A new federal rule may come to realization according to which truck drivers with insulin-treated diabetes will not be requested a formal exemption from the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration). On Monday the FMCSA announced that it needs public feedback on a revised 2015 rule which was about abolishing the exemption request for insulin-dependent […]
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A proposed requirement for railroads and trucking companies has been withdrawn by the Trump administration. The goal of the above-mentioned proposal is to test truck drivers for sleep apnea. This is a disorder which is considered to be the cause of last year’s fatal train crash at Hoboken Terminal where a New Jersey Transit commuter […]
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The group of America’s Road Team gathered in the White House to discuss subjects that infect the industry, including to replace and repeal the ObamaCare. The President of the United States, who was wearing an ‘’I heart trucks’’ pin, sat in the cab of the ATA Share the Road truck and blew the air horn. […]
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After a charter bus filled with children overturned in Havre de Grace, Md., at least 25 people were hurt, emergency workers said. Havre de Grace is about 40 miles northeast of Baltimore, along the Susquehanna River. The crash took place around 9:30 a.m. It closed all lanes of I-95 in both directions, the Maryland Transportation Authority […]
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Authorities say a police officer was wounded during reports of a shooting at an Ohio nursing home. Reports of the shooting at the Pine Kirk Care Center in Kirkersville came around 7:30 a.m. The village is about 24 miles east of Columbus. Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Robert Sellers says Friday that the situation […]
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Truck builder Kenworth company announced on Tuesday that they are jumping into the hydrogen fuel cell race with a Class 8 drayage truck, which is expected to launch by the end of this year. Such trucks are used to move around shipping containers to the distribution centers and at ports. During the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo, which […]
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Sunday morning a truck slammed into an apartment in Fullerton, and multiple people were taken to the hospital. The accident happened at 6 a.m. in the 650 block of Imperial Highway when the truck suddenly changed its direction. According to a police the driver of the tractor-trailer was traveling within the speed limit before […]
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Our vision of the modern world with flying electric cars has come closer to becoming a reality. The prototype two-seater Lilium Jet, a compact and lightweight electric plane capable of vertical take off and landing, completed an unmanned test earlier this month. The egg-shaped aircraft can be turned on from a wall socked and could even […]
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The “Facebook Killer”, the man that started a multi-state manhunt, also known as Steve Stephens, killed himself Tuesday Morning in Pennsylvania. First off, who is Steve Stephens, ya we titled him as the so called “Facebook Killer”, but why? The “Facebook Killer” was being hunted for videotaping himself shooting Robert Godwin, a 74-year-old […]
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Knight Transportation and Swift Transportation Company, two American trucking companies, are planning to combine in an all-stock deal as they seek scale amid pricing pressure in the trucking sector. Knight and Swift will operate under a single holding company if the deal goes through, but they will maintain different brands and operations. The joint firm, which will […]
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The internet cannot stop raging about President Donald Trump playing in a 18 wheeler semi-truck. I (heart) Trucks day at the White House went pretty great. Donald Trump met with truckers at the White House on Thursday, and they let him get behind the wheel of one of the big rigs himself. The Semi-Truck was […]
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Delta Air Lines has a new goal to minimize disruptions to travelers at Los Angeles International Airport between May 12-16. This is when the carrier will change terminals at the airport.No major US airport has ever seen a move of this sort. In order to accommodate Delta’s move from Terminals 5 and 6 to Terminals 2 and […]
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A whopping 235,000 jobs were added by the US Economy in February, according to government data released Friday morning. This information surpassed the expectations of economists. Its also most likely cleared the way for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this month. Due to this recent addition, the unemployment rate went down to 4.7 […]
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Horror is still stirring in Northern California even as the water levels at the Oroville Dam have begun to fall. Officials ordered nearly 200,000 residents to evacuate because the country’s tallest dam posted a threat in releasing wild floodwaters downstream. The spillage coming from the dam has seized in result to, lowering the water levels. […]
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One Semi-Truck, one confused driver, and a wrecked restaurant basically sums up the events of Monday Morning in Monck Corner. A semi-truck crashed into the side of Huddle House restaurant on Monday near 1:40 am. The crash frightened the employees greatly but they were unharmed. They were struck by some debris but nothing major has […]
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An interesting partnership is brewing. Ford and Amazon are teaming up to bring something interesting into cars. Amazon’s popular product Alexa will now be placed into the new Ford Sync 3. Starting at the end of this month, people will have the ability to control their vehicles from inside their homes by speaking to their […]
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More than 6,600 drivers have been sent out a 30 day notice to re-qualify for a Medical Examiner’s Certificate from a medical examiner that has valid certification on the national registry of certified medical examiners. Dr. Anthony Lefteris is a chiropractor that is being charged with forging documents and results in regards to the medical […]
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