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NewsApril 13, 2009

Trucker Arrested for Illegal Substances in Company Vehicle

EL PASO, TX – A Texas man was recently arrested when an Oregon State Police trooper found marijuana plants, hashish, and a kit used for falsifying urine tests during a check of the man's commercial truck, according to The StatesmanJournal.com.

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NewsApril 10, 2009

FedEx Truck Driver Honored for Safe Driving

COLUMBUS, GA – Truck driver Eric Carter of Columbus has been honored by FedEx Ground for achieving 10 years of safe driving without a preventable accident, according to The Ledger-Enquirer.

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NewsApril 10, 2009

Con-way Freight Driver Achieves 2 Million Accident-Free Miles

ANN ARBOR, MI – Over the company's 25-year history, more than 1,280 Con-way Freight driver sales representatives have reached the 1-million-mile safe driving milestone, while more than 90 have driven 2 million miles accident-free.

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NewsJanuary 8, 2009

Nearly 800 Trucking Companies Out of Business Due to Recession

Tough times have pushed many drivers who had been on company payrolls out to compete for cargo business with the nation's independent owner-operator drivers.

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NewsDecember 18, 2008

Study Links Vehicle Exhaust, Lung Cancer Mortality in Trucking Industry Workers

Study shows that 779 trucking industry deaths out of 4,306 were results of lung cancer.

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NewsMay 14, 2008

Arkansas Wants to Turn Jobless Into Truck Drivers

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has announced a new pilot initiative to train displaced workers and other eligible unemployed Arkansans as truck drivers.

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Articlesby Paul DexlerMay 1, 2008

Slip Seating: Can it Benefit Your Fleet?

Slip seating means rotating drivers through trucks as vehicles are available, rather than assigning a specific driver to a specific unit. In some cases, it can be a public relations as well as financial advantage.

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NewsApril 9, 2008

Truckers Protest High Gas Prices

BAKERSFIELD, CA – On April 1, truck drivers hit their brakes over high gas prices. With diesel prices soaring, truckers said gas prices have to come down or the price to haul a load needs to go up.

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NewsApril 3, 2008

Truckers Protest High Diesel Prices

Small groups of truckers across the U.S. shut down their rigs on April 1, in an effort to protest the skyrocketing price of diesel.

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