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Lawmakers trying to cut red tape for professional truck drivers
Amid a decades-long driver shortage and global supply chain disruptions, two new bills are aimed at streamlining the process for people to get...
Equipment & pay are key issues for driver retention, report says
For the second year in a row, failing equipment and compensation issues are the two biggest reasons truck drivers leave their job, according...
Did Marijuana Testing Cause the Truck Driver Shortage?
Chris Harvey, head of equity strategy at Wells Fargo, believes that the current trucker shortage has increased resulting from marijuana usage, whether it...
Anti-vaccine protests among truckers in Canada are making their way into the U.S.
“Canada’s truckers have paralyzed Ottawa and unsettled the country’s politics over vaccine and mask mandates,” Mark Scott reported last week for Politico. “Now...
Georgia Road Rage Shooting of Truck Driver
While traveling on I-75 through Cobb County Georgia on 2/16/22, a Massachusetts truck driver was shot multiple times in what appears to be...
Truck Driving Simulator Excites Idaho High School Students
High school students are intrigued and excited to try out a truck simulator provided by an Idaho trucking association. With hopes to attract...
White House: ‘We need more veterans in trucking’
In another effort to ease the nation’s supply chain issues, the White House is pushing programs that help veterans transition into the trucking...
Sailing Oklahoma! Bulldog Hiway Express driver, Jon Emmeott, navigates a windmill blade through rural Oklahoma.
Bulldog Hiway Express handles dedicated and for-hire, open-deck operations, intermodal port deliveries and heavy hauls with loads up to 180,000 pounds. The company...
Man Running from Crash Hit and Killed Identified
Authorities say a 20-year-old Mankato, Minn. man, Austin John Grosam, is dead after he was hit by three vehicles after running from a...
5 creepy stories truck drivers shared from their time on the road
Every industry has its folklore and trucking is no exception. On a Reddit thread that has almost 11,000 comments, professional truck drivers and...
