Federal officials announced nearly $150 million in funding to reduce pollution from idling trucks at U.S. ports. The Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities Grant Program will provide $148 million in grants to 11 states and Puerto Rico for projects to reduce emissions from idling trucks at ports, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Some of the projects will support replacing diesel-powered trucks with zero-emission trucks as well as building truck charging infrastructure, but others will focus on improving efficiencies at ports s ..read more

A cattle hauler and a four wheeler engage in a left-turn standoff at an intersection in this dash cam video. In the clip, a cattle hauler is attempting to make a tight left turn at an intersection somewhere in Texas when a four wheeler trying to turn right blocks his path.  Instead of backing up to give the truck driver more room, the motorist tries to pull forward. The livestock hauler comes to a stop and waits patiently as the motorist tries to figure out what to do. Eventually, the motorist pulls so far forward that they hop the curb, and the livestock hauler manages to inch forward w ..read more

 A woman in Colorado is looking to be among the first double amputee females to earn her CDL.  Lexie Bader became a double amputee after a snowboarding accident resulting in a nerve disorder when she was 15-years-old. Despite her injury, she stays active as a model, competitive snowboarder, camper, kayaker, and Uber driver. But after more than five years driving for Uber, Bader says she is ready for a more serious career move.  “So I’m a double amputee and most jobs for me are just very difficult,” she said to WDSU. “I’m an Uber driver, have been doing it for about five and a h ..read more

Oregon State Police (OSP) shared alarming dash cam video of a car driver’s poor pass attempt that nearly took out two truckers. On April 23, 2024, OSP shared the video and a description of the events captured by dash cam: “A Harney County driver is incredibly lucky after attempting this risky pass. The Ford driver just missed the e/b semi-trailer and likely death but struck the driver’s side of the w/b semi-trailer. Thankfully, no one was injured. The driver was cited for careless driving.“ Take a look at the video below. A Harney County driver is incredibly lucky after attempting this risky ..read more

Biden’s trucking tale is back after a statement he made at an event in Florida on Tuesday.  President Biden was at a campaign event at the Hillsborough Community College, Dale Mabry Campus in Tampa, Florida on April 23rd when a supporter praised him for a $36 billion aid package that prevented pension cuts for union workers.  “The only reason I have a pension is because of you,” the supporter said, to which Biden replied “Well, we did get that done. Anyway. Besides, I used to drive an 18-wheeler.” This is the third time that Biden’s trucking tale has surfaced through claims that he ..read more

The Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) is trying out a new tactic in hopes of keeping big rigs from getting stuck on narrow and twisty Smugglers Notch. Each year, several trucks get stuck on Smugglers Notch segment of Vermont Route 108 in spite of lots of signage warning truckers that tractor trailers are not allowed. Many times, these “stuckages” impede the flow of traffic for several hours and result in costly fines. AOT announced Wednesday that work has begun to install traffic barriers called “chicanes” on Vermont Route 108 on either side of Smugglers Notch in hopes of keeping b ..read more

Escaped criminal stole semi in order to jumpstart an excavator according to a police report in Evansdale, Iowa earlier this week.  The semi truck theft occurred at around 4 p.m. on Monday, April 22nd in Evansdale, Iowa at a business on 701 Jones Road.  According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, witnesses reported seeing a bobtail semi truck driving away from the shop, over a flood control dike, and then down a bike path. A styrofoam bike was then discovered discarded at the scene.  Later in the day, the bobtail truck was discovered parked outside of a house on 2515 Idaho St. in ..read more

Authorities in Texas recently seized millions of dollars worth of cocaine from a semi truck stopped for a traffic violation. Shortly before 5 p.m. on April 16, a semi truck was stopped in McAllen, Texas, for a traffic violation. The traffic stop was conducted by Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division (CID), with assistance from the Texas Highway Patrol. When the truck was searched, officers uncovered “90 cellophane-wrapped bundles containing cocaine concealed inside a pallet of dried goods in the cargo area.” The seized cocaine weighs 216 pounds and has a street va ..read more

A 1996 Freightliner has traveled over 3 million miles with the help of a 77-year-old lady trucker who grew up on the truck.  77-year-old Jackie Gardner of Bloomfield, Indiana, has been driving a truck for more than 20 years, but her life in trucking started long before that.  “My mother died when I was four and a half years old. My dad was an over-the-road trucker, so I went on the road with him until I had to go to school. My daddy’s dad drove, so did my uncle,” Gardner said to The Herald-Times.  Once she grew up, Gardner team-drove with her husband for almost a decade. She sa ..read more

Police are investigating after a trucker was shot to death along a Louisiana interstate on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred shortly after 10 a.m. on April 23 on I-20 near a Love’s truck stop in Greenwood, Louisiana. According to the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office, the early investigation indicates that a truck driver and an SUV driver were involved in an argument on the I-20 westbound onramp at Exit 3. Both the truck driver and SUV exited their vehicles, and then the SUV driver reportedly fired shots at the truck driver. The truck driver attempted to flee on foot towards the interst ..read more