US Lawmakers Propose Bill Making Staged Collisions Federal Crime December 10, 2021 U.S. Congressmen Garret Graves and Henry Cuellar have introduced a bill that would make it a federal crime to stage...
Georgia College Expanding Commercial Truck Driver Training Program November 16, 2017 A Georgia college is expanding its training program for commercial truck drivers as the U.S. faces a national trucker shortage....
U.S. Proposes Requiring Speed Limit Devices on Trucks, Buses August 29, 2016 Trucks and buses in the United States may have to be equipped with devices to limit their speed under a...
Congress Budget Deal Suspends Trucker Rest Rule December 10, 2014 By Jeff Plungis Congress is poised to roll back safety rules aimed at ensuring truck drivers get enough rest, ignoring the pleas of...
Drive Underway to Increase Truckers’ Minimum Insurance Limits June 5, 2014 By Andrew G. Simpson Truckers would be required to buy higher insurance limits under a government proposal, although how much higher is not yet...
Some Trucking Firms Want Congress to Ease Safety Limit on Truckers’ Hours June 5, 2014 By Jeff Plungis The 70-hour cap on a U.S. trucker’s workweek has a chance of being eased by Congress, undoing the result of...
Deaths of Bicyclists, Large Truck Occupants Rise as Other Traffic Fatalities Fall December 11, 2012 By Joan Lowy Deaths of bicyclists and occupants of large trucks rose sharply last year even as total traffic fatalities dropped to their...
Trucking Industry Fights Obama Rules on Driver Fatigue February 15, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson Trucking companies are going to court to fight Obama Administration rules designed to assure that commercial truckers on the road...