Issa’s committee looked into the rule in a hearing in November, nearly a month before the final rule was unveiled. Republicans and trucking industry witnesses spoke against the potential 10-hour cap, ...

Last month, after a tractor-trailer collided with a vehicle carrying actor Tracy Morgan and others, national attention focused, briefly, on the serious issue of fatigued truck drivers. The truck's ...

With Congress poised to roll back federal rules limiting the amount of time a trucker can be behind the wheel, both of New Jersey’s U.S. senators warned today the change will make the nation’s ...

Judy Thomas, a former trucker who is now a journalist, recently combined her two talents in an expose of one of the trucking industry’s biggest problems. In December, Thomas, a projects reporter for ...

Truckers move more than 75 percent of goods and products in the U.S. Major highways are now crowded with giant semis and as a result the number of truck crashes has risen. According to the Care ...

Last month, after a tractor-trailer collided with a vehicle carrying actor Tracy Morgan and others, national attention focused — briefly — on the serious issue of fatigued truck drivers. The truck’s ...

A federal judge has ruled Minnesota State Patrol conduct during a 2008 fatigue inspection violated a trucker’s rights against unreasonable search and seizure. In May 2008, officers pulled over Stephen ...

ST. PAUL — A federal judge says the Minnesota State Patrol's truck driver fatigue test is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank ruled the State Patrol's tactics for determining whether a ...

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Canadian transportation groups hope a groundbreaking new study on trucker fatigue will not only save lives and reduce big rig collisions, but will also help solve the hours of service controversy ...

is wondering about his future as a long-haul trucker as new rules designed to reduce major truck accidents go into effect today. "I'm going to try it out for a few months," said Smith, 31, who drives ...