Canadian police are investigating after multiple trucks were targeted by a person throwing pumpkins over the weekend. The incidents occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday, September 12, in the London, Ontario, area. At 2:30 a.m. on September 12, Middlesex Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to eastbound Highway 401 near Old Victoria Road for...
Motor carrier officers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) recently sidelined a truck and a driver following a traffic stop sparked by concerns over the structural integrity of the trailer. According to an October 15 social media post, motor carrier officers with THP’s West Unit stopped a truck and trailer along I-40 “for trailer integrity as...
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...