Every few handful of years, we hear talk about how Congress is arguing about debt ceilings and deficits and trying to avert a government shutdown, with sometimes that government shutdown happening. But what does it entail for drivers on the […]

A trapped trucker rescued by a Navy veteran has lived to tell the tale thanks to the man’s heroic actions.  Us Navy veteran Mark Pembleton watched as a semi truck started swerving on Route 28 in Virginia last week. When […]

Video recently captured in Brampton, Ontario, shows an apparent act of arson that destroyed a semi truck. The video was captured around 11 p.m. on September 23 at Selby Road and Rutherford Road in Brampton. In the video, you can […]

We wrote earlier about what Amazon and Target were doing to prepare for the holiday season, and how it may affect jobs in the trucking industry as the rising tide lifted some boats. That seems to be the case here, […]

The East Coast really is getting a hard time this hurricane season. The number of states near the Atlantic Ocean that have declared a State of Emergency in response to watery winds has increased from seven to ten. Maryland Maryland […]

A truck driver vaults out passenger window of burning semi truck after the door to his rig got during a serious mechanical issue. The incident occurred at a Kwik Trip at 2145 County Road PB in Verona, Wisconsin on Friday, […]

A truck driver totaled two semi trucks in one fell swoop in this submitted video.  In the clip, submitted by CDLLife reader Thomas T., Thomas is just minding his own business driving down a two lane highway when an oncoming […]

The FMCSA is proceeding with several significant proposed trucking regulations, including speed limiters, automatic emergency braking, exams for new motor carriers, and more. HDT/Canva graphic A flub by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration now has some people in the […]

Insurance companies and fleets get a more accurate portrait of driver risk using data from video telematics and safety solutions. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto More and more fleets use data from on-truck safety and telematics systems to improve safety. But in […]

Only a gentle nudge is given in this train vs. semi truck stuck on the tracks in this shockingly non-violent video.  The clip was filmed in Odessa, Texas at Interstate 20 and Moss.  In the video, a couple of men […]