Trucking Blog: Final Rule for Electronic Logging Devices
The Final Rule has been adopted by the FMCSA that Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) will be required in commercial vehicles like trucks and buses in order to make the roads…
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New US Highway Bill: Strong And Weak Points
President Obama signed the new five year $305 billion highway bill last Friday. You probably will not take time to read it as it is over 1,300 pages of awfully…
A tractor trailer truck driver types a text message into this phone in the parking lot of a local truck stop in Hermon on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced an immediate ban on text messaging by drivers of interstate buses and trucks over 10,000 pounds. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY KEVIN BENNETT
What Can Happen When You Text While Driving?
It is common sense that prevents us from using cellphones while driving. Doing so distracts us from the road which increases the risk of an accident. Still, many of us…
FMCSA Webinar Analyzing Big Truck Crash Fatalities
The FMCSA will hold a webinar on Nov. 18 in support of the Mayor's Challenge for Safer People and Safer streets. The goal of the webinar is to introduce new…
Saving Trucker’s Marriage
Relationships on the distance are never an easy thing. Being a truck driver means that you leave home to stay on the road for long periods of time. No wonder…
3 Major Reasons For Truckers Back Pains
As with any type of job that includes a lot of sitting, many truck drivers inevitably get some sort of back pain at some point of their work. In 1991…
Why Are Truckers Not Knights Of The Road Anymore?
There were times when truckers were seen as the knights of the road. They were clean cut and proudly wore their uniform with badges showing the years in service. It's…
FILE -- Work continues on the demolition of the Alaskan Way Viaduct south of downtown in this Oct. 24, 2011, file photo, in Seattle. Seattle voters in August overwhelmingly endorsed a plan to build a tunnel replacement for the viaduct, finally ending a long-running argument over what to do about the state highway that runs through the downtown of the stateÕs biggest city. The story was among the top 10 Associated Press news stories for 2011, as voted on by editors in Washington. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Obama Wants to Speed Up Infrastructure Projects
The White House is aiming to speed up Infrastructure projects. The new guidelines have been issued to make the review and approval of infrastructure projects quicker. There's no funding needed,…
How to make trooper-trucker relations better?
Relationships between troopers and truckers have always been kind of complicated. There are lots of various federal regulations and if they are violated, the driver is the one facing the…
What Are 3 Great Ways to Save Money For a Trucker?
It is a fact that money is easier spent than earned, and for truckers it is not different. Being a truck driver is a lifestyle itself and most of the…