Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has opened two new stores in the South. The Smiths Station, Alabama store offers 51 truck parking spaces, 6 diesel bays, and 6 showers. The Walnut, Mississippi store offers 58 truck parking spaces, 5 diesel bays, and 4 showers. Both stores have laundry facilities,…
The American Trucking Associations has unveiled the new logo for the 2020 National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. The week of September 13-20 will be dedicated to showing the millions of truck drivers out there just how much they are needed and appreciated. Along with a new logo, the ATA has…
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Store has partnered with a handful of sponsors who want to help truck drivers save some money while out on the road. By using Love’s Connect app, the first 100,000 truckers to claim the “Thank A Driver” e-coupon will be able to redeem $5 for…
Ed Miller has 60 years’ worth of stories to tell from his life on the road as a truck driver and he decided to put it down on paper. A Trucker’s Tale: Wit, Wisdom, and True Stories from 60 Years on the Road is a new book out there on…
Over this last weekend, a large group of truckers lined up in Washington to get the President’s attention. The truckers were making their voices heard about the low rates they were getting and the economic hardships they were going through during this pandemic. The truckers are the ones out on…
Last Friday, Minnesota’s Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order allowing food trucks to serve at a handful of rest stops throughout the state. With a lot of restaurants closed and truckers having a hard time finding a hot meal while out on the road, the Governor is hoping this…
A group of truck drivers lined up on Constitution Avenue over the weekend to protest the low rates and economic hardships they are experiencing during this pandemic. Truck drivers are the ones who are hauling the goods and essentials that keep this country going right now and they just want…
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has put together an online repository for active emergency declarations from around the country, along with Mexico and Canada. Due to the pandemic, the U.S., Canada, and Mexico have relaxed or changed some of their commercial vehicle regulations so essential products and services can get…
The Arizona Department of Transportation is fast-tracking a near $4 million truck parking project to give drivers more safe places to park. 38 new truck parking spots will be added to the Haviland Rest Area along I-40 west of Kingman, 22 spaces to the eastbound rest area and 16 to…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is working with states, industry stakeholders, and carriers, to make sure one million protective masks provided by FEMA get handed out to truck drivers. States so far that have times and places set for today include Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, New York, and Nebraska….