A truck driver was cited following a Monday morning crash at a rest area in Virginia. The crash occurred shortly before 8 a.m. on Monday, October 14, in Weyers Cave, Virginia. According to Virginia State Police (VSP), a Toyota Tacoma truck was southbound on I-81 when the driver attempted to exit the interstate at mile...
Nevada State Police (NSP) are investigating a fatal two vehicle collision that occurred near Winnemucca last week. The crash occurred at 5:18 p.m. on October 9 on I-80 at mile marker 155. Officials say that a semi truck was traveling eastbound on I-80 at a slow rate of speed due to a wildfire. A white...
I'm heading to orientation in Brooks, OR in 2 weeks for May Trucking. My chief concern is they don't have a terminal in California, I live in L.A. Is it practical to work for them? Recruiter said they do a lot of business in Los Angeles so they could find places for me to park....
A truck driver was rescued by several strangers after crashing off a highway in Houston on Tuesday. The accident happened on October 8th at 12200 Mykawa Road in Houston, Texas at around 5:20 p.m. According to ABC13, the semi truck overturned and caught fire on the grassy shoulder, trapping the truck driver inside. Video from...
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) shared official routing information for truckers trying to deliver goods in the wake of a major hurricane. September’s devastating Hurricane Helene did major damage to a number of roadways, including I-40 and I-26 at the North Carolina and Tennessee border. I-40 mile marker 4 near Tenn. line Since...
Ok, I've kept my company quiet, and out of the spotlight for long enough. I've made the mistake in the past of crowing about a company – only to have them belly up like fish in a toxic lake. But it's been well over a year of employment here, and I have yet to find...
Now-six-truck High Road, LLC, owner Sharon Lee is unique among contenders in Overdrive‘s 2024 Small Fleet Championship. Though she comes from family stock with a long trucking lineage — her father, Carl Bingham, himself ran a small fleet in New York and pulled Broadway-show and other touring acts during her childhood — asked if she’d...
A man preparing for Hurricane Milton demonstrated some excellent strapping skills on his house of all things. In the clip, the man’s daughter explains that he first experienced a hurricane that damaged his roof back in Puerto Rico nearly two decades ago. After moving to Orlando, he decided he would not let hurricane winds damage...
Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024: Truckstop, OOIDA announce new partnership Load board Truckstop and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association on Tuesday announced an official collaboration to cut OOIDA members a 15% discount on the load board’s services. As part of the collaboration, OOIDA has designated Truckstop as its exclusive load board partner. “We’re...
A major commercial vehicle parts manufacturer filed for bankruptcy protection as part of a plan to restructure, the company announced this week. On October 9, Livonia, Michigan-headquartered Accuride announced that the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and for Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) in Canada. Accuride says that plants will...