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The US Department of Transportation has released an updated National Roadway Safety Strategy that plans to make roads, vehicles, and people safer.  The updated report was released August 4th by Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy.  According to the report, the updated strategy features a continued focus on eliminating truck drivers with illegally obtained CDLs, and The post USDOT’s updated Roadway Safety Plan continues illegal trucker crackdown, encourages self-driving vehicles appeared first on CDLLife.

A truck driver was found unresponsive inside of his trailer outside of a warehouse in Arizona on Friday morning.  The driver was found on Friday, August 7th at the Chewy fulfillment center along 143rd Avenue in Goodyear, Arizona.  According to Fox10 Phoenix, staff at the warehouse contacted the Goodyear Police Department for help in locating The post Truck driver’s body sat in hot trailer for 20 hours before anyone noticed he was missing appeared first on CDLLife.

Transportation officials announced sweeping enforcement action targeting Albert’s trucking sector to remove chameleon carriers and fraudsters from Canadian roadways. Twenty “unsafe” trucking companies have been “eliminated” from the road since October 2025, according to an August 6 statement from Alberta’s Minister of Transportation Devin Dreeshen. This includes thirteen “chameleon carriers,” or trucking companies that change names The post Twenty ‘unsafe’ trucking companies shut down by Canadian government appeared first on CDLLife.

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) took to the skies to catch semi truck drivers skipping mandatory brake check areas along I-80. On August 7, 2026, CHP’s Gold Run Division partnered with CHP Air Operations and CHP’s Valley Division Commercial unit to conduct an enforcement detail on I-80. Troopers said that the “I-80 Joint Commercial Enforcement The post Video shows CHP using aerial unit to catch truck drivers skipping mandatory brake check areas appeared first on CDLLife.

The owner of District Logistics LLC pleaded guilty to falsifying documents in order to fraudulently obtain more than $1 million in COVID-19-related business loans. On August 6, 2026, Robert A. Terrell, 51, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in U.S. District Court, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Terrell owned Washington The post Construction logistics company owner admits to scheme to steal $1.35 million in COVID-19 relief funds appeared first on CDLLife.

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) called out a car driver for holding up traffic by driving too slowly in the left lane of a busy highway in the Santa Barbara area. CHP said that a motorist was spotted driving at speeds of 58 m.p.h. southbound on US-101 south of Linden in the left lane, “causing The post CHP takes action against slow-poke motorist in the left lane of US-101 appeared first on CDLLife.

A pair of semi trucks collided after one slowed to avoid hitting a construction worker gathering up orange cones. The crash happened just before 6:30 a.m. in Ogden, Utah on Interstate 15. According to ABC4, the first semi truck approached a construction zone and slowed down as a worker walked around gathering construction cones. A The post Semi trucks collide avoiding worker retrieving construction cones appeared first on CDLLife.

The week, Texas law enforcement agencies partnered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for a commercial vehicle enforcement operation in Wichita County. On August 3, 2026, ICE joined forces with the Wichita County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) and the Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) for a detail called “The Heat Is On.” During the The post Fourteen arrested for immigration violations during ICE commercial vehicle operation in Texas appeared first on CDLLife.

Arizona troopers took enforcement action against commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers for lingering in the left lane of an interstate construction zone. On August 5, 2026, Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Highway Patrol troopers conducted traffic enforcement in an I-10 construction zone between Phoenix and Tucson. As part of the enforcement, troopers “took enforcement The post Arizona troopers nabbed multiple CMVs for driving for miles in left lane of I-10 construction zone appeared first on CDLLife.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a trucking company for female-only training rules that put female drivers at a disadvantage.  The EEOC subdued KLLM Transport Services LLC and KLLM Driving Academy Inc. on August 5th, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.  According to Human Resources Director, the The post KLLM sued for female-only rules, including required notification of husbands prior to driver training appeared first on CDLLife.