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In late September, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that would require the nation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to follow the agency’s full rule-making procedure when addressing sleep apnea in big rig drivers. The bipartisan bill, H.R. 3095, was introduced a few weeks earlier by more than 60 co-sponsors and... read more

A Louisiana truck driver recently filed a lawsuit against another trucker and the company that employs him in a Texas federal court. According to the complaint, the Louisiana man was injured when a Stevens Transport Inc. truck driver rear-ended his 18-wheeler with another big rig as he headed east on Interstate 10 in November. The... read more

A federal grand jury had issued an indictment for the owner of a Redding, California, facility that provides tractor-trailer and other commercial driver drug testing services. The 56-year-old woman is accused of falsifying drug test results for big rig drivers and billing clients for tests that were never performed. The owner of Advanced Substance Abuse... read more

A report recently created by Oregon-based data mining firm Vigillo, LLC claims state and county authorities across the contiguous 48 states enforce trucking laws in an inconsistent manner. To create the report, the company allegedly compared inspections, collisions, and citations by county based upon commercial vehicle miles travelled. According to Vigillo’s Chief Executive Officer, Steven... read more

A rush hour semi-truck wreck on an Illinois interstate has left a tractor-trailer driver dead. According Illinois State Police Sergeant Scott Angus, the truck driver was headed west on Interstate 80 near Minooka when he unexpectedly crossed the median, rolled, and came to rest in the eastbound lanes of the roadway. Following the traffic wreck,... read more