In The News

• Truckers using phone-based ELDs can change duty status away from truck, FMCSA says

  By Matt Cole - OverdriveOnline.com
  Posted Oct 20th 2017 10:36AM

  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Thursday that it will, at least for five years, allow drivers ...

• Driver wages, benefits outpace fuel costs in 2016, ATRI reports

  By The Trucker Staff
  Posted Oct 19th 2017 12:03PM

  ARLINGTON, Va. — Increasing driver wages and benefits outpaced lower fuel costs in 2016 the American Transportation Re...

• Economic Watch: Hurricanes Hit Housing, Industrial Production

  By Evan Lockridge - TruckingInfo.com
  Posted Oct 19th 2017 12:00PM

  Home building in the U.S. slowed in September, according to a new report, while a separate one showed that the total amo...

• Driver of truck packed with immigrants pleads guilty to smuggling run

  By The Associated Press
  Posted Oct 17th 2017 4:22PM

  SAN ANTONIO — The driver of a semitrailer packed with at least 39 immigrants, 10 of whom died, pleaded guilty Monday t...

• Economic Watch: Consumer Prices Jump; Retail Sales and Consumer Sentiment Skyrocket

  By Evan Lockridge - TruckingInfo.com
  Posted Oct 17th 2017 4:17PM

    Retail prices recorded their biggest hike in eight months in September, according to a new report, while separate one...