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Convoy, shutdown effort dubbed ‘bust’ by national press
pic of the truck protest on the beltway courtesy @ABC7Bri pic.twitter.com/Dal0t0LTMK — Jennifer Donelan (@ABC7Jennifer) October 11, 2013 The Ride for the Constitution protest convoy was a bust, having...
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Publicity of shutdown attempt says a lot about the evolution of news
The Ride for the Constitution fiasco of last weekend brings to mind the quote often associated with war reporting: “The first casualty when war comes is truth.” That’s California Sen. Hiram W....
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Trucker protest paled compared to one in late ’60s
George R Brown, president of Culpeper Transport Co. in Culpeper, Va., wrote with this comment on last weekend’s Ride for the Constitution trucker protest: Having been through all of the trucker...
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FMCSA shuts down S.C.-based small fleet, owner-operator
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration declared two Walterboro, S.C.-based trucking companies — CER Trucking, Inc., and Edward Risher Trucking — as well as the latter’s owner-driver, Clarence...
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FMCSA issues shutdown order to driver following fatal crash, violation of...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Dec. 3 it has issued an imminent hazard shut down order for Florida-based long-haul driver James H. Patterson. The agency has ordered him not...
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FMCSA shuts down another small carrier following investigation revealing...
A small Colorado-based fleet has become the latest to be shut down by federal regulators, following a compliance investigation that revealed disregard for key safety regulations, FMCSA announced this...
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FMCSA shuts down driver following cocaine use while driving
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced March 31 it has issued an imminent hazard out-of-service order to truck operator Robert Lee Turner, effectively shutting down the Georgia-based...
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FMCSA shuts down owner-operator following bevy of maintenance violations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced April 9 it has issued an imminent hazard out-of-service order — effectively a shutdown — to Carnell Pompey, a one-truck owner-operator doing...
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FMCSA shuts down Kentucky-based driver following false logs, fatal crash
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued an imminent hazard out-of-service order, effectively a shutdown order, to a Kentucky-based driver after FMCSA determined he falsified his...
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Trucker on state’s Top 10 Most Wanted list for deadly crash arrested in Ky.
A trucker charged in a crash that left six dead is now behind bars one day after Tennessee added him to its ‘Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive’ list. Brewer In Kentucky, Benjamin Scott Brewer, 39, of...
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Minnesota trucker shut down by FMCSA for hours violations, medical...
Minnesota truck driver John Ray Carpenter has been issued an effective shutdown order by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for being “medically unqualified to operate a commercial motor...
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3-truck fleet issued shutdown order by FMCSA over equipment negligence, false...
Three-truck Ohio-based fleet Garfield Trucking has been issued an effective shutdown order following a roadside inspection that yielded dozens of violations and subsequent noncooperation from the...
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330-truck fleet sat idle for nearly two weeks while trying to shrug...
Update, 1/7/16: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced late Thursday, Jan. 7, that it has reinstated Land-Air’s “conditional” rating, allowing the carrier to resume its normal...
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California driver shut down after failed drug tests, crash
California-licensed truck driver Edward Herbert Crane has been issued an effective shutdown order by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration following an investigation that yielded four...
View ArticleS.C. driver shut down after involvement in fatal hit-and-run, Mass. trucking...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued effective shutdown orders recently to a South Carolina-licensed driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run and a Massachusetts-based trucking company...
View ArticleTennessee-based driver shut down after police find drugs, beer in cab after...
Jason L. Flynn made an illegal turn in north Georgia on March 17, which caused a crash with a passenger vehicle. The vehicle became wedged underneath Flynn’s trailer, hospitalizing the driver.
View ArticleKy.-based driver shut down after failed field sobriety test, other violations
The officer found in the truck cab a gallon jug of beer, along with drug paraphernalia, including a smoking pipe. A field sobriety test was conducted, which the driver failed. He also had unauthorized...
View ArticleFMCSA shuts down seven-truck carrier for numerous safety violations
According to FMCSA, safety inspections were conducted on six of the company’s seven trucks, and out-of-service violations were found in all six trucks.
View ArticleTrucker who crashed truck while drunk, changing pants shut down by FMCSA
Allen R. Johnson Sr. told Vermont State Police after the Nov. 2 accident that he had set the cruise control on the truck to 63 miles per hour, then stood up to change his pants. A report from the state...
View ArticleRates and volumes way up in the spot market
Any owner-operators shutting down this week in protest of the electronic logging device mandate might have missed some of the best freight and rate conditions on the spot market that have been seen in...
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