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Record breaking numbers of travelers are expected to hit the road and head to the airport this year.  A total of 81.8 million people are expected to travel 50 miles from home or more from Tuesday, November 25th through Monday, December 1st – 1.6 million more travelers as compared to 2024. These are all time The post Record breaking numbers of travelers expected to hit the road this Thanksgiving holiday appeared first on CDLLife.

This week, lawmakers introduced a bill that would tighten English language standards for Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) applicants. Bill To Require English-Only CDL Testing On November 20, Reps. Dave Taylor, Harriet Hageman, and Greg Steube introduced Commercial Motor Vehicle English Proficiency Act. Current law allows the CDL knowledge test to be administered in any language, while The post Truckers call bill to require English-only CDL testing ‘common sense’ appeared first on CDLLife.

This week, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) partnered with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for a twelve hour special emphasis patrol that involved a large number of commercial vehicle inspections. The patrol took place on Monday, November 17, 2025, along State Highway 69 in Bryan County, Oklahoma, as part of the larger Operation Guardian The post Oklahoma troopers inspected 160 commercial vehicles during 12 hour highway operation with ICE appeared first on CDLLife.

The US State Department has instructed its embassies to being reporting on “public safety impacts of mass migration” in US allied countries in an attempt to stop human rights issues.  “Mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization and undermines the stability of key American allies,” the State Department wrote on X on November The post State Department setting sights on “public safety impacts of mass migration” outside of the US appeared first on CDLLife.

A South Carolina truck driver pleaded guilty after he was involved in a crash on the West Virginia Turnpike in 2022 that resulted in the discharge of pollutants into a nearby creek. On October 9, 2025, Dennis Eugene West, 57, pleaded guilty as an individual and on behalf of his trucking business, Gadsden, Gaillard and West The post Trucking co. owner pleads guilty to contamination of creek caused by West Virginia Turnpike DUI crash appeared first on CDLLife.

Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) traffic cameras captured the moment that a dump truck with a raised bed struck an overhead highway sign. The sign strike took place around 3:30 p.m. on November 20, 2025, on westbound I-70 at the Livingston Avenue exit in Columbus, Ohio. Video captured by ODOT shows a dump truck striking The post Ohio DOT video shows dump truck with raised bed striking and collapsing highway sign on I-70 appeared first on CDLLife.

A New Jersey truck driver was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday for the murder of his girlfriend over two years ago.  48-year-old Matthew Sidney Watley was sentenced on Thursday, November 20th to a maximum of 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder on October 21st.  According to The The post New Jersey driver sentenced to 40 years for murder of girlfriend appeared first on CDLLife.

Iowa state troopers are hoping that other truckers hauling oversized loads learn by example from a heavy haul attempt that went awry this week. The Iowa State Patrol (ISP) Commercial Motor Vehicle Unit says that an oversized load without proper permits became stuck on Wednesday, November 19. “There are many reasons for permit requirements. A The post Iowa troopers use stuck 188K pound load as a teaching moment about proper commercial vehicle permitting appeared first on CDLLife.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) removed several electronic logging devices (ELDs) from the agency’s list of approved devices. Effective November 20, 2025, the following ELDs were placed on FMCSA’s Revoked Devices list for failure to meet federal standards: “This action reinforces FMCSA’s commitment to ensuring that every ELD used on America’s roadways meets federal The post FMCSA revokes five ELDs, carriers have 60 days to replace before facing citations appeared first on CDLLife.

This week, Love’s Travel Stops announced the opening of a new store in Sterling, North Dakota. The new Love’s is located at 3201 Highway 14 in Sterling, North Dakota, and is accessible from Highway 14, Highway 83, and I-94. “The new location is conveniently located between Bismarck, the state’s capital, and Love’s existing travel stop in The post New North Dakota Love’s brings 59 truck parking spaces appeared first on CDLLife.