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They hoped 'a few' trucks would show up to kid's Make-A-Wish event. More than 150 truckers responded. An Arkansas Sheriff recently shared a story about how the trucking community showed up to support a five year old trucking enthusiast. On Saturday, June 17, Greene County Sheriff’s Department - Sheriff Brad Snyder (GCSO) took to social media to commend the trucking community for showing up for a M...

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Trucker pleads 'stop pulling out in front of us big trucks' after lumber plows through cab A truck driver recently went viral on social media after a load of lumber went through his cab.

New Love's truck stops open in Texas, Louisiana On Thursday, Love's opened new stores in Mansfield, Louisiana, and Harlingen, Texas, adding a combined 127 truck parking spaces to the company's network.

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stopped a fully loaded transport on /Cedar Creek for speeding. (Mar 21, 10pm) Investigation resulted in the 42-year-old driver from Toronto arrested for . Registered over 2x the legal limit, there is also zero BAC tolerance for a driver.

Never say you saw everything...

A 45-year-old driver from Brampton has been charged with 24 offences resulting from three traffic stops in a 24-hour period.

and made three separate traffic stops along the corridor between 10am-Jan28 and 8am-Jan29. The driver’s charges include careless driving, log offences, and driving over hours.

The CMV was taken out of service in Cochrane. The OPP encourages drivers to operate within their allotted hours. Driving while fatigued affects your judgement, perception, and reaction time. ^kb

House bill offers recruiting and retention incentives, grants to truck drivers A bill introduced into the U.S. House Tuesday proposes tax credits of up to $10,000 for eligible truck drivers and grants for new drivers.

VIDEO: Lawyers try driving trucks Watch as a group of lawyers from the Roberts Perryman law firm go to truck driving school in order to better understand the needs of their clients.

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What Wasn't I Thinking?

9:00am ET: Debbie Sparks of National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. gives details about their upcoming Membership Meeting in La Jolla, CA.

10:30am ET: Dr. Gregory Jantz discusses the effects of little “t” traumas, including cumulative and physical effects of this stress.

Did you know as a business owner who employs people to drive work vehicles, you have an ongoing responsibility to ensure that those people are properly licenced?

A officer on patrol on in the Township of Springwater stopped this CMV today to conduct a commercial vehicle inspection. It was determined that the driver was operating under two concurrent license suspensions and had been for several weeks. Additionally the drivers pre-trip was incomplete and surrendered expired insurance documents.

If, in this situation, the driver had been under suspension for a period of 100 days or greater then, depending on the nature of the suspension, the vehicle may be seized by police for a period of seven days. Luckily for this company that was not the case.

The driver was charged with:
✅ driving under suspension - family support
✅ driving under suspension - unpaid fines
✅ fail to notify change of address
✅ fail to accurately complete daily inspection report
✅ fail to surrender valid insurance card

The company received charges for:
✅ permit unlicensed person to drive commercial motor vehicle
✅ fail to ensure daily inspection report is accurately completed
✅ fail to surrender valid insurance card

Do your due diligence and protect your company from these types of road-side discoveries.

on these slippery roads! ^cn