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New legislation would criminalize all staged crashes at federal level
Bill intro’d in House to criminalize all staged-accident fraudAfter legislation was introduced in both chambers of Congress this year and last that would make intentionally staging an accident with a commercial motor vehicle a federal crime, a new bill takes that a step farther, making any staged accident a federal crime.The “Stop Auto Fraud Act of 2026” was introduced in…
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The good, bad, and ugly of working at Truck Parking Club
During the reporting of Overdrive's series delivering the inside story of Truck Parking Club, Shawna Taylor, a former company driver and customer service rep at TPC, penned this first-person perspective on what it was like to work for the company. Company CEO Evan Shelley responded to some of Taylor's claims…
Pentagon needs more resources to meet requirements for assessing blast exposure, GAO finds
Under Defense Department guidance, the military services are supposed to provide baseline cognitive assessments to all service members who work in jobs that involve blast exposure and track them throughout their careers.But the services have been unable to complete those requirements because they are hampered by a lack of resources,…
US, South Korea to cut length, scope of military drills after Trump order
South Korea and the United States will cut short annual joint military drills to five days from 11 and scale back some field training, the allies said on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump ordered a substantial reduction in U.S. participation.The change in the drills comes as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang…
195 clean inspections, 3 years: Radioactive waste hauler honored
Tommy Cash: CVSA’s IDEA winnerTommy Cash, a truck driver with CAST Specialty Transportation Inc., has been named the recipient of the 2026 International Driver Excellence Award (IDEA) by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.The IDEA recognizes an extraordinary commercial motor vehicle driver demonstrating an exceptional commitment to public safety, professionalism and…
US Army requests 133,000 GMLRS rockets by 2034
With questions about stockpiles swirling, the U.S. Army is issuing a call to ramp up production of ground-launched rockets. The service sent out a request this week for manufacturing 133,014 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, or GMLRS, rockets by 2034, according to the Army’s Sources Sought notice. Contractors have until…
Courts cracking down on double brokers with two important cases
Two new court cases bring the hammer down on double brokering and the carriers and brokers who facilitate it, and it could serve as a warning for trucking. One smaller broker, Aone Brokerage Company (doing business as A1Logistics), and Penske recently got tied up in court cases around double-brokered loads. Tyler Biddle,…