Nebraska Teamsters headed to Washington DC last week to convince lawmakers to oppose a bill that would allow semi trucks to haul even heavier loads. The bill would allow tractor trailers to weigh up to 91,000 pounds instead of 80,000, […]

The FMCSA proposes to address trucking complaints about the fairness of the DataQ review process. HDT Graphic The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing something many fleet safety and compliance managers have been wanting for some time: a federal […]

Certain Daimler, Isuzu, Autocar, Navistar are recalled. Photo: Autocar/Navistar/Isuzu HDT provides a monthly recall roundup featuring heavy-duty truck and trailer recalls announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Below are the recalls from August 2023. NHTSA recalls address safety […]

A pickup driver experiences the immediate repercussions of his actions in this quick clip.  In the video, a pickup driver tries to pass a trucker on the left, with a double yellow, in the rain, along a roadway with no […]

Barbecue lunches and YETI tumblers come and go each and every Truck Driver Appreciation Week — so we thought that maybe we’d try helping our nation’s truckers get a little more respect instead this year. National Truck Driver Appreciation Week […]

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Image Courtesy of Alexander Trinh With experience fueled by innovation, BYD heavy-duty electric vehicles are purpose-built and hard at work exemplifying the endurance and reliability of its iron-phosphate batteries. Uniquely positioned as the industry’s only environmentally-friendly battery chemistry, BYD hopes […]

A truck driver recently took to a popular trucking forum to share what he calls a “uniquely trucker” pastime, and we’re giggling.  “As a trucker, I have what I believe is a unique guilty pleasure. I could be wrong, maybe […]

On Thursday morning, Texas authorities responded to a partial bridge collapse that caused a truck to fall into a creek. The crash occurred around 8 a.m. in the Willis, Texas area. When the North Montgomery County Fire Department arrived on […]

Dash cam video shows an SUV losing control in a construction zone and then striking a semi truck, causing the truck to veer across the median and into active lanes of traffic in the opposite direction. The video was captured […]