Trucker News Archives

The U.S. Postal Service is offering a $50,000 reward for information on the shooting of a trucker in New Mexico on Friday, Nov.

The owner of a Kansas City, Kansas, trucking company pleaded guilty to being part of a conspiracy that provided fraudulent commercial driver's licenses to Somali and Bosnian nationals.

Truckers who are based in the state of Washington have won a major court victory on overtime pay.

“Any time we see something like this we get concerned. It fluctuates from year to year, but we're just seeing more this year”

FORUMS MULTIMEDIA Hay farmers beware: Rising prices may mean more scams 11/29/2007, 6:17 p.m. PST By SHANNON DININNY YAKIMA, Wash. via The Oregonian

“We have this man traveling at an incredibly high rate of speed through a construction zone”

A Chicago truck driver was convicted Wednesday of reckless homicide for crashing his 18-wheeler into a tour bus four years ago, killing eight women. via Trucker

A Canadian trucker involved in a fatal accident on an upstate highway last summer now faces additional charges stemming from the crash. via WCAX-TV Burlington

A trio of northwestern shipping ports are planning to follow through with similar truck emission rules recently passed at the ports of L.A. and Long Beach.

ICBC has lifted the licences of 50 truck drivers suspected of fraudulently gaining commercial driver's permits.

But travelers with a sense of adventure and a tough truck will be awed by the lonely beauty of the Arctic Circle "Primeval." The only adjective worthy of 800-pound musk oxen, reminiscent of bison on a bad hair ...

“I had a friend in Mission seven years ago get beat up by two guys who simply jumped him and pounded the crap out of him. Didn't rob him or anything”

A Chilliwack truck driver says he's alive today because of the kindness of a passer-by, who stopped to help while the driver was being assaulted in Vernon by a group of unknown assailants. via Vernon Morning Star

“I really didn't have time to think about what was going on”

Others see him as a hero... Hooper , a Cullman native, really was at the right place last Monday when a small vehicle crashed head-on with a full-size pickup truck on a South Carolina highway... Hooper was ... via Buses world news

Analyst downgrades YRC shares to 'hold'... Analyst downgrades YRC shares to 'hold' Shares of trucking company YRC Worldwide Inc.

As travelers across America moved closer and closer to today's feast of turkey, mashed potatoes and pies, many truck drivers, as they do every year, found themselves moving farther away from home, stuck in an ...

“This is quite an honor for us”

It was a celebration Jack Scott will never forget. It was one day among many special ones Jack has enjoyed over the years with friends found in an unusual way. via The Daily Sentinel

“Trucks keep getting stuck under the bridge”

A little more than two hours after a new system using a laser, flashing yellow lights, bells and a sign reading "Overheight Vehicle Stop" was activated Monday to alert truckers about the height of the North ... via Home News Tribune

“That's just about impossible because they're driving so fast”

THE PROBLEM // Large trucks use Bonaparte Avenue in East Baltimore even though doing so is prohibited. via Baltimore Sun

“My cat is my child and I needed to find him.”

By Niemah Davids A Cape Town man has spent close on R15 000 to get back his white Persian cat. via The Mercury

A Wyoming County, Pa., truck driver who pleaded guilty to the April 30 crash in Murrysville in which a Westmoreland County woman was killed was sentenced today to 6 to 23 months in jail. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Foster Farms has reached a tentative settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit brought against the poultry company by nearly 50 of its long-haul truck drivers.

We have posted an on-line survey to gather information on the use of certain on-road diesel vehicles in California. The purpose of the survey is to better understand the age and use of diesel vehicles used in different operations such as long-haul, local delivery, and other types of operations. We are working on a proposal that would currently require all diesel trucks and buses subject to the regulation to meet 2007 engine standards by 2013 and 2010 engine standards by 2021.

We would like any person, business or corporation that owns or is leasing, for twelve months or more, any diesel powered truck, bus, pickup, or other vehicle to complete the survey.

“I'm not making near the money I was”

Bobby Bowell spent $650 to fill up his big rig the other day, while it normally costs him $450. That's enough fuel for about a day and a half of driving. via Victorville Daily Press

“Obviously they're having to increase their routes or they're having to try to minimize their cost by having a few stops in one route”

Diesel fuel prices continue to climb across the state and around the country. While AAA Carolinas says we're not in record territory just yet, truck drivers are feeling the pinch. via News 14 Charlotte

Oklahoma City police say a truck driver was shot to death in the cab of his semi truck during an apparent robbery attempt. via KTUL-TV Tulsa

“Wait for it... It's IT Blogwatch: in which Microsoft (finally) fixes a really nasty security hole. Not to mention the...”

