Several groups petitioned FMCSA for an exemption to allow a 16-hour on-duty period with 15 hours of drive time. Also: Plans underway for new trucker-focused healthcare network; overnight I-17 closures planned; Bestpass acquires HVUT e-filing firm.
Leathers was first appointed to the ATRI Board of Directors in October 2015 and will now chair the Board comprised of 13 trucking industry CEOs. Also: Former Google cybersecurity exec joins Kodiak Robotics; Transition Trucking award voting opens.
Fuel prices shot up from $4.84/gal at the beginning of the month to as high as $5.34/gal before falling slightly; spot rates fell. Also: Ohio patrol wants feedback; Transition Trucking award voting open; new small fleet credit card; veterans deals.
Augustin 'Gus' Corona, from Corpus Christi, was driving from South Carolina to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and saw a truck flipped on its side and quickly took action.