Why Maine Opposes New Limits on Truck Driver’s Licenses for Legal Immigrants December 3, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) has joined the opposition to a federal rule that limits which legal immigrants...
Trucking Firm Operator Who Lied About Safety History to Regulator Is Sentenced March 28, 2025 The operator of an interstate trucking company who was convicted by a federal jury of making false statements to federal...
Trucking Firm Owner’s Scheme to Lower Insurance Costs Hits Dead End July 5, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The owner of a New York trucking business who fabricated a supposedly independent Texas affiliate to circumvent his existing firm’s...
Dept. of Transportation Declares Texas Motor Carriers to be Imminent Hazard to Public Safety November 22, 2022 The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Texas Interstate Express and PAC Express LLC...
Trump Administration Eyes Pilot Program for 18-Year Old Interstate Truck Drivers September 8, 2020 By Keith Laing An 18-year-old can’t buy a beer in most U.S. states, but pretty soon he or she may be able to...
Trump Administration to Ease Rules on Truckers’ Maximum Hours on Road July 3, 2019 By Richard Lardner Truck driver Lucson Francois was forced to hit the brakes just five minutes from his home in Pennsylvania. He’d reached...
Small Trucking Firms Want Trump to Delay Electronic Log Requirement December 8, 2017 By Ian Simpson Many independent U.S. truckers are pushing President Donald Trump to back his anti-regulatory rhetoric by delaying an Obama-era rule requiring...
Small Trucking Firms Fear Being Driven Out of Business by Electronic Log Rule October 14, 2016 By Nick Carey A new regulation that will force U.S. trucking companies to electronically log employee hours is designed to limit accidents by...