In The News

• 'Cognitive Distraction' Means Hands-Free Cell Phones Aren't Any Safer

  By Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief - TruckingInfo.com
  Posted Jun 27th 2013 7:51AM

  Fleet managers walked out of Wednesday Fleet Safety Conference keynote speech vowing to change the use of cell phones w...

• Senate confirms Foxx as next Department of Transportation head

  By Overdrive Staff
  Posted Jun 27th 2013 7:46AM

  The Department of Transportation officially has a new leader, as the Senate confirmed Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx June...

• Obama links Keystone approval to carbon emissions

  By Josh Lederman and Matthew Daly - The Associated Press
  Posted Jun 26th 2013 6:34AM

  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project from Canada to Texas sho...

• Four-year sentence for teen who claimed he was chased by zombies

  By Greg Grisolano, staff writer - Land Line
  Posted Jun 26th 2013 6:31AM

  A Tennessee teen will serve four years in a California prison for stealing a big rig and crashing it into several vehic...

• More Than a Quarter of Registered Trucks Equipped with Less Polluting Engines

  By TruckingInfo.com
  Posted Jun 25th 2013 5:51AM

  More than 28% of all trucks registered in the United States are now equipped with advanced new technology clean diesel ...