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Trucking News: Schneider Driver Takes His Own Life

safety1 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:31:12 +0000

Breaking News From Land Line Magazine

We’ve learned that the name of the trucker who took his own life after a stand-off near St. Louis today was… Read more

Trucking News: Trucking-related companies make PIRGs Dirty Thirty list

safety1 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:31:23 +0000

A national consumer advocacy group has published its Dirty Thirty list of companies that received more money in tax breaks than they paid in… Read more

Trucking News: Trucker Guilty Of Shooting Rival

safety1 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:31:19 +0000

Old Castle Coastal has an opening to deliver their products now. Two openings as a matter of fact…

Trucker Guilty of Shooting Business Rival |… Read more

Trucking News: DOT tries for 30-day extension on OOIDA cease-and-desist motion; gets 15

safety1 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:31:17 +0000

The rapid-fire pace of the actions following OOIDAs motion seeking a cease-and-desist order on FMCSAs electronic on-board recorder policies and… Read more

Trucking News: FMCSA triple slaps Double Happyness buses, obtains restraining order

safety1 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:31:13 +0000

Say what you will for Double Happyness Travel Inc.s inability to run within the law but this is certainly one company loaded with a never-say-die… Read more

Trucking News: Truckers urged to speak out against I-95 toll plan in North Carolina

safety1 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:33:02 +0000

A heads up for truckers in North Carolina, the state DOT is proposing to rebuild Interstate 95 and use tolls to pay for it. The plan will cost… Read more

Trucking News: Security consulting firm says 2011 saw big increases in cargo theft

safety1 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:32:58 +0000

The good news is most cargo theft incidents dont involve violence.

And for the bad news cargo theft continues to rise at about 8 percent a year… Read more

Trucking News: Community seeks idling restrictions in North Bend, WA

safety1 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:32:52 +0000

Truckers who live around North Bend, WA, say they cant remember a time when the local truck stop, known as truck town, wasnt there.

As the… Read more

Trucking News: New York Senate advances bill to simplify movement of certain loads

safety1 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:32:45 +0000

An effort halfway through the statehouse is intended to simplify movement of truck loads between upstate New York and Long Island.

The Senate… Read more

Trucking News: FMCSA ordered to respond to request for cease and desist on EOBR policies

safety1 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:31:10 +0000

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has less than two weeks to respond to a cease-and-desist motion filed by OOIDA seeking a stop to the… Read more