February 4th and 5th Fort Lauderdale will host the First Florida trucking show. The venue is the Broward County Convention Center, 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. The doors to the Broward County Convention Center will be open from 10 am to 5 pm on both days of the weekend. The tickets are free….
A massive train derailment in Tennessee on Dec. 2022 occurred when a Norfolk Southern train struck an oversized load truck. This collision caused tree engines and ten rail cars to overturn from the tracks. The driver of the semi-trailer, Jorge Luis Cruz – Vega was arrested for felony reckless endangerment. Collegedale Police Department in their…
January 8, at 5:35 am, 15 vehicles piled up, several were injured, and two people dead on Sunday’s multi-vehicle collision on ice I-80 near Iowa City. In total, nine semi-trailers and six cars collided in the westbound lanes of I-80, near mile marker 246. January 8, at 5:35 am, 15 vehicles piled up causing several…
Gloria Jean Grimsey died in a traffic accident caused by a truck driver, Baljinder Singh, 28, of South Richmond Hill, California, on March 23, 2022. Her husband, Spangle the Clown, sued the driver and his company for wrongful death. Now, her daughter, Amanda May, is joining a lawsuit against the truck driver and his company….
Residents of Bay Ridge, South Brooklyn, New York City have had a problem with illegally parked tractor-trailers since 2019. The problem has grown so much that it is now a “quality of life issue”. South Brooklyn residents are looking for an immediate response from the authorities to solve this problem. The problem arose during the…
After a one-year investigation, Pennsylvania State Police investigators at Butler County charged a truck driver with homicide by vehicle. The semi-truck driver, 30-year-old Karandeep Singh, of Calgary, Canada was involved in a fatal trucking accident in 2021. that killed two people and injured two. Nov. 2. 2021. near Muddy Creek Township, Butler County, the semi-truck…
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) – the alliance of Canada, Mexico, and the USA formed the Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative (HTAI). HTAI will be held in the USA this year from January 9. to 13. CVSA’s Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative was organized for the first time last year and lasted for 3 days. This…
An 18-wheeler lost control and flipped over on San Antonio’s east side on Jan. 5. 2023. The semi-truck caught fire. One person is reported dead. This accident occurred at about 12:30 p.m. on the ramp from Loop 410 to southbound Interstate 35. Police are investigating the reason why the truck driver lost control of the…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) conducted a 5-year research project on harassment and assaults against truck drivers. The “Crime Prevention for Truckers Study” project focused on harassment and attacks on female and minority male drivers. The results of the research are worrying. In its two-year research, the Battle Memorial Institute (BMI) concluded that…
For the fourth time, The Women In Trucking Association announces the competition for the annual award for Driver of the Year. The competition is open to all female truck drivers who have been doing their job professionally and responsibly. The sponsor of the event is Walmart. Women drivers in this business are leaders when it…
