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Shell SuperRigs competition results

Truckers News Staff | July 01, 2012

For the Record     Shell SuperRigs competition results | Driver John O’Keefe won Best of Show at the 2012 Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition held May 17-19 in at the Joplin Speedco in Joplin, Mo., with his 2007 ...

Minimizer polished chrome poly fender

Truckers News Staff | July 01, 2012

Gear Guide -- Chrome     The Minimizer polished chrome poly fender requires no paint and resists aging, the company says. The fender is available via the maker’s international distribution network. The company makes products for all makes and ...

Congress piecing together multiyear highway bill

Jill Dunn | July 01, 2012

For the Record     House and Senate conferees have started work to pass a two-year surface transportation funding bill — the first multiyear bill in seven years. Conference members met for the first time May 8 to work ...

Highway Man for Life

Sean Randall | July 01, 2012

Fleet Insider -- Driver of the Month     Reuben Dupsky Jr. says jobs are waiting for those with an open mind   Reuben Dupsky Jr. grew up on a farm and knew by watching the straight trucks hauling dairy ...

United Pacific Industries Chrome Rear Axle Cover Kit

Truckers News Staff | July 01, 2012

Gear Guide - Chrome     The United Pacific Chrome Rear ABS Axle Cover comes with a removable cap. The rear axle cover is a universal fit and fits most 11 1⁄4-inch bolt circle/center applications.  The cover will ...

California undesirable because of CARB laws

Truckers News Staff | July 01, 2012

Feedback -- Letters to the Editor   In response to “California trucking group slams CARB fuel policies” at TruckersNews.com. Maybe California should secede from the union and become their own nation. After all, they and are already violating ...

U.S. trucker jailed in Mexico

Truckers News Staff | July 01, 2012

For the Record     Demco Express driver Jabin Akeem Bogan faces charges on smuggling ammunition into Mexico after he missed his exit in El Paso and wound up in a lane designated for Juarez, Chihuahua. Mexican authorities ...

Driver gets 18 months for falsified logbook

Truckers News Staff | July 01, 2012

For the Record     A federal judge has sentenced Philadelphia trucker Valerijs Nikolaevich Belovs, 58, to 18 months in prison on 15 counts of making false statements via a falsified log book in connection to a sentence ...

Who’s keeping score: PSP is driver-info ‘gold standard’

FMCSA's Pre-employment Screening Program is the only place to find full driver-specific detail of the information contained in the Motor Carrier Management Information System database that underpins CSA.

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Inconsistent enforcement: Know your vulnerabilities

Prompt updates to fleet data can help scores

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