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DETROIT — Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, the highest number in 16 years, with deaths due to speeding and impaired or distracted driving on the rise.

Drivers are being reminded to travel with care through work zones on the Ohio Turnpike as $226 million in construction projects begin this month along the 241-mile toll road.

Iowa is making it easier for people to enter trucking careers with a new law expanding third-party testers for commercial driver licenses.

The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment that spilled hazardous chemicals into creeks and rivers.

Legislation designed to expand access to parking for truck drivers around the country was recently introduced on Capitol Hill.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on March 30 approved a sprawling energy package that seeks to undo virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change.

A train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in Minnesota early March 30, and nearby residents were ordered to evacuate their homes, authorities said.

Program Aired: April 20, 2023 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PST The world of truck inspections is likely to change greatly over the coming years. Federal trucking regulators and commercial vehicle enforcement agencies are pushing for wireless roadside inspections, including a mandate that motor carriers equip their trucks with devices that would transmit the identity and condition of trucks and drivers to roadside enforcement. Learn how this could affect your motor carrier operation, what information you and your drivers may be required to transmit to inspectors, and what it means for the development of autonomous trucks. 

Florida is now able to train 3,500 truck drivers yearly due to its funding of workforce training as the state approved six new third-party FleetForce truck driving schools.