Starting today, Illinois State Police will be conducting 24-hour enforcement patrol especially aimed at commercial vehicles. This is the fourth year in a row that “Operation Sauter” will be performed in memory of fallen ISP trooper James Sauter, who was killed when a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and hitting his patrol car. … Read more
A “chain-reaction” crash happened early Tuesday morning in North Carolina as 4 semis got together in a bad way. The accident took place early this morning in Enfield, NC, just north of Rocky Mount, on I-95 between the 151 and 152 mile markers. “I have talked to one of the drivers in this incident”, said … Read more
We’ve seen all kinds of road rage, but never one like this. In an apparent fit of “this is the last straw”, a driver of a BMW pulls up alongside a semi and then throws a slice of pizza at the front of the truck. “You see that? You see that?” the astonished trucker yells. … Read more
Watch the semi ahead of this dash cammer. Traffic is backed up for who knows how far ahead, so the driver does what we all THINK about doing occasionally when this happens. He looks for an opening, and then slowly crosses the grassy median of the interstate and goes off for an alternate route! The … Read more
Truck drivers across India have set April 1 as the start date of an “indefinite strike”. The strike is called by the ‘All India Confederation of Goods Vehicles Owners’ Association. Its executive member Subhas Chandra Bose said truckers across India are: “protesting against the “sharp increase in third party insurance premium and government charges”. Milk … Read more