Listed below are most popular news stories about trucking industry.
The Trucking Law segment is a new monthly feature on Overdrive, in which we pose commonly asked questions from truckers and owner-operators to legal experts. In this installment, Dr. Alexander E. Underwood addresses how drivers can return to work after a heart attack and why a urine test is needed for a physical.
Now more than ever, ensuring the safety, quality, and timely delivery of pharmaceutical products to their final destination is a challenging and costly endeavor. With the tight regulation of supply chain systems, and the U.S. pharmaceutical market expected to grow to a value of $550 billion by 2020, pharmaceutical companies have little room for error when it comes to balancing careful cargo monitoring with reasonable cost output.
The Trump administration hasn’t ruled out increasing the gas tax to help finance a $2 trillion infrastructure plan, but the idea has little support among officials who are wary of a politically risky move heading into the 2020 election.
Despite higher gas prices, a record number of Americans are expected to be on the highways with you for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27. AAA forecasts some 37.6 million Americans will hit the road, the most on record for the holiday and 3.5% more than last year.
A bill to lower the minimum required age from 21 to 18 to obtain a commercial driver’s license for intrastate driving has passed the Alabama legislature and awaits Gov. Kay Ivey’s signature. The bill will go into effect Feb. 7, 2020 following Gov. Ivey’s approval.
Any experienced trucker's wife will tell you that life with a man on the road is a challenge. It never fails, the only time the car breaks down, the washer quits or the kids get in trouble requiring an urgent parent/teacher conference is the day her husband leaves. It's the Murphy's Law of trucker's wives. But, hey, those of us who've done it for awhile are used to it and sometimes we even laugh about it. However, those occurrences can be devastating when you're new to the life of a trucker's wi
Your job as a trucker lets you make enough money to pay the bills and feed your family. It gives you the freedom to work independently, while you travel across the US seeing all sorts of cities and seasons. At the same time, there are downsides, especially if you have a spouse back at home. You get lonely, you miss each other and you want to spend more time together. That’s the sacrifice that truckers and their spouses make each and every day. What if it didn’t have to be like that? What if you
It’s about time you had a driving companion, don’t you think? After all, driving across the country would be so much better with a friend by your side—or better yet, your best friend! Dogs have been keeping truckers company on their long road trips for years, but now it’s time for you to have a passenger pup of your own. So, what do you need to know about trucking with pets? Which dogs make the best trucking dogs? Dogs of all shapes and sizes can be fit for the road. But, some breeds travel bett
Traveling with your best friend can be great, but traveling with pets can require a lot of supplies. Is it hard for you to find the things you need for your pet while you’re on the road?
