Verified developments affecting drivers’ work, safety, licensing, pay, equipment, and travel.
FMCSA's final order lets Aurora and other qualifying Level 4 autonomous-truck carriers use cab-mounted amber warning beacons instead of specified roadside warning devices under strict operating, notice and reporting conditions.
NHTSA campaign 26V631 covers selected 2025–2027 Mack Pioneer and 2026–2027 Anthem trucks whose intake or grille bezels may detach and become a road hazard.
ATA's 2026 Driver Compensation Study says median 2025 pay increased for major employee-driver categories, based on data from more than 130 fleets.
The justices denied Garten Trucking's review petition, leaving a Fourth Circuit decision that enforced an NLRB bargaining, notice-reading and cease-and-desist order in place.
TA Services acquired the assets and operations of Carmen Pacheco Transportation and Interload Forwarding, adding trucking capacity, five warehouses and established El Paso and Laredo operations to its U.S.–Mexico network.
Virginia's drought-response waiver gives qualifying hay haulers temporary HOS, registration, licensing and limited over-width relief from October 1 through October 30, while normal weight limits and safety conditions remain.
Einride and EASE Logistics say two cabless SAE Level 4 electric trucks are now moving freight daily between EASE warehouses in Marysville, including on local public roads under off-site remote monitoring.
IRS guidance makes federal highway-use penalty relief retroactive to October 1, while federal tax-payment guidance and state fuel-tax treatment remain separate.
CVSA's 2026 Operation Safe Driver Week results show speeding led the cited behaviors, with commercial drivers receiving 342 speeding citations during the July 12–18 initiative.
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