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Trump admin shuts down 270 driving schools in fraud crackdown​



Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the move alongside Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, saying tens of thousands of illegal drivers' licenses were issued during former President Joe Biden's administration.

Duffy noted that millions of illegal immigrants were allowed into the country under Biden and many were granted commercial drivers' licenses, with many of them not even able to speak English.

The administration is shutting down 110 driving schools that were the "greatest offenders" in granting drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants, as well as 160 additional schools that Duffy says lacked proper space for driving tests or had unlicensed instructors.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration chief Derek Barrs said each of the 110 "greatest offenders" passed at least 10 drivers who were "subsequently cited for English language proficiency during roadside inspections by law enforcement."…

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks at Newark Liberty International Airport.
 
Video Shows MARTA Driver Nodding Off With Hands In His Lap Before Bus Crashes
WSBTV
September 15, 2026

New video shows the moments before a MARTA bus crashed along North Shallowford Road in Dunwoody on Labor Day.

The footage appears to show the driver with his hands in his lap and nodding just before the bus crosses the road. Moments later, the bus leaves the roadway and crashes into trees. Additional video shows passengers being thrown from their seats during the impact.

Dunwoody police have charged the driver with failure to maintain lane and distracted driving. MARTA says the driver and two passengers suffered non-life-threatening injuries and the agency is reviewing the incident.



 

Truck driver accused of trading $110K chicken load to pay drug debt​


Phil Brink
September 19, 2026


A Memphis police affidavit says truck driver Robert Wilson offered a $110,000 chicken shipment to settle a drug debt. Officers interrupted the reported exchange behind an Economy Inn on Sept. 15. Several people unloaded frozen cargo from his semi-trailer nearby. The discovery led to 12 arrests, three recovered firearms and multiple drug charges.

Wilson operated as an independent contractor under Armada Freight's authority, the company told FreightWaves. Armada assigned him to transport the Koch Foods shipment. Wilson told police he owed a drug debt to an orange-shirted man driving a blue SUV. The complaint states he was "trading his load to pay off a drug debt."…

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Memphis police identified these 12 people following the recovery of a $110,000 chicken shipment. All charges remain accusations.
 

FMCSA split sleeper berth pilot program moves closer to launch​


John Kingston
October 08, 2026


…In a Federal Register notice released Wednesday, FMCSA opened the “information collection activities” that would provide it with data on whether a change in the 10 hours split, which now allows only 10 consecutive hours, or an 8-2 split or a 7-3 split, would meet safety goals if it was 5-5 or 6-4. Those new splits would become possible if the minimum length of the required sleeper berth period drops to five hours from seven.

The program needs as many as 256 volunteers to participate...

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Valuable Parts Are Being Stolen From 18 Wheelers
FOX 26 Houston

Truck drivers face rising diesel prices and a surge in CPC module thefts, impacting their livelihoods.

Learn how one dealer is fighting back against this alarming trend in Houston. Watch now!

 

Self-driving big rigs roll into California as driverless future comes into focus​


By Daniel Farr
Oct. 1, 2026


California’s highways have a new kind of trucker — and this one doesn’t need a lunch break.

A robot truck is now hauling loads of California produce down the highway, giving the state its first real-world glimpse at autonomous freight while a human safety driver keeps watch from the cab.

Kodiak AI and Fresno-based DTL Transport launched the pilot Sept. 22, using autonomous trucks to move perishable loads from Fresno to a Los Angeles distribution center.

The roughly 225-mile run takes the trucks along major California arteries, including State Route 99 and Interstate 5.…

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Don Burnette, founder and chief executive officer of Kodiak AI Inc.

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The interior of the cab of a self-driving truck.
 
Truck driver petitions FMCSA for rule to require carbon monoxide detectors in sleeper berths

On October 13, 2026, FMCSA posted a petition for rulemaking submitted by Cincinnati resident Todd Daum asking for “a new rule … requiring carbon monoxide detector alarms in commercial motor vehicles equipped with sleeper berths.”

October 14, 2026


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Truck driver arrested after New Hampshire police find 170 beer bottles in cab
CDL Life
October 25, 2026


On October 23, 2026, the Bow Police Department (BPD) responded to a report that a commercial vehicle was blocking in school buses at a bus lot located on 12 Robinson Road in Bow, New Hampshire.

Officers made contact with the truck driver, who refused to exit the vehicle.

The truck driver was removed from the cab after a brief struggle with police.

BPD arrested the truck driver, who was identified as Edgar Ramirez, 33, of Odessa, Texas, after he was “ultimately determined to be driving while intoxicated.”

As part of the investigation, officers reportedly discovered approximately 170 beer bottles in the cab of the semi truck…

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Edgar Ramirez/BPD
 
Just do what the other guys do, take photos of your girl pretending to drive the truck in gym clothes and post it on instagram and profit.
 
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