1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (454+ words) Republican lawmakers from five states are seeking federal legislation to create nationwide trucking safety standards to curb what they describe as frivolous lawsuits stemming from inconsistent state interpretations. The bicameral legislation, called the Uniform Vehicle Safety Standards Act, was introduced…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (345+ words) A woman in handcuffs ran onto a South Carolina road on May 29, fleeing a man she said had tried to kidnap her. A truck driver stopped to help. Anthony Moore was driving that morning when he saw her run into…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (541+ words) Moving crews from Camelback Moving helped rescue a kidnapped Arizona girl after spotting her at a convenience store, blocking the suspect’s vehicle and alerting police following an Amber Alert. Kehlani Rogers was reported missing from her Avondale, Ariz., home the…...

5+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (475+ words) Oil drillers in central California have resorted to the costly and cumbersome alternative of trucking crude barrels 50 miles after the shut down of a refinery and idling of a key pipeline cut off outlets for their products. About half of…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (585+ words) Federal law enforcement is taking sharper aim at the long-simmering issue of cabotage. In December, agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided an Arizona trucking company suspected of participating in cabotage, the term used when foreign-registered commercial truck drivers…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (281+ words) Tesla Inc. is beginning to offer actual robotaxi rides in Austin, a milestone for the carmaker that launched a service seven months ago with vehicles that have relied on human supervisors sitting in front seats. CEO Elon Musk touted the…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (254+ words) Spear voiced support during a Dec. 17 hearing on Capitol Hill for the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, a bipartisan measure that would establish a multi-agency division tasked with fighting sprawling global theft rings. Specifically, the pending legislation would establish an…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago   (449+ words) Two senators recently introduced legislation to address growing industry concerns linked to an increase in cargo theft. The bipartisan Cargo Security Innovation Act would enhance agencies’ access to state-of-the-art technology for protecting against cargo theft. The bill is led by…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (187+ words) Tesla Inc. was allowed to begin offering autonomous rideshare service in Arizona, clearing the way for its nascent robotaxi business to expand to a new state. The Arizona Department of Transportation granted the automaker a so-called transportation network company permit…...

9+ mon, 6+ day ago   (787+ words) The cargo theft landscape continued to evolve and become more expensive in the third quarter, even as the surge of incidents in recent years slows, according to experts. Verisk Analytics’ CargoNet found in its third-quarter trend analysis report that theft…...