The Source for Trucking News, Opinions and Trucking Jobs

Don’t let the facts stand in the way of a news report.

Truck Driver Safety – WCBD-TV, Charleston, South Carolina
Police are looking into another traffic accident involving an 18- wheeler truck this comes after a number of accidents involving big trucks that tied up Low country roads last week. Charleston county investigators say 28-year-old Errol Hylton [...]

We have the on-going truck driver shortage, the economy is picking up and truck tonnage is up.
commercialappeal.com – Memphis, TN: Business
As economy rolls, trucking companies strain to keep up
Between a pickup in the economy and truck and driver shortages, there’s so much freight now, June and July felt like peak holiday shipping months in a [...]

ATA Conducting Hours-of-Service Survey
This decision, which has not yet gone into effect, will likely result in a renewed rulemaking process by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and could result in a transition back to the old HOS rules during this process.
To avoid unintended safety consequences and unnecessary costs to the trucking industry that could [...]

Blogging is a major phenomenon on the world wide web. Everyone from actors (William Shatner) and politicians (Bush, Kerry) to the guy next door has a blog. Political bloggers are being invited to the Democratic National Convention as journalists. There are industry specific blogs, news blogs, political blogs, personal blogs, blogs about anything and [...]

I’ve always said that my worst day trucking is better than my best day in a cubicle. That makes good days trucking incredible. Driving through Wyoming around the Elk Mountain area on I-80. It’s fall, the trees are changing and an early snow covers the ground. Pronghorn Antelope graze on the side of the road [...]

The Asian Pacific Post – Canada goes to Vietnam’s deadly roads to find truckers
About 200 truckers from Vietnam, reputed to have some of the world‘s deadliest drivers, will be behind big rigs on Canadian roads soon, The Asian Pacific Post has learned.
Ranked by the World Health Organization and the World Bank as having one of [...]