The Kansas Department of Transportation’s KanDrive is a traveler information tool and has recently been updated to give trucks more useful information. This mobile-friendly site gives those driving along Kansas highways information regarding winter roads, flooded roadways, crashes, closed highways, and much more. The commercial vehicle mode allows truckers to…
Red Kap and Cracker Barrel are making sure truckers are finding a warm meal while out there on the road. It’s easy for a trucker to skip a meal and it’s not always easy for truckers to find a good meal while making deliveries these days. Together, these two have…
Truck driving is one of those jobs only certain people can do, especially when the weather turns and the roads get treacherous. It’s not just the weather that makes the roads difficult, sometimes roads are not built for big rigs and problems tend to follow. Here are some of America’s…
A truck driver has reached out to Elon Musk and Starlink asking if they will be providing fast and reliable internet out on the road. Musk replied with a simple, “yes”. The Starlink Satellite Internet system Musk has recently shot into our outer atmosphere promises fast speeds and great internet…
Kenworth has launched its first-ever electric truck, the Kenworth T680E. This battery-electric Class 8 zero-emission truck can now be ordered and production will begin in 2021. In its almost 100 years in business, this is Kenworth’s flagship electric model and will help leave less of an emission footprint out there….
For the last few months, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has asked the public to give their opinion regarding a petition put out by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association regarding transparency in property broker transactions. The OOIDA is asking for property brokers to provide a copy of each transaction…
Currently, the exit numbers in Massachusetts are sequential numbers but starting this month, they will be changing them to correlate with federal highway requirements. They will now be using a mileage-based system, so if your exit is 130 and you are currently at exit 100, then you still have 30…
Carlos Soto, a truck driver out of Little Canada, Minnesota makes it a point to schedule his runs so he ends up at one of the 150 Life Time locations around the country. In the beginning, Soto was wondering if becoming a truck driver was bad for his health as…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is asking for comments on its new pilot program involving younger drivers with a military background. In looking to bring more service members into the trucking industry, the FMCSA is proposing the allowance of drivers aged 18-20, with military driving experience, to drive trucks…
With winter weather approaching, slippy roads are coming right along with it. Now, icy roads are not the only type of bad road, wet roads and windy conditions can also be quite treacherous. Based on information put out by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the five states with the…