Rural drivers applaud Minnesota speed limit hike, safety experts worry
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota is pushing the speed limit to 60 mph on most two-lane state highways. The Star Tribune reports that state traffic officials say
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota is pushing the speed limit to 60 mph on most two-lane state highways. The Star Tribune reports that state traffic officials say
LONDON, Ontario, Canada — In a press event held in London, Ontario, the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) said inspection station bypass, through Drivewyze,
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A bill to require motorists to use hands-free devices when talking on the phone while driving passed its first committee stop
ARLINGTON, Va. — Virginia drivers observed in a 2018 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) roadside survey were 57 percent more likely to be manipulating
TULSA, Okla. — Driver pay will have to approach $100,000 before compensation will have a significant impact on driver turnover. So say the results of
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Setting another record for its largest-ever donation, truck drivers and other employees of Averitt Express raised $750,001 in 2018 that was recently
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Transportation said Tuesday it is going to create a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) Task Force to become
WASHINGTON — WalletHub, a website that says it offers free credit scores and full credit reports has just published a list of the best and
WASHINGTON — The on-highway average price for a gallon of diesel dropped 1.1 cents to $2.965 for the week ending January 21, according to the
WASHINGTON — A panel of six state department of transportation executives delved into some of the issues surrounding U.S. surface transportation funding during the 2019
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Transportation Commission Tuesday announced funding for 163 Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund (ERBRF) projects. Totaling $250 million, the approved
Truckers beware. The weather is causing havoc with travel in Kansas, Colorado and Utah. The Kansas Department of Transportation says Interstate 70 from Goodland to
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Traffic through Alabama’s largest city won’t be normal for months as the state’s busiest road closes for a construction project beginning Monday.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Daniel Barnett, Denny Cattell and Mike Johnson have been recognized as Highway Angels for willingness to stop at the scene of any
HARTFORD, Conn.  — Opponents to highway tolls in Connecticut plan to make it known they oppose new legislation that would authorize electronic tolling. Pat Sasser,
RICHMOND, Va. — The American Trucking Association hinted Thursday it may sue the State of Virginia over legislation that proposes charging tolls on Interstate 81.
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported Thursday that a driver is in custody after crashing a tractor-trailer into a motel in northwest Atlanta and
ALBANY, N.Y. — There’s always a straggler in the bunch. Unknown to many, New York state has not previously been enforcing the federal electronic logging
WELLINGTON, Utah — A speeding tractor-trailer skidded off a snow-slicked road Wednesday and crashed into a restaurant in a small Utah town, flattening the establishment
When we reported the top 10 industry concerns as rated though a survey of professional truck drivers, motor carrier executives and other industry stakeholders, the