Some truck drivers in Michigan are alarmed by a new road-funding proposal that would significantly hike registration costs for commercial transportation firms.
Read More »Michigan Lawmakers Propose Higher Truck Registration Fees
With gas prices plummeting across North America, it’s been a great start to 2015 for those of us who drive a gas-powered car or truck. But the drop in diesel prices has been far less significant — a fact that has left many people in the trucking industry frustrated.
The United States Department of Transportation has announced that Mexican truckers are now eligible to carry out lengthy journeys through the U.S. The decision is expected to garner criticism from American truckers who have fought the measure since the completion of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) more than two decades ago.
Read More »Obama Administration Opens Border to Mexican Truck Drivers
Truckers in the great state of Iowa are joining in the fight against human trafficking. A Cedar Rapids-based group is now working with the Iowa Department of Transportation and local truck drivers to identify this kind of criminal activity.
Human trafficking is the trade of human beings, often for sexual slavery or forced labor. Those targeted by traffickers are often shipped thousands of miles from home to engage in illicit activities. In essence, victims of human trafficking are slaves.
Read More »Truck Drivers Join Fight Against Human Trafficking
Several weeks ago an editorial in The Baltimore Sun suggested that commercial vehicle operators may be incapable of safely using “hands-free” technology while driving. In search of evidence to support its position, The Sun pointed to the case of John Alban Jr., whose rig collided with a locomotive while he was using hands-free to talk on his cell phone.
That incident prompted the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to recommend that truck drivers no longer be permitted to use hands-free devices to operate a cell phone while driving their commercial vehicles.
Read More »Truckers Defend Use of Hands-Free Technology
Last week thousands of commercial vehicle operators were forced to sit and wait while the United States Customs and Border Protection agency scrambled to fix a computer problem that made examining truck manifests impossible. Now, several trucking companies are discussing the cost of that frustrating delay.
Read More »Border Delay Causes Headaches for Truck Drivers, Carriers
Here at BigRoad we’ve often discussed how the shortage of truck drivers is causing major headaches in North America. But the United Kingdom is facing its own driver shortage and it now looks as if that problem could have a serious impact on the UK’s holiday shopping season.
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills currently estimates that the United Kingdom — where roughly 60 per cent of all goods are shipped by highway — is short 60,000 truck drivers. It’s a problem that has led to concerns that retailers won’t be able to get the goods they need to have a successful holiday season.
Read More »Truck Driver Shortage Could Ruin UK’s Holiday Season
The resurgent U.S. dollar and the growing popularity of online shopping is presenting financial strain for bus lines that depend on a steady flow of cross-border shoppers.
Read More »Bus Service Company Adapting to Rising U.S. Dollar
Truckers who helped save people from a fiery highway crash in northern Alberta are being hailed as heroes. The truckers jumped into action after falling logs struck a pickup trick.
The accident took place on the morning of Saturday, November 29. Alvin Brockman, a trucker who arrived on the scene shortly after the incident took place, says he was alarmed by mountains of black smoke on the horizon.
Read More »Truckers Save Drivers From Fiery Crash in Northern Alberta