Two unrelated calamities disrupt service November 14, 2007 -- This past weekend, it seemed everything that could go wrong, did go wrong for San Antonio-based Rackspace Ltd. via ComputerWorld

A Michigan trucking company is under investigation as part of a deadly freeway accident in Wisconsin. via ClickOnDetroit.com

Photo by Glenn B. Dettman/The Independent Joe Stevens, a truck driver for Distribution Solutions, fuels up at a local gas station.

A $40 fill-up at the pump might feel like a kick in the gut for a sedan driver, but think of how Nijaz Memisevic felt after pumping $700.59 worth of diesel into his truck.

By DAVID HUTTER Register Citizen Staff TORRINGTON - A trucking industry leader defended the safety record of tractor-trailer drivers in a discussion hosted by The Torrington Club on Wednesday.

The House of Representatives Wednesday passed the transportation spending bill that includes a ban on funding the Bush administration's cross-border truck program.

“We lost so much. I lost my childhood. I lost my friends. "I lived there for 20 years and all of a sudden I'm an enemy. I'm an enemy in my home town. That's devastating.”

An Ontario truck driver accused of war crimes from 16 years ago will make a court appearance. via B92

“In criminal court, we have to show the intent element. We would have to show that there was intent on the driver's part to strike Mrs. Brandon”

Delbert Degree, 41, will not be charged in the Oct. 31 death of Laurie Bragdon, 45, of Guildhall, who witnesses said was hit as she wrote down the license plate number of the semitrailer truck, said Detective ... via Trucker

Michael Bavero/The Daily Item Barry Schoch, project manager for the Interstate 80 Toll Conversion Project, speaks during a public meeting at Milton Area High School on Monday night.

Quebec's transport minister says her department plans to fast-track a controversial bill that includes mandating speed limiters on all trucks entering the province after a three year-old girl was run down and ...

“I know for sure that there must be a mistake. My brother has never done any such thing. He has never been and never will be a war criminal. "We are trying to find a lawyer and we have limited time.... We are fighting night and day”

The family of an Ontario truck driver accused of war crimes in his native Croatia was on its way to Detroit Tuesday morning for a court appearance that could see him extradited to the Balkan country. via CBC

“It has been a long and hard Monday here at Rackspace”

A major US data centre in Texas was taken out when a truck driver hit a utility pole, sending it crashing into a power transformer. via Channel Register

One trucker was killed and another was injured in a fiery pre-dawn crash Monday on Interstate 95 near Kingsland. via Jacksonville.com

“How are we going to park overnight on the street? It's not going to work”

Truckers with no place to park their rigs will be able to use city streets as part of a six-month pilot project aimed at resolving the long-standing problem. via The Now Newspaper

The three young men charged with a street racing incident that killed a truck driver north of Toronto last June, were back in court last week. via Today's Trucking

Governor John Hoeven has extended a waiver of work limits for commercial truck drivers who deliver fuel to service stations. via KFYR-TV Bismarck

This is from the That's Outrageous feature in Reader's Digest, and it's pretty outrageous. via VDARE.com

“I pay for my own fuel, my truck payment, insurance, everything else out of that”

Trucks move more than 10 billion tons of product on American roads. A Number that's going up each year, but not as fast as the cost of gas. via WTOC-TV Savannah

“Typically when you have an accident like this, the carrier's insurance company will be billed for our time and our equipment any material we used like absorbents for fuel spills like we did this morning”

Oprah Winfrey's magazine shuts down I-35 in Jarrell Monday. Both sides of the Interstate closed after a crash involving an 18-wheeler just past Highway 487. via KEYE-TV Austin

“That gives me an alternative to put myself in a career that would challenge me and challenge my previous career.”

By Ashley Coleman First Coast News JACKSONVILLE, FL -- With the multi-million dollar expansion of the Jacksonville Port Authority, truck drivers on the First Coast are in high demand. via WJXX

A 4 car chain reaction accident involving an International truck-trailer injured 5 yesterday afternoon. via WBIW-AM Bedford

“The braking systems on these big-rigs are 100 percent better than they were 20 years ago, but you still can't stop as fast as a car.”

As his truck driver was reporting he was caught in the middle of last week's deadly crash on Interstate 5 south of Sacramento, Bill Thiry was an earwitness to the unfolding accident. via RecordNET

I read with interest a recent news article that reported, with great alarm, on the poor health condition of more than half of the nation's three million professional truck drivers.

