These Big Truck Makers Honor Fallen Veterans With Awesome Custom Rigs
Volvo and Mack celebrated Memorial Day 2014 by designing custom trucks to honor America's fallen soldiers.
Volvo Trucks North America took part in a Memorial Day rally from their plant in Virginia to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C, accompanying a motorcade of 175 bikers with this custom Volvo 2014 VNL 670 'Ride for Freedom' truck.
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What Was This State Thinking When They Banned Truckers From Using CB Radio
Arizona (5/22/2014) -- Coconino County in northern Arizona has banned the use of all hand-held communication devices, restricting both talk and text while driving.
This includes the usage of CB radios for commercial drivers. In the event where over the road communication is necessary, the county wants drivers to use hands-free devices such as a Bluetooth enabled phone with a...
Truck Driver Crashes, Unleashes 20 Million Stinging Bees on I-95
Newark, Delaware (5/20/2014) -- A semi truck carrying 460 bee hives overturned in Delaware on Tuesday, releasing nearly 20 million honey bees to swarm the interstate.
The load of bees was being transported from Florida to Maine when the truck flipped over on the ramp from Route 896 to Interstate 95. After crashing, the 55 year old and driver...
Thief Steals Bread Truck…and Delivers Scheduled Loads in his Underwear
If the headline sounds bizarre to you, well it should. Because this entire incident is rather bizarre.
A thief in New York stole a Grimaldi's bread delivery truck and delivered it's scheduled shipments of bread to several locations, while wearing just his underwear.
After boosting the truck on Monday afternoon, David Bastar, 30, followed written instructions...
Trucker Crashes Into Median To Protect Motorists, Tumbles 40 Feet
Golden, Colorado (5/16/2014) -- While hauling a load of paper, Kevin Beaulieu of Knight Transportation, lost control of his truck when his breaks malfunctioned. He immediately put the safety of others to mind, alerting other drivers of his truck's brake failure on the CB, and then trying to stop the truck by steering it into the median on...
Truck Driver Learns a Costly Lesson on New York Parkway
New York (5/15/2014) -- A truck driver learned a costly lesson recently while traveling on the Meadowbrook State Parkway in New York. That lesson was don't travel on the Meadowbrook State Parkway in New York. Or any parkway in NY (and many in NJ and CT).
These three states restrict commercial vehicles from entering many of it's parkways...
Semi Truck Leaps Over Barrier, Ends up in Water
Virginia (5/15/2014) -- A tractor trailer hit a light pole and catapulted over the Chesapeake Bay bridge-tunnel in Virginia this Thursday.
While traveling northbound, the semi truck hit a maintenance truck that was making repairs on the bridge which caused it to jack-knife, smash into a light pole, and then plunge into the bay.
Four Navy divers attempted to rescue...
Road Rage: Leather Belt Edition
A case of road rage got out of hand in New Westminster, British Columbia.
Amidst heavy road congestion, a driver in a red Ford Focus abruptly cuts off another car then receives a not-so-kind gesture. Enraged, he hops of of his car and furiously approaches the driver he cut off.
Eventually it leads into a mini brawl, with...