A Garbage Truck Driver’s Kind Act Goes Viral
A kind act from a neighborhood truck driver recently went viral. More importantly it made a little autistic boy and his family very happy.
Little Daniel Newberger of Ojai California, waited outside every week to greet the driver. He loved watching the garbage truck and even had a replica toy that he carried around with him all the time.
One...
Exposed: The Trucking Industry's Darker Side
The popular adage "If you bought it, a trucker brought it" has held true for almost a century now.
However, the men and woman who make the industry run -- the drivers -- are sometimes subject to mistreatment, hidden from the rest of the public.
One driver on Youtube, exposed the trucking industry's darker side in his recent video.
By law, truck...
Truck Driver Stranded Over Black Hole
An 18 wheeler in Mocoa, Colombia slipped off a windy dirt road and ended up with it's cab hanging off the ledge.
Several bystander tried to pull the massive truck back up, but there was nowhere near enough man power to make it budge. That's when truck driver got back into the cab, and attempted to turn the wheels...
Big Rig Going 5 MPH Slips, Shuts Down Highway
Black Ice is a serious threat on roadways during the cold winter months. Icy roads cause 467 fatalities a year, on average, and black ice --completely invisible and especially slippery-- is the deadliest form.
Below is a great example, the incident happened a few years ago, but similar stories pop up every year.
A big rig in Georgia slipped and...
Truck Driver's Good Deed Gets National Attention
A garbage truck driver in Oregon recently got national attention after he found a flag on on top of a trash bin he was emptying.
The flag looked like it was meant for the garbage but instead of throwing it away, he laid it out and folded in military style and put it away in his truck.
The best part it,...
A driver tumbles 200 feet over a cliff, and lives.
A semi truck in Norway that was being towed around a windy, snowy cliff slipped and met it's ultimate fate.
It tipped over the cliff and fell over 200 feet, pulling the connected tow truck with it.
A motorist directly behind the semi truck filmed the entire incident.
Amazingly, the tow truck driver was able to leap out of his vehicle at...
Obama Trucking Mandate to Increase Costs
In an effort to address climate change, President Obama announced on Tuesday that the federal government would further tighten emission and fuel-efficiency standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks.
The new mandate will encompass vehicles ranging from large pick-up trucks and school buses to tractor-trailers. The legislation will affect models subsequent to 2018 and is expected to hit new truck buyers...
Insurance Fraud Against Truckers Rising
Staged auto crashes involving a vehicle and a big rig is a growing problem around the world.
Insurance fraud is estimated to cost $80 billion annually.
When a big rig is involved, the fraudster usually cuts in front of a moving truck without signaling and jams on the brakes to cause a rear end collision.
This is often called the swoop and...