She Drives Trucks Staff (TN)SheDrivesSpecial COVID-19 resource for truckers availableThe global outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus has thrown society and, with it, the trucking industry into uncharted territory. The editors of Truckers News, Commercial Carrier Journal, Overdrive, and Trucks•Parts•Service have set up a comprehensive page as a resource for all involved in trucking to keep up with the latest news and analysis surrounding COVID-19’s impacts. Visit […]April 14, 2020SheDrivesTomTom Trucker 620 GPS gets you where you need to goA recent survey by a trucking industry research organization identified the 100 worst bottlenecks for truck traffic on U.S. highways. The annual study found these traffic chokepoints cost the trucking industry more than $74 billion and waste 1.2 billion hours of trucking time each year. The smart professional driver, if they can, will avoid these […]April 14, 2020SheDrives40-year trucker named Female Driver of the YearA company driver from Canada is the winner of the first Female Driver of the Year award. The Women In Trucking Association and Walmart announced recently that Susie De Ridder, who drives for Armour Transportation Systems in New Brunswick, Canada as the winner. She was one of three finalists for the award. The others were […]April 7, 2020SheDrivesHow to make your own no-sewing face coveringOn April 2, the City of Laredo, Texas enacted an emergency mandate requiring anyone over the age of 5 to wear some kind of face covering when on any form of public transportation, pumping gas or when in any building open to the public. Failure to do so could result in a fine up to […]April 7, 2020SheDrivesIn case your smartphone needs a boostRemember the bad old days of original cellular phones when the phones were the size of your shoe and there were vast service deserts as you drove across the country? Fortunately, today’s smartphones are smaller and those dead zones are few and far between, but there are still times and places where the service bars […]April 7, 2020SheDrivesRoadPro offers COVID-19 information pageRoadPro Family of Brands, as part of its commitment to America’s truckers to keep them safe, comfortable and connected, has created a web page that is a one-stop information center with information about the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. The page — RoadPro Cares — features the latest news from travel centers, links to the Centers for […]March 31, 2020SheDrivesJ.B. Hunt pays drivers $500 bonusArkansas-based mega-fleet J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. is paying a one-time bonus of $500 for drivers and personnel at field operations and customer facilities supporting drivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bonus will be paid Friday, March 27, to eligible employee drivers, as well as field employees and managers in terminals, intermodal ramps, maintenance shops, Dedicated […]March 31, 2020SheDrivesInspection blitz still on for May 5-7The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s International Roadcheck, scheduled for May 5-7, is still scheduled to go on. Even if the annual safety initiative doesn’t get called off, states could opt out, though such moves are “very rare,” said Kerri Wirachowsky, CVSA’s director of the roadside inspection program. This year’s Roadcheck will focus on driver compliance, […]March 24, 2020SheDrivesPodcast delves into the history of truckingFinn Murphy, a household goods mover and author we spoke with for the Truckers News Podcast back in the summer of 2017, is the subject of the latest episode of the Over the Road podcast. A collaboration between our sister publication Overdrive and PRX’s Radiotopia, this installment of Over the Road charts the history of the […]March 24, 2020SheDrivesParking Roundup: Wisconsin keeps its 28 rest areas openThe constant problem of finding a place to park at the end of the driving day is always an issue. It’s become even more of a problem for some over-the-road truckers with the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. However, several states are taking steps to ensure truckers have a place to park in these demanding […]March 24, 2020Previous PagePage 25 of 127Next PageTop StoriesHomeHave your say: Survey of top industry issues now open through Oct. 10“ATRI’s annual survey gives truck drivers an opportunity to make our collective concerns known."HomeCargo theft expected to surge during long Labor Day weekendNewsDuffy threatens 3 states with loss of funds over language enforcementHomeFedEx Freight driver from North Dakota wins driving skills competitionFeatured SponsorJBL Live Beam 3 - True wireless noise-cancelling earbuds
