LaHood: worried about ‘Global’ Texting

Here we go again. Our US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is so infatuated with distracted driving that he is now going “global” with it.
Why is our “US” Transportation Secretary even worried about distracted driving “globally?” This is just about the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard of.
Especially when there are more important [...]

Cross Border Trucking with Mexico – Equals US Jobs Lost

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on May 6th that the Obama Administration was “very close” to announcing a plan that would resolve the cross-border trucking dispute with Mexico. What are they smoking? I can say this if it makes you think the way the D.O.T. and Obama are [...]

English Only CDL Testing

In the United States of America it is a federal mandate that CDL applicants must be able to read and speak English sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English, to be able to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.
Then [...]

Arizona’s New Illegal Immigration Law – Some Truckers Plan to Protest

Why? That is about the only question I can come up with right now.
This is a bill that is needed in probably every state.
Do these same truckers complain and protest because they have to stop at the Canadian border and show documents as well? I don’t see a problem with it if [...]

Meet The Truck Driver

These massive trucks rolling up and down the interstates over mountains and through small towns all across the United States.
People in cars and pick-ups usually are cursing when caught behind these behemoth trucks, and act like they are running scared when in front of one. Did you actually ever meet a truck driver?
These are [...]

Heavier Weights for Same Money and Safety Concern

There are two bills that need to be discussed that are parts of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act.
One of the bills will allow the gross weight to be increased from “eighty thousand” pounds to “ninety seven thousand” pounds. Is this something that really needs to be discussed? The way the roads and bridges are [...]

Webinars Cover Human Trafficking for Trucking, Travel Plaza Members

Human trafficking is a $32-billion-a-year business, destroying countless lives and enslaving its victims, the majority of whom are women and children. Most Americans are aware of the problem in Asia and Africa, but are oblivious to that fact that it is a big business here in the United States.
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FMCSA Orders Tierra Santa Inc to Cease All Operations Immediately

Following an emergency request by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
The United States District Court for the Central District of California on Saturday ordered the owner of Tierra Santa Inc, the illegal bus company involved in a March 5 fatal crash near Phoenix, Arizona, to immediately cease all interstate [...]

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