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October 25, 2021

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Shipping containers piling up in Los Angeles neighborhoods due to driver shortage

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are now running 24/7 to unload a backlog of shipping containers that have sat at ports ...

October 22, 2021

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California truck yard argument ends in fatal stabbing

A truck driver was killed during an argument at a California distribution center, CBSLA reported this month. Another truck driver, 47-year-old Miguel Viveros, has ...

October 20, 2021

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Industry divided as Congress considers allowing teens to drive trucks interstate

As the trucking industry deals with a worsening driver-retention crisis, Congress is considering a pilot program that allows 18 to 20-year-olds to drive interstate. ...

October 15, 2021

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Officials warn truck drivers in Atlanta about unwanted passengers

An unidentified, shirtless man has been jumping onto the exterior of semi-trucks and hitching a ride on Atlanta area highways. Several videos have been ...

October 13, 2021

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SCOTUS declines to review California trucking law

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition from the California Trucking Association (CTA) that claimed California’s new worker classification law (AB5) threatens independent ...

October 11, 2021

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Alabama truck driver shot during potential road rage incident, police asking for more info

A truck driver was shot on Interstate 459 in Irondale, AL, on Monday, Oct. 4. The Irondale Police Department (IPD) is investigating and have ...

October 8, 2021

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U.K. offering truck drivers visas to combat the driver shortage

Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain offered thousands of visas to foreign truckers to combat a driver shortage that has left supermarket shelves empty ...