The Arizona Department of Transportation is letting everyone know that Northbound Interstate 15 in Virgin River Gorge will be narrowed to a single lane for a few weeks to repair damage to a bridge caused by a semi-truck. Starting Monday, Oct. 12, the single lane will be at milepost 22…
Swisher has put out a new multi-purpose tool, Huckleberry’s Hammer, that will become a standard tool for truckers. The Hammer part opens trailer doors, loosens frozen brake drums, and thumps tires before you start rolling. The Chisel part gets ice off your truck, cuts plastic, removes screws and bolts from…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has approved a request made by National Tank Truck Carrier’s Inc. to install a pulsating brake light on the back of tanker trailers. This limited 5-year exemption allows those operating tanker trailers to put a red or amber pulsating brake light in the upper…
Are you ready for the snowy and icy roads that winter brings along? Here are some tips to help you prepare. A bag of kitty litter in your cab is a handy tool for icy roads. Throwing some down by the tires can add the traction needed to get going….
For 150 years, the National Weather Service has been around to inform us of places we should steer clear of and places where it’s safe to travel. When on the road, it’s important to always know what you are headed into and knowing that could save lives, including yours. Carriers…
The Arizona Department of Transportation is teaming up with out-of-state sources to build a tool showing truck parking availability throughout Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. The main goal of this project is to make sure truckers have a safe place to park and rest, not the side of the…
Together, the Utah Inland Port Authority and SecurSpace have agreed to find more secure parking spaces throughout the state of Utah. According to surveys and studies, the UIPA has determined that each night almost 300 trucks park on roadways and in neighborhoods. Without proper parking, truckers find they have to…
Colorado has its fair share of dangerous mountain roads and truckers are being warned to use extreme caution when taking the Wolf Creek Pass on US Highway 160. The Colorado Department of Transportation and Colorado State Patrol are teaming up to make sure truckers are safely supplied and educated to…
The new Hours of Service regulations have just gone into effect and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has put out a new tool to help carriers understand how it works. The Educational Tool for Hours of Service (ETHOS) uses the duty status entered to identify where potential HOS violations…
The American Transportation Research Institute is once again asking those in the trucking industry to help out with a survey. The 2020 Top Industry Issues Survey is asking trucking industry stakeholders to rank their top concerns for the industry and to give some insights on how to fix them. The…