Acuity Insurance sponsored an essay contest for high school students in the United States to commemorate National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. The winner, Sara Mears from Appleton, Wisconsin, won $2,500 for her essay about her great uncle Roland “Rollie” Koenig. Koenig drives a blue Korth truck and transports dairy products….
For National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, 123Loadboard is handing out 1,500 annual subscriptions to drivers. This freight matching marketplace is showing truckers just how much they are appreciated by helping them cover the cost of membership so they can fill their trucks and keep on rolling. By keeping the transportation…
The American Trucking Associations has told a House Subcommittee that using tolls to finance construction and maintenance of the infrastructure is damaging to the trucking industry. They are more than willing to pay their fair share but feel that tolls are not the way to to go and hurts the…
AB 5, the ‘Dynamex’ worker classification bill, has been moved forward by the California Senate. Before the bill went through, its author added one last exemption for newspaper delivery workers but there were no exemptions for the trucking industry. Other exemptions included lawyers, doctors, and hairstylists but no trucking companies…
Kicking off October 8 and running until October 27, Run on Less Regional is a three-week event where fleets participate in a fuel economy demonstration. 10 fleets, traveling through different climates and geographic areas, will be showcasing technologies in freight efficiency. The ten fleets participating are: C&S Wholesale Grocers, Hirschbach,…
John Bendel, a columnist, found some notes he took during a ride along in 1994 with truckload driver Richard Hitchcock who then drove for Transport America of Minneapolis. Over the years, the trucking industry has changed dramatically and it doesn’t look likely to slow down any time soon. In this…
Price Digests, a leading provider of vehicle data on specs and values, has announced the winners for their 2nd annual Price Digests Highest Retained Value Awards (HRVA). There were nine categories within class 3-8 trucks and the winners were those who retained their best overall value over a five-year period….
Brake Safety Week 2019 will be held September 15-21 and Bendix is offering up some checklist charts for air disc brakes and drum brakes. Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC want you to inspect your brake systems to reduce the number of crashes out there…
The Women in Trucking Association and Freightliner Trucks have announced the six finalists for the 2019 Influential Woman in Trucking Award. This annual award is a way to honor and recognize female leaders in the trucking industry. With over 100 nominations submitted, the list is now down to six women…
This year, the biennial North American Commercial Vehicle Show, will once again be at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. From Oct. 28-31 you will be able to find truck manufacturers, telematics companies, education opportunities, and many more trucking related topics and events under one roof. This year…