Medical personnel and federal Department of Transportation officials are concerned that the deteriorating health of the nation's freight haulers might potentially put the motoring public at greater risk of accidents, not to mention the possibility that poor health puts the truck drivers themselves at risk for a multitude of catastrophic problems. Those cited as prompting the most concern were obesity with all its related complications such as heart trouble and diabetes, a lethargic and sedentary working environment (not all truckers physically unload their freight, and hence, get little exercise), and smoking, an activity in which more than half of truckers engage. Read more

A Somali man and a former tester at a now-defunct truck-driving school pleaded guilty today to charges for their involvement in a conspiracy to provide fake commercial driver's licenses to Somali and Bosnian ... via KSHB-TV Kansas City

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. -- Vermont State Police said they expect to decide next week whether a truck driver who struck and killed a woman after the two had argued about his driving will be charged in the incident. via WPTZ

A truck driver has been found guilty of dangerous driving causing death for smashing into the cruiser of an RCMP officer parked on the side of a busy Alberta highway. via Edmonton Sun

A truck driver who had a seizure that caused a double-fatal head-on crash on Interstate 90 near Albany was sentenced today to two to six years in prison. via WCAX-TV Burlington

“The trailers may in the end compound the problem if you do run into an issue”

Alberta truck drivers are raising questions about bus safety following Tuesday's horrific Greyhound accident that killed three people. via Edmonton Sun

“We need to make sure they're in compliance. With a joint effort you get the word out so that if they see one truck on the side of the road, the others will try to be more compliant for the safety of people on the road.”

SALISBURY -- A joint hazardous materials operation between the Maryland State Police and state regulators Wednesday netted thousands of dollars in fines and multiple citations to truck drivers on Salisbury-area ... via The Daily Times

We've heard the songs and seen the movies, but now, in a journey that covered 25,000 miles, 45 states, and 115 truck stops, director Doug Pray strips away the legend and the fantasy to present a compelling ... via Pop Syndicate

“Driving a semi is a huge responsibility that the drivers have to take seriously.”

State troopers on Wednesday kept up their efforts to crack down on commercial truck drivers who hit the roads sleepy, fail to secure their loads and keep inaccurate log books. via WBNS

Amandeep Gill says an ICBC anti-fraud campaign has left him struggling to find work. via Surrey Leader

“It's something that happens once in a while, but we'd like to see it not happen ever”

' Investigators are seeking negligent homicide charges against a California truck driver whose rig slammed into five other vehicles in a construction zone last week, killing four people. via NewsOK.com

“This is an important step in gaining a better understanding of the complex factors that may affect truckers' risks for injury and illness”

Contact: Christina Bowles 245-0633 November 1, 2007 Truck drivers are at a disproportionately high risk for fatal crash-related injuries and for serious health disorders. via National Institute for Occupational S...

A judge sentenced an Ohio man to life in prison for the slaying of a 24-year-old trucker in Florida 19 years ago. via WKRC-TV Cincinnati

A police officer in Pennsylvania got a temporary fright when a trucker attached a realistic-looking bloody fake foot to his rig as a Halloween prank. via The Post Chronicle

“The CMV would not be considered "involved”

An American credited with playing a key part in a probe of an Oregon terror training camp pleaded guilty to terrorism charges, admitting his role after his violation of a plea agreement let the government bring ... via Layover

“All of a sudden a wall of rain, hard rain. The truck started to hydroplane”

A truck driver on trial for vehicular homicide after a crash left a man dead on Route 78 in Hunterdon County three years ago claimed his vehicle hydroplaned moments before the tragedy, according to a recorded ... via Jersey Journal

Surrey residents Jujhar Khunkhun and Harpreet Chahal are going to to jail for robbing a truck driver in May of last year. via Tacoma Daily Index

A photo from homicide victim Monica Massaro's MySpace page shows her with Joe Elliot of Def Leppard backstage at The Borgata. via NJ.com

A truck driver from Tennessee has been charged with the death of a fellow trucker who was taking his chains off on the west side of Vail Pass last month. via Denver Post

Just 2 percent of the nation's commercial truck drivers test positive for drug use each year -- a far better average than any other group of drivers.

A truck driver blamed an overweight load for causing his 18-wheeler to roll over on Biscayne Boulevard on his way into the Port of Miami Friday afternoon, according to Miami Fire-Rescue.

The proposed plaza would be in Sutton and the proposed parking for the trucks would be in Northbridge.

Undercover federal investigators discovered that it was surprisingly easy to cheat on random drug tests designed to catch truck drivers who use drugs, NBC News reported Wednesday night.

At least 50 independent truck drivers in Southwest Florida are on strike, because they are fed up with their wages.

The morning commute was slammed today after a big rig crashed on the San Diego Freeway, north of Los Angeles International Airport. via Daily News