Morgan Crash
Early Saturday morning 6/7/14 at about 1 a.m. Eastern on the turnpike in Mercer County, New Jersey. A truck driver failed to realize that the traffic ahead of him was going slower and caused...
How To Use A Tire Thumper
"What in the world is a tire thumper?" I couldn't help but laugh as I heard a kid at the truck stop ask his mother. Her response, "I guess it thumps tires." Good guess...
Women Truck Drivers Are Still Facing Discrimination
Women truck drivers are still facing discrimination and this issue was brought to life in court recently. A federal judge has found a Missouri-based trucking company guilty of discrimination against women truck drivers. The...
Senate Bill Would Lower Truck Driver Age Limit If Passed
A senate bill currently making rounds proposes to lower the truck driver age limit, allowing teen truck drivers to cross state borders. While many from the trucking industry support the rulemaking, a fair percentage don't....
Self-Driving Rigs Could Be The Future Of Trucking
Traveling about 55 miles per hour on a Nevada highway, the big rig's driver looked like The Thinker, with his elbow on the arm rest and his hand on his chin. No hands on...
Trucking Industry Loses 6,800 Jobs In March
After Great February Trucking Industry Loses 6,800 Jobs
For the first time since August 2014, the trucking industry lost jobs and it was the highest total loss of jobs in more than two years. In...
ATA Disappointed With Obama’s Transportation Plan
Train And Rail More Important Then Trucking?
As concerns and fear mounts due to the failure to agree on a long-term solution to the Highway Trust Fund, it appears that we're no closer to a...