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Trucking's top citizens: TA recognizes two multimillion milers
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (415+ words) Travel Centers of America announced the 13th annual Citizen Driver Award honorees'at the Mid-America Trucking Show on March 27:'Steven Brand and Bruce Jones. The award was created to recognize professional drivers who demonstrate a high level of respect for the truck…...
Super Ego accused of ELD cheating, stealing driver pay in '60 Minutes"
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (592+ words) The nation's top investigative journalism program this weekend published an explosive report on Super Ego Holding on network television. Super Ego, a network of foreign-owned or -associated brokers and carriers whose trailers are a common sight on U. S. roads, now stands…...
Trucking's tech divide: Safety, work, automation clash in Congress
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (569+ words) The Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines and Safety of the Senate Commerce Committee convened a hearing Tuesday to assess a variety issues ahead of work put into reauthorization of federal transportation programs due next year with the coming expiration…...
California sued by Sikh Coalition over non-domiciled CDLs
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (548+ words) The Sikh Coalition and Asian Law Caucus on Tuesday filed a class-action lawsuit against California, saying the state cancelling some 20, 000 non-domiciled CDLs on U. S. DOT orders was unlawful. The lawsuit seeks to halt the California Department of Motor Vehicles" CDL cancellations,…...
DOT Secretary Sean Duffy confronted by non-domiciled CDL driver at MATS
1+ week, 6+ day ago (706+ words) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's surprise appearance at the Mid-America Trucking Show drew big crowds and plenty of applause, but after giving a brief speech, he was confronted by a non-domiciled CDL driver set to lose his license to the Trump…...
Non-domiciled CDL drivers, advocates call for states to fight DOT
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (942+ words) As the door slams in the face of non-citizen drivers across the country, non-domiciled CDL holders and advocacy groups are calling on California and Pennsylvania to defy federal authorities. Freedom Drivers, a California-based alliance of immigrant truck drivers, on Thursday…...
FMCSA again extends paper medical certificate waiver
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (853+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Friday, Oct. 10, 2025: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has re-issued a temporary waiver allowing truck drivers and fleets to continue relying on a paper copy of the medical examiner's certificate as proof of a…...
Purdue engineers demonstrate electric-truck-charging highway segment
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (608+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026: An electric heavy-duty truck provided by Cummins charges as it drives along a test segment on U. S. Highway 52/231 in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue University/Kelsey Lefever For the first time in the U. S. , a roadway…...
More ways truckers can take the horror out of high fuel | Overdrive
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1467+ words) For readers old enough to recall the 1973 energy crisis, dramatic fuel-cost run-ups like what we've seen this past month might feel like time traveling. Diesel prices grab headlines. Gawking at them overtakes almost any necessary activity. But it was different…...
Fuel's surge slows as spot rates react
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (957+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, March 31, 2026: After three consecutive weeks of skyrocketing diesel prices that saw the national average jump well above the $5 per gallon mark, prices seemed to have leveled off, according to the latest weekly report from…...