The 5 Million Mile Man, Charley Endorf
Congratulations to trucker, Charles Endorf has driven 5 million accident free miles for Werner Enterprises.
The Man Who Wants to Increase Taxes on Truckers
In an editorial for the Morning Call, Journalist Paul Carpenter is adamant about increasing regulations for truckers.
He points to a recent crash on Interstate 78 where a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a passenger vehicle, killing the motorist inside.
The driver of the big rig was charged with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment...
Truck Driver Wins $648 Million Jackpot
$648,000,000.
That was the jackpot in a recent California Mega Millions lotto won by truck driver Steve Tran. He is one of two winners and will split half the prize.
Tran left the winning ticket on his dresser for two weeks. It was only after he saw a news broadcast announcing that the winning ticket was purchased in San Jose did...
Navistar Wins 2014 Truck of the Year
And the results are in. American Truck Dealers’ 2014 Heavy Duty Truck of the Year has been awarded to Navistars' International ProStar.
The International ProStar beat out Kenworth's T880 and Peterbilt's 579. All trucks were tested under the same road conditions and judged on several criteria such as design, safety, innovation, and driver satisfaction.
One of the main highlights, according to...
Truck Driver Receives $40,000 Ticket
Trucker Ken Green, hauling a transformer from Kansas to Canada, recently received a massive ticket while traveling on his planned route.
The Texas based trucking company which he works for acquired several permits for the truck to travel on local roads and avoid low overpasses, but when he got stranded on a country road in Mt. Vernon, Washington, patrolmen discovered...
Trucker Raffles Peterbilt for Cancer
After witnessing his wife fight through cancer, Eldon Jaeger, decided to raffle off this custom Peterbilt 379 known as The Long Haul Survivor, with all proceeds going to cancer research.
Over 9,000 people have donated and entered the raffle so far, with the winner to be selected at the May 2nd and 3rd Midwest Pride in Your Ride Show in...
Wife’s Repeated Calls Saves Trucker’s Life
After sleeping in his truck during the night in sub-zero temperatures, Tim Rutledge, 53, awoke to find his big rig's brakes had frozen over. So he climbed under the truck to attempt to break up the ice, but as he was down there the truck sunk deeper into the snow and he was pinned underneath.
The Floridian native was trapped...