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Deaf Washington Man Finally Can Follow in Grandfather’s Footsteps as a Truck Driver

Justin Brooks has dreamed of the open road since he was a young child, riding along in the front seat of his grandfather’s truck on shipping routes.

April 30, 2018

A Man Tried to Jump Off a Detroit Overpass, Then 13 Truckers Saved Him

A unique act of heroism took place in the early morning hours of April 24 along I-696 in metro Detroit.

April 24, 2018

How Hackers Could Cause Chaos on America’s Roads and Railways

When hackers struck the Colorado Department of Transportation in a ransomware attack in February and again eight days later, they disrupted the agency’s operations for weeks.

April 24, 2018

Ex-Trooper Sentenced in Dallas Trucking Company Inspection Fraud

A former Texas Department of Public Safety sergeant was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison April 16 for accepting bribes from a Dallas trucking company in exchange for top-level inspection decals.

April 19, 2018

MoDOT Grapples With Issues Related to Vehicle Automation

As the auto market becomes more saturated with electric vehicles and vehicles with automation capabilities, the Missouri Department of Transportation is grappling with the changes these types of vehicles present.

April 16, 2018

PennDOT Chief Outlines Temporary Rules for Testing Self-Driving Cars

Pennsylvania will ask Uber Technologies Inc. and any company developing self-driving cars with the same technology onboard to immediately stop testing.

April 9, 2018

Waymo CEO Krafcik Has ‘A Lot of Confidence’ His Tech Would Have Avoided Deadly Uber Accident

In a pioneering self-driving car company’s first public comments on the Uber autonomous car accident March 18 that killed an Arizona woman, Waymo CEO John Krafcik said his tech could “handle” that very scenario.

March 26, 2018

UPS Driver With 25 Years Of Crash-Free Driving Shares His Safety Tips

Robert Gomez Jr. has been driving the UPS Inc. signature big, brown trucks around Southern Arizona since the mid-1980s. He also has the distinction of being crash-free for 25 consecutive years behind the wheel.

March 12, 2018

Ford is Arriving With a Solution to Miami’s Terrible Drivers: Eliminate Them

On Feb. 27, Ford announced it had chosen Miami-Dade to be the first large-scale test site of its self-driving vehicle fleet.

February 27, 2018

Uber’s Kalanick Stays Calm on the Stand During Waymo Trade-Secrets Trial

Subdued. Calm. Compliant. Agreeable. Those adjectives aren’t typically associated with Travis Kalanick, Uber’s combative co-founder. But during 50 minutes on the witness stand in the Waymo vs. Uber trial on Feb. 6, a suit-and-tie-clad Kalanick kept his cool, meekly agreeing with most questions posed to him by Charles Verhoeven, Waymo’s lead attorney.

February 7, 2018