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Graff Trucking Barrel Explosion

Barrel Explosion At Graff Trucking Leaves Man With Life-Threatening Injuries

Barrel Explosion In Fawn Township Leaves One Man In Critical Condition A barrel explosion at Graff Trucking in Fawn Township, Pennsylvania, has left one man with life-threatening injuries. The man was airlifted to a Pittsburgh...

Dutch Mill Trucking Destroyed In Sparta

Dutch Mill Trucking, a trucking shop located in Sparta, Wisconsin, has been destroyed. The trucking business at Dutch Mill trucking is a total lost. The Sparta fire department said the fire started when a truck...
Truck Driver Pulls Over Speeding Cop

Truck Driver Pulls Over Cop For Speeding

Truck Driver Pulls Over Cop On Video Truck driver Brian Miner was driving alone when an Illinois State Trooper went speeding by him on a cell phone. The roads were wet that day, it could...

UPS Fires 250 Employees For Staging Strike

 UPS Drivers Face Termination Queens, New York After walking off the job during a 90 minute protest back in February, 250 UPS drivers will now be terminated once their replacements are trained. According to reports,...
Amazon Building Trucking App

Amazon Adding New Trucking App; Continues Shipping Push

It's no secret that Amazon continues its push to become a major logistics and delivery network. Business Insider reported that Amazon is building an Uber-like app that will roll out during the summer of...

FMCSA Reminding Drivers About Medical Examiner’s Rule

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is reminding interstate truck and bus drivers that the new Medical Examiner's Rule is in effect, all new USDOT physicals must be performed...

ATA Request 6 Month Delay For Med Examiner Rule

Nearly 22,000 Examiners Official The ATA is asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to push back the effective date of its National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners until more examiners can be added. The rule’s effective...
Prison Bus Totalled After Hitting Semi In Arizona

Prison Bus Crashes Into Semi Truck In Arizona; Inmates Help Injured

The scene on one Arizona highway looked like that of a Hollywood stunt as a prison bus crashes into a semi truck hauling chemicals. It looked like a huge disaster, but fortunately, no one...

Trucking Industry Fighting To Quiet Rest Rules

The trucking industry has been hit hard by the media this week after a Walmart truck driver hit Tracy Morgan's limo bus. The truck driver had not slept in over 24 hours and now...

Health Care Experience – Enrolling in Obamacare

Obamacare Enrollment I had previously written a five part series on the Affordable Care Act. I also followed that up with my opinions about the new Health Care Law. I went through the entire...