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  1. I-70 Autonomous Truck Corridor Adds Three More Freight Trucks

    I-70 Autonomous Truck Corridor Adds Three More Freight Trucks

    Three more partially automated freight trucks are now operating along the I-70 corridor between Ohio and Indiana, making this one of the most visible real-world truck automation deployments in the Midwest. The latest phase involves trucks hauling commercial freight for Nussbaum Transportation as...
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  2. Indiana Leaders Back CDL Crackdown With English Proficiency Push and New Penalties

    Indiana Leaders Back CDL Crackdown With English Proficiency Push and New Penalties

    Indiana Governor Mike Braun, Attorney General Todd Rokita, and state lawmakers are backing a new crackdown aimed at tightening how commercial driver’s licenses are issued and enforced in the state. The effort is tied to a broader push to increase highway safety, with state leaders pointing to...
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  3. Mike

    OOIDA seeks high-court review of Indiana Toll Road hike

    The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is hoping the Supreme Court of the United States will step in to invalidate a large Toll Road hike Gov. Eric Holcomb negotiated in 2018 in exchange for $1 billion. The group has filed a petition requesting the court to review a lower court’s...
  4. Mike

    McDonalds at Loves in Memphis Indiana - limited hours.

    Because people don’t want to work anymore. If you are headed to the Loves in Memphis Indiana, be here before 2:00pm if you are having a Big Mac attack because the McDonalds is only open from 7:00am to 2:00pm. How pathetic is that? A captive audience of a 200 truck parking lot and you can’t...
  5. Sinister

    Three Truck Pile Up. I70, Indiana, 6/10/21

    I'm willing to bet there was some inattentive driving going on here. I'm traveling a good portion of I70 today and tomorrow and what I've noticed already today is that it seems to me to be way too small of an interstate for the volume of traffic it's carrying. Add to that one or two stupid...
  6. Mike

    Boycott the Indiana Toll Road, Says OOIDA!

    Less than two weeks after announcing a $1 billion infrastructure plan funded by a truck-only toll, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb recently addressed the trucking industry’s concerns. Long story short: he says it is not a tax on truckers. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association says “that’s...
  7. Emily

    Indiana truck-friendly roundabout rule takes effect this week

    A new rule in Indiana on the use of roundabouts is slated to take effect on July 1. The change covers large trucks that navigate through the increasingly popular traffic pattern. Specifically, operators of smaller vehicles will soon be required to yield the right-of-way to large trucks when...
  8. M

    Detroit police still have no leads, suspect in murder of Indiana truck driver

    A truck driver was found shot and burned to death early Thursday in the cab of his truck, which had been set on fire, said Detroit Police Public Information Officer Sandra Whitfield. Around 2:30 a.m. Thursday, fire department officials responded to Junction and McGraw Streets in Detroit, where...
  9. M

    Michigan, Ohio and Indiana focus joint enforcement on off-interstate CMVs

    By Land Line staff Truckers traveling in and through Indiana, Michigan and Ohio take note: Those three states are doing a joint inspection crackdown this week targeting trucks traveling primarily off the interstates. According to officials with the Indiana state police, the three-day...
  10. M

    Law enforcement warn of 'credible' threat of cargo theft in Indiana

    By Land Line staff OOIDA security operations is warning of a potential cargo theft operation operating in and around the state of Indiana. Doug Morris, OOIDA’s security operations director, said there is “credible intelligence” that a crew of South Florida cargo thieves are actively seeking to...
  11. Tim

    Fatal pile-up on I-94 in Indiana

    LAPORTE COUNTY (WKOW) --- Two people are dead after a massive pile-up on I-94 near Michigan City in Indiana. The LaPorte County Coroner says multiple cars are under semi-trucks and crews have not been able to get to them yet. The Indiana Department of Transportation says, "Lake effect snow...
  12. Tazz

    Bad day in Indiana on 65

    http://www.wane.com/traffic/incidents/semi-fire-halts-traffic-on-i-65 TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A semi fire near Lafayette has halted traffic on I-65 Saturday, according to WANE's sister station, WLFI. Both northbound and southbound lanes of I-65 between the 175 exit and the 172 exit...
  13. Mike

    Indiana officials looking for solution to intersection near truck stop

    RICHMOND, Ind. — A series of fatal accidents and close calls has prompted Wayne County officials to ask lawmakers and state transportation leaders to help find a solution for an intersection near an eastern Indiana truck stop. A 25-year-old Economy man died in July after he lost control of his...
  14. M

    Indiana lawmaker wants to end car-truck speed differential

    An Indiana state lawmaker says it’s time to do away with split speed limits on interstate highways. In 2005, speed limits for large trucks were increased from 60 mph to 65 mph on rural interstates. Other vehicle speeds went up from 65 mph to 70 mph. Rep. Thomas Washburne, R-Inglefield...
  15. saddlesore

    FMSCA slams door shut on Indiana trucking company

    Land Line Magazine: The Business Magazine for Professional Truckers 2/8/2012 FMSCA slams door shut on Indiana trucking company By Sandi Soendker, editor-in-chief The list of safety violations reads like a rap sheet of trucking “deadly sins.” In the past four months 26 road inspections of...
  16. M

    Indiana rollover

    Thursday 1-20-11 Indiana, I-65, 64MM
  17. Mike

    Six Rest Areas Closings In Indiana Putting Strain On Truck Parking

    With Indiana facing an estimated budget shortfall of nearly $763 million in 2009, truckers needing to take a break may be left out in the cold – literally – as the state announces the permanent closure of six rest areas in January. The Indiana Department of Transportation said it plans to...
  18. Mike

    Indiana State Police To Begin Riding With Truckers

    State Police cars are commonly seen in the medians looking for speeding or unsafe drivers. Now state troopers may be sitting in a semi truck rolling down the highway. The Indiana State Police commercial vehicle enforcement division has begun a new traffic enforcement program: ticketing...
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