Trucker News

We've all seen them on the roads - big rigs hauling heavy, oversized loads. The operators of those trucks need permits, or they're subject to fines.

Sticker shock! That's what some truck drivers are getting after their big rigs are towed from parking lots in Shelby.

Traffic in the westbound lanes of Hwy. 401 at Leslie St. are clogged after a hijacked tractor-trailer stopped there to call police just before 4 p.m. EDT.

Reporting from Washington -- Stephen Owings, whose 22-year-old son died when his car was rear-ended, is fighting to have the federal government require the use of speed-limiting devices on all big rigs, saying: "We're not against truckers; we're pro-highway safety." Most often, citizen-crusaders find themselves in lonely, unequal struggles against ...

Ohio truck driver Forest E. Stover's record was blemished by numerous moving violations, but accident investigators have yet to determine the cause of Friday's fatal crash that killed a family of five from Hobart on Interstate 65.

Starting July 1st, a new state law is in place making for major changes on Ohio's interstates.

The driver of an 18-wheeler that struck and killed a family of four in Magee on June 23 told police she had fallen asleep at the wheel before the collision, according to the police incident report obtained this week by The Clarion-Ledger. According to the incident report, Mary Gibbs with JNJ Express in Memphis 'dozed off' before hitting a van that ...

Volvo Trucks North America is marketing its EPA 2010 emissions technology during its "No Regen Engine" tour, which has educated more than 1,000 customers on selective catalytic reduction technology.

Continental Tire North America has released a new version of its Heavy Steer Regional tire, HSR2, with four-rib design and improved tire life.

By CCJ Staff Orders for heavy-duty commercial vehicles are coming in as anticipated, according to the latest edition of FTR Associates' North American Commercial Truck & Trailer Outlook .

The driver of a tractor-trailer rig involved in one of the deadliest vehicle crashes in Oklahoma history could face as many as 10 negligent homicide charges for his role in the accident, an Ottawa County prosecutor said Monday.

A jury on Monday found a truck driver not guilty of two counts of vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault for a crash that killed two people in January 2008.

The Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations will host its 2009 Fall Meeting and TMCSuperTech2009 Sept.

By Jill Dunn National Casualty Co. is expected to appeal a $14.6 million verdict awarded to a Florida trucker, paralyzed in an accident that ensued when he swerved to avoid a driver who ran a stop sign.

In August 2007, the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan walked side by side with the U.S. commerce secretary across a new $37 million concrete bridge that the Army Corps of Engineers designed to link two of Central Asia's poorest countries.

ArvinMeritor is selling its stake in two joint ventures in its light vehicle Chassis business, in an effort to concentrate on commercial vehicle businesses.

Associated Press - June 26, 2009 8:23 PM ET It's been a deadly day on the nation's highways.

Texas recently passed legislation aimed at adding more alternative fuel vehicles to both state agency and private vehicle fleets.

Starting in September, Mack Trucks will move production of its entire highway product line from its New River Valley, Va., plant to Macungie, Pa., where the company's construction and refuse trucks are built.

Montgomery County Police will begin enforcing parking bans on most public roads July 1. Trailers, recreational and commercial vehicles are subject to $75 tickets.