March 29, 2026
Worries Mount for Truck Driving School Owners Vasyl Kushnir and Gene Moik cheerfully interacted with young men at their driving school, but their smiles masked deep concerns about their business’s viability nearly ten years after its establishment. They’ve noted a troubling decrease in student enrollments, particularly since the announcement of new restrictions on immigrant drivers […]
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December 11, 2025
Concerns Over English Language Proficiency Tests for Truck Drivers Adalberto Campero, CEO of Unimex Group based in Pharr, Texas, expressed his initial confusion and subsequent concern upon learning that numerous truck drivers in Texas had been pulled off the roads due to failing English-language tests. Since January, an estimated 5,000 to 6,000 truck drivers across […]
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November 4, 2025
Transportation Secretary Withholds $40 Million from California On Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the decision to withhold $40 million from California, the only state not enforcing English language requirements for truck drivers. Investigation Post-Accident This decision follows an investigation triggered by a fatal accident in Florida, involving a foreign truck driver who made an […]
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October 4, 2025
Andy Weir remembers when his father’s ability to secure work with his dump truck was influenced by the results of a provincial election. “If you voted for the wrong party, you wouldn’t work for three years,” said Weir, a resident of New Minas, N.S., and owner of Weir and Son Trucking, in an interview. Over […]
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October 3, 2025
At a trucking school in New Jersey, students practice driving 18-wheelers around traffic cones, while others examine vehicle hoods for safety checks, identifying issues like cracks and leaks in steering hoses. An instructor smoothly switches between Spanish and English to teach Manuel Castillo, a native Spanish speaker, how to inspect a school bus. They are […]
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September 29, 2025
Buc-ee’s Trucking Controversy Dawn and Richard Thompson were at Buc-ee’s for about 30 minutes with their outfits when two employees approached them and requested they leave due to their semi-truck. Dawn Thompson shared with MySA that there were larger trucks in the parking lot and wondered what set their semi apart from a recreational vehicle […]
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August 20, 2025
Tragic Florida Crash Highlights Licensing Issues A devastating accident on a Florida highway resulted in the deaths of three individuals and left several others injured. The driver, an illegal immigrant who entered the U.S. in 2018, reportedly should not have been driving a commercial truck at all. Widespread Problems in Driver Regulation This incident underscores […]
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