The United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has updated the hours of service rules. With these new rules comes the hope of improved safety and increased flexibility that our country’s truckers have been looking for. With input from around the country and the public comment forum,…
A media release has stated that the P.E.I to Nova Scotia will be re-opened “no earlier than June 1, 2020” for everyone else, but for truckers, it will be open starting tomorrow. Northumberland Ferries Limited is opening the service for large commercial trucks and their drivers first. They hope to…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has declared an extension of the Emergency Declaration issued on March 13, 2020, now through to June 14, 2020. The extension continues of the exemptions granted for parts 390 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. This extension is for those truckers…
Out of California, owner of San Paso Truck Stop and Melton Technologies Inc., Andy Pham is offering free business identification protection to truckers. As truckers are on the road a great deal and don’t get a lot of time to stay up to date on their finances they are at…
With the increasing demand for truck drivers and pressure from the Senate Agriculture Committee, three Commercial Drivers License sites in Illinois will be reopened. The Illinois Secretary of State has opened CDL testing facilities in Marion, Springfield, and West Chicago. CDL tests will be by appointment only and scheduled over…
The American Transportation Research Institute Board of Directors has approved and released the 2020 Top Research Priorities. The following list of topics is made up of the current top industry issues. Click the link below to learn more about each one of these topics. Impact of Small Settlements on the…
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has sent a letter to congress asking for transparency in broker transactions. There is currently a protest at the White House where truckers are asking to be paid fairly during this pandemic. Truckers are currently delivering goods and essentials for the rest of the country…
Aaron Decker, a driver for Hunkes Transfer Inc. in Wadena, Minnesota, has won $10,000 through TLC’s Safety Top Dog Awards Program. Out of 12,000 drivers, Decker took home the big prize for his safe driving record. Decker was surprised with the check by his coworkers at Hunkes when he thought…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have put out a helpful set of guidelines for long-haul truckers and what they need to know about COVID-19. It starts with a description of what the virus is and what kind of symptoms have been seen along with how it spreads. The…
A coalition of 10 organizations have put together a survey for truck drivers and are looking for input about the parking situation in the states of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Questions ask how often you pick up and deliver in these states, what type of load you…