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Transportation Commissioner for Northern Mississippi says that any blame for the interstate shut down in the recent freeze across the state can be placed on him, if it must.  Hundreds of cars and trucks were stuck for more than 12 hours on Interstate 55, Interstate 22, and Highway 78 earlier this week after a winter The post Northern Mississippi Transportation commissioner says blame is on him for shutdowns of I-55 and I-22 appeared first on CDLLife.

Troopers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) say they recently busted a dump truck for a serious weight violation. The dump truck was stopped by CHP troopers in the Victorville area on January 29, 2026. From CHP: “This afternoon one of our Mobile Road Enforcement officers spotted this dump truck rockin’ its way down the The post CHP says dump truck was almost 20,000 pounds overweight for its axle configuration appeared first on CDLLife.

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) announced changes to language availability for all driver license exams that will go into effect in February. FLHSMV said that starting Friday, February 6, 2026, all driver license knowledge and skills examinations will be administered exclusively in English. This English-only language requirement applies to oral The post All driver license exams, including CDL test, to be administered in English only, Florida officials announce appeared first on CDLLife.

A seriously nasty u-turn attempt by a truck driver was caught on dash cam by another driver who narrowly avoided an accident.  The video was filmed on Highway 20 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec.  In the clip, a truck driver cuts straight through a grassy median in an attempt to complete a u-turn. As he does, he The post Driver’s egregious u-turn attempt caught on camera by second trucker appeared first on CDLLife.

The trucking industry and the stores it stocks are finally returning to normal in regions of the country severely affected by last weekend’s winter storm, just in time for another winter storm to threaten a similar region.  Trucking companies such as Wilson Logistics in Missouri say that they had drivers stuck throughout the southeast during The post Trucking industry, retail finally returning to normal as another winter storm looms appeared first on CDLLife.

Federal officials are warning the trucking industry to be on the alert for “a new, aggressive phishing campaign” targeting motor carriers. On January 30, 2026, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a notice to trucking industry stakeholders about a recent phishing scheme in which motor carriers receive emails falsely claiming to be from The post FMCSA issues alert about ‘aggressive’ email phishing scheme targeting trucking companies appeared first on CDLLife.

Lawmakers introduced a bill this week that seeks to expand access to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) safety data while also updating the process for drivers and trucking companies to challenge inaccurate data on their records. The Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act was introduced by U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann and Sharice Davids. According to The post Bill to provide truckers with ‘modernized’ process to challenge errors in FMCSA safety records appeared first on CDLLife.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) opened a new truck parking lot at an I-17 rest area as part of a larger plan to expand truck parking availability by hundreds of spaces statewide. On January 29, 2026, ADOT announced the opening of a new truck parking lot at the Sunset Point Rest Area located on The post Truck parking expands at I-17 rest area as part of effort to add ‘several hundred’ new spaces statewide in Arizona appeared first on CDLLife.

As a major winter storm rolled across the country, truckers were busy doing what they do best. Keeping freight moving through snow, ice, and brutal cold. But they were not doing it alone. Their four-legged co-pilots were right there with them, claiming seats, judging driving skills, and napping through the chaos. The CDLLife App community The post CDLLife App: Truckers’ Co-Pilots Steal the Show During the Winter Storm appeared first on CDLLife.

The Tulsa Police Department (TPD) shared a trucker’s dash cam video to explain why a semi truck was spotted driving in the wrong direction on the Broken Arrow Expressway this week. On January 29, 2026, police shared video from an incident that occurred earlier this week in Tulsa, Oklahoma. From TPD: “WRONG WAY SEMI ON The post ‘Dash cam from semi tells the story’ of wrong way truck on Oklahoma highway appeared first on CDLLife.