Truckers have had a hard time this year when it comes to finding a decent meal to eat. Truck shops were shutting down along every highway, drive-thrus don’t allow walk-ups, and now food prices are skyrocketing. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association teamed up with the Canadian Trucking Alliance and others…
The latest monthly summary put out by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse gives some good insight at how many in the trucking industry are signing up and what they have in their systems. According to the summary, 80% of the violations reported were positive drug…
Freightwaves put out a survey to drivers, carriers, and others within the trucking industry asking questions about guns. Turns out, and it is really no surprise, that truckers love their guns. 70% of those who responded to the survey carry a concealed gun on their persons or in their vehicles…
American Trucking Associations is asking for nominations for the next round of captains for America’s Road Team. Since 1986, this elite group of professional drivers put a safe and positive face on the trucking industry. They go out and educate people all over the country regarding how the trucking industry…
National Tank Truck Carriers has announced a group of eight professional tank truck drivers as finalists for the Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year Award. The finalists will be advancing to the final round where their performance, safety knowledge, community efforts, and tank truck driving, will be judged by…
Furloughed drivers are climbing back into the driver’s seat of their big rigs and FMCSA has given them a temporary waiver for certain parts of the pre-employment test. The current regulations state that drivers must go through pre-employment drug testing before getting out there on the road. If the drivers…
There are quite a few fans of trucking games out there and the people at PCGamesN have put together a list of trucking games to help you out. You can cruise along the coast or race your big rig, there is bound to be something for everyone. Check out Hard…
The female truckers group, Real Women in Trucking, were handing out PPE to truckers on Florida’s Turnpike this past weekend. Parked out at the Turkey Lake Plaza, these women were making sure the truckers going through had the necessary personal protective equipment to make sure they stayed safe and healthy….
For its seventh year, Travel Centers of America has announced the winners of its Citizen Driver Award. This year, the honor goes to Hershel Evans, a trucker out of Georgia driving for Holland, and Jerry Seaman, a trucker out of South Dakota driving for NTA Trucking. This award is to…
It’s not going to be easy for truck stop restaurants to just open their doors and say “come on in”, there are new rules and regulations to follow. Remember, each state is going to have different regulations to follow so the TA you visit in California might have more available…