truck safety

ATA and Six House Lawmakers Are Pushing HHS to Stop Stalling on Modern Drug Testing The trucking industry is turning up the heat on Washington again over drug testing, and this time the pressure is aimed directly at HHS. On April 17, the American Trucking Associations backed a letter from six...

Starting April 1, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance rolled out its 2026 North American Standard out-of-service criteria. That matters because this is the handbook inspectors use when deciding whether a truck or driver keeps moving or gets parked on the spot. This year’s update includes 17...

Dalilah’s Law just became a lot more than a talking point in Washington. On March 18, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted to move the bill forward, giving one of the trucking industry’s biggest safety and CDL debates a real shot at becoming law. For truckers, this is not...

Idaho lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would end the state’s split speed limit for large commercial trucks and set the same maximum speed for heavy trucks and passenger vehicles. House Bill 664 would amend Idaho law so that vehicles with five or more axles operating at a gross...

A wrong-way semi incident on a Missouri highway is now being treated as more than a traffic violation, because investigators say the driver failed an English proficiency test during the stop and could not read or understand basic road signs. That detail is quickly becoming the center of the...

Volvo Trucks North America has issued a safety recall involving certain model-year 2024–2027 Volvo VNL trucks after identifying a condition where the parking brake may not provide enough holding force, creating a potential rollaway risk. The recall involves 800 trucks and applies to specific...