Commercial motor vehicle law enforcement officers in each state will gather information on rear impact guards as they perform routine inspections. The data gathering will be later this month.   The information on rear impact guards will be collected during the week of Aug. 27-31 as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Rear Impact Guard Check safety initiative.   The Stop Underrides Act of 2017 was introduced by Sen.…

SPOKANE, Washington -- According to Matthew Garrett, director of the Oregon Department of Transportation, technology is rapidly changing all aspects of public and private sector operations.   And the speed of change is expected to increase soon, so state DOTs need to ready themselves for both the “challenges and opportunities” that level of change will present them and their constituents.   During the American Association of State Highway and Transportation…

ALPINE, California -- A truck driver has been rescued after he was found at the bottom of a ravine on I-8 in California. Deputies from the Alpine Sheriff’s Station in San Diego County located the driver Tuesday after receiving a request to check on him because he was overdue.   The driver’s truck’s GPS showed him parked eastbound on I-8 at a viewpoint parking lot. The truck was found there with…

A horrible crash happened between two trucks yesterday in Iowa.   The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) shared the video of the crash online.   The crash happened on the I-35 by the Iowa 210 exit. The video shows a large black truck that is pulled over at the very last lane with the emergency lights on.   The far left lane was almost fully blocked because of the truck.…

ALAMOGODO, New Mexico -- Over $1 million worth of heroin was seized from a sedan being hauled across the Mexican border by a semi-truck late last week.   The drugs were discovered on June 21st at the New Mexico Immigration checkpoint in Alamogordo, New Mexico.   According to the local news, the semi-truck hauling multiple vehicles was being inspected at the State Highway 70 checkpoint when agents noticed that a…

Springfield, Missouri -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged lawsuit against the Prime Inc., which claims the fleet was negligent in preventing the sexual harassment of one of its female drivers.   "We don't comment on pending litigation," a Prime spokesperson sayid.   In the lawsuit filed this week, the EEOC alleges that Prime violated federal protections against sexual harassment by allowing one of its independent contractors, Eric Weekley, to continue…

ONTARIO, Canada -- Six tractors were destroyed Wednesday, June 6, in an early morning fire at a trucking company in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.   Local fire officials place the value of the trucks destroyed at Trans 99 Logistics at $500,000. No cause was given, but Guelph fire officials say the fire as not suspicious in nature.   The news release reports one truck was fully engulfed, then the fire spread…

GULF SHORES, Florida -- While most of the United States was busy with the Memorial Day weekend and vacations, Gulf Coast states are bracing for an early start to hurricane season.   Although Alberto has been rated a subtropical storm, falling short of the hurricane designation, it's being called the first storm of the year. When the storm makes landfall May 28, it will be four days ahead of the…

MOHAVE COUNTY, Arizona -- A truck driver was killed after his semi tractor-trailer crashed at the bottom of a deep ravine, miles north of Cedar Pocket Tuesday in Arizona.   He found dead after he crashed off I-15 down a steep embankment near Cedar Pocket.   Police received a call around 10 a.m. this morning about a truck that had crashed off I-15 around mile marker 23, about 5 miles…

GILCHRIST COUNTY, Florida -- A gunman shot and killed two sheriff's deputies in a restaurant in Gilchrist County, Fla., on Thursday, in an attack that seems to have come with no warning.   Sgt. Noel Ramirez, 30, and Deputy Taylor Lindsey, 25, were shot through the window. The gunman was later found dead nearby.   Both deputies were considered "the best of the best" by Sheriff Bobby Schultz, "They're men…