Livestock hauler seen kicking pigs off the back of the trailer leads to criminal investigation urged by PETA According to PETA food has feelings too. The driver involved was banned from the facility. Reason# 101 on why you don’t piss off Vermonters! Source link
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Truck driver faces drunk driving charges after striking four parked cars, Canadian cops say
Police in British Columbia (BC) charged a truck driver for allegedly striking several parked cars while operating under the influence. Shortly before 3 p.m. on December 9, BC Highway Patrol responded to Mary Hill Bypass in Port Coquitlam for reports of a tractor trailer driving erratically. Prior to officers arriving on scene, the truck struck four...
Average Pay for Teams? Are we getting screwed??
Hey guys, so me and my wife got our class A cdls last year and we've been driving teams for the last 7 months. We are company drivers in missouri. We keep feeling let down when our checks come on Friday because we stay out a month at a time run 7 days a week...
PACCAR issues massive recall of over 220K Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks for increased crash risk
Truck maker PACCAR has issued a recall for thousands of newer-model Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks for an Electronic Control Units (ECU) issue. According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) documents published December 9, 2024, PACCAR will recall certain 2021-2025 Peterbilt and Kenworth vehicles equipped with Bendix EC80 Advanced ECUs. “Electrical noise and low signal...
Anti-gel prices where you are | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum
I’m in the South, technically. Southern Appalachian mountains of East TN. I don’t run a whole lot in cold country but I live on a mountain these days where it it get’s d*mn cold. Tractor, diesel VW Jetta for my grocery getter and my work equipment use diesel. I’ve always paid about $7 a bottle...
Concrete truck shoved off overpass in fatal accident with box truck
A man was killed when his concrete truck fell off an overpass in Houston during Tuesday morning rush hour. The accident happened on December 10th on the Sam Houston Tollway where it crosses over Beltway 8 just before 9 a.m. According to ABC 13, the concrete truck collided with a meal delivery truck on the...
Pigtail problem
I have recently put on a straight 15-ft pigtail and it only worked for a day or two. Then only some of the lights worked but not the signals or running lights. I put on a spare curled pigtail from my side box and it worked until I replaced with a new 15-ft straight pigtail...
Nashville auto parts company to pay $320K for selling 6,858 illegal ‘defeat devices’
A Nashville auto parts company has agreed to pay a large civil penalty to settle accusations of violations of the Clean Air Act. Diesel Performance Parts Inc. (DPPI) agreed to pay $320,000 in civil penalties, according to a December 10 joint statement from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Officials say...
Oral drug testing | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum
Actually the trucking companies want to move into the oral swab method because it’s much quicker, it’s cleaner, it’s less invasive, and the results are much more accurate. I know this has all been approved, but they don’t have any approved Laboratories yet, but they are working on that. How will all of this work?...
Christmas lights on vehicles are illegal, Pennsylvania police warn
A local police department in Pennsylvania is reminding drivers that while Christmas lights on vehicles may be festive, but they aren’t legal. On December 5, the York County Regional Police Department issued an official notice about using Christmas lights as vehicle decorations: There has been a recent trend across the country of people decorating their...









