Pilot Flying J is joining other truck stops and requiring customers and employees to wear a mask at all locations starting tomorrow, July 28, 2020. They want to help prevent the further spread of COVID-19 and make sure everyone stays safe and healthy. The trucking industry has been essential to…
Iowa’s U.S. Senator Joni Ernst has introduced a new bill that would reward the front line workers, including truck drivers, for keeping our country rolling. Named the FRNT LINE ACT, the Financial Relief Noting The Large Impact Of Our Nation’s Essential Employees Act, the new bill would help those who…
Virginia has become a state that has enforceable COVID-19 safety requirements and carriers are trying to figure out just how these new regulations affect them and their drivers. All companies in Virginia must classify their employees by a risk level, from very high to lower, depending on their job tasks…
According to data from the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information Division, truck drivers are currently one of the most sought after employees. Along with truckers, RNs and retail salespersons are at the top of that list. 6,050 online ads were placed for these jobs, and total ads were…
KYTC District 1 has announced an extended closure for the ‘Cairo’ bridge starting sometime during the week of August 3-9 and lasting approximately 30 days. This heavily traveled bridge brings traffic from U.S. 51, U.S. 60, and U.S. 62 back and forth from Wickliffe, Kentucky, and Cairo, Illinois. Of all…
The Colorado Department of Transportation has announced the completion of a truck parking project at two rest areas along US Highway 160. The Sleeping Ute Rest Area in Montezuma County and the Shaw Creek Rest Area in Rio Grande County now have more and improved parking spaces for commercial trucks…
Love’s Travel Stops has announced that beginning July 29, every location will be requiring its customers to wear face coverings. This includes all Love’s Travel Stops, Loves’s Country Stores, Love’s Truck Cares, and Speedco locations around the country. This is being done because they want to protect their customers, employees,…
For its fourth year in a row, REAL Women in Trucking is hosting the Queen of the Road Awards on August 29. Normally, this award ceremony is held during the Great American Truck Show, but due to the pandemic GATS has been shut down and it will now be held…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s 2020 Trucking Safety Summit will be held virtually on August 5, 2020. They will be using the online platform GoToWebinar and held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT. The goal of this summit is to discuss further ways of improving trucking safety across…
Retaining drivers can be tricky these days with all the regulations out there in the industry, and keeping your experienced drivers is something you should strive to do. Keeping those drivers around who know what they are doing comes from smarter regulations and paying them what they deserve. In turn,…