Daily trucking news for the people who keep America rolling.
Buc-ee's plans 11 new stores in seven states in 2027, from Wisconsin to Florida. CDL Life calls it a guide to where truckers will be least welcome. See the full list.
Trucker Nathan Weidert petitioned FMCSA to bar random drug test orders while CDL drivers are off duty. FMCSA says it is under consideration. It is not a rule.
Ohio milk hauler Bill Wilker, CB handle Milkman, died Oct. 15 at 72 after 3 million-plus accident-free miles. Friends recall his work ethic and rookie advice.
A Bay City, Michigan, resident dressed as Satan to protest a proposed 2027 bridge toll hike. Some non-resident truckers could pay $13.50. Comments are open now.
Tesla says volume production of its electric Semi began in Q3 in Nevada, with capacity for 25,000 trucks a year. It did not say how many it has built so far.
Ventura County deputies say they caught a crew siphoning diesel from parked semis in Thousand Oaks and tied it to five thefts across Oxnard, Camarillo and Thousand Oaks.
Maryland's snow and ice removal law took effect Oct. 1, 2026, and Delaware's is already in effect. Here are the fines for truck drivers and the trailer-roof problem drivers keep raising.
A FreightWaves review of federal records found at least 16 trucking and transportation companies filed for bankruptcy between Sept. 18 and Oct. 21, 2026, including one-truck operations.
New Jersey lawmakers are considering bills to require truck-specific GPS, clarify local truck routes, study weight limits and add weigh-in-motion scales near weak bridges.
Kodiak AI says one of its driverless trucks stayed powered on and ready to work for 64 straight days in the Permian Basin as it prepares a Dallas-Houston launch on I-45.