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07/07/2025

5 dead after truck driver falls asleep at wheel, crashes into stopped traffic on I-20
Five people are dead after a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into stopped traffic on I-20 over the weekend.
The accident happened on Saturday, June 28th at about 2:40 p.m. on Interstate 20 near Hiram Road in Kaufman County, east of Dallas, Texas.

According to CBS, 27-year-old Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni fell asleep as he was driving near the Hiram Road bridge, causing him to crash into stopped traffic on I-20 for a previous crash. Gonzalez-Companioni then crashed into a Ford F-150 before slamming into two other tractor trailers. One of the secondary tractor trailers then jackknifed and struck a Jeep, a Mustang, and a Honda. The chain reaction crashes involved a total of seven vehicles.
Four people inside of the F-150 were pronounced dead at the scene. The fifth person was flown to a nearby hospital in critical condition. One person in the Jeep hit by the jacknifed semi truck was also pronounced dead at the scene.

The Terrell Volunteer Fire Department deemed the crash a “horrific” “mass casualty.”

“All you could see was one 18-wheeler, half of the back end was missing,” said Leak Akins, who was working at a nearby business, to 5 NBC. “And then another 18-wheeler, the cab was completely gone.”
“There’s a lot of truck drivers that go through here, so it’s pretty bad that they don’t know how to pull over whenever they’re getting tired, or they’re pushed to the limit,” Akins continued.

Gonzalez-Companioni is currently in custody on five counts of manslaughter and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

06/09/2025

Inspectors to focus on drums and rotors during weeklong nationwide brake blitz
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) shared details about a brake safety and inspection campaign taking place throughout North America this summer.

The CVSA’s Brake Safety Week will take place August 24 — 30, 2025, throughout Canada, Mexico and the U.S.

During Brake Safety Week, CVSA-certified officers will conduct commercial vehicle inspections with an emphasis on brake systems and components. Vehicles with brake-related out-of-service violations, or any other out-of-service violations, will be removed from the road until the violations are repaired or otherwise corrected.

The area of emphasis for this year’s brake blitz will be on drums and rotors.

“Brake drum and rotor issues may affect a vehicle’s brake efficiency. Broken pieces of drums and rotors may become dislodged from the vehicle enroute and damage other vehicles or result in injuries or fatalities to the motoring public,” the CVSA said.

06/09/2025

Reckless, careless, and dangerous driving to be the focus of weeklong blitz in U.S., Canada, and Mexico
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is gearing up for a driver-focused enforcement operation taking place in July.
Operation Safe Driver Week 2025 will take place July 13-19 in Canada, Mexico and the U.S.
During Operation Safe Driver Week, law enforcement agencies will patrol both commercial vehicle and passenger vehicle drivers looking for unsafe behaviors, including speeding, distracted driving, following too closely, and drunk or drugged driving.
Drivers caught performing unsafe and illegal behaviors face a citation or a warning.

The area of emphasis for Operation Safe Driver Week 2025 will be reckless, careless or dangerous driving.

Reckless driving is defined as operating a vehicle with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.

05/28/2025

Motorist dead after striking parked semi truck on shoulder, truck driver to face charge, Virginia troopers say
Virginia State Police (VSP) responded to a fatal two-vehicle collision on the shoulder of I-95 in Caroline County on Saturday morning.
Troopers responded around 9:25 a.m. on May 24 to southbound I-95 at mile marker 108 near the Ladysmith exit for a reported crash.

VSP said that a tractor trailer hauling biohazard medical waste was parked on the shoulder of the interstate for about 10 minutes when the trailer was struck by a Subaru Outback traveling at approximately 70 m.p.h.
The Subaru driver did not survive the crash.

No other injuries were reported.

Troopers say that the truck driver, New Jersey resident Larry Williams, 54, will be charged with improper stopping.

05/21/2025

USDOT vows to ‘take action’ to uphold English language requirements for truckers
On Tuesday morning, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy promised to support the trucking industry by acting to enforce English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements for commercial vehicle drivers at the direction of the Trump Administration.
During a press event in Austin, Texas, on May 20, Duffy was joined by trucking industry stakeholders, including the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) and the Texas Trucking Association, to emphasize the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) commitment to upholding an April 28 White House Executive Order (EO) requiring increased enforcement of existing regulations requiring that commercial vehicle drivers speak and read English.

Duffy announced the official rescinding of a 2016 policy that removed the requirement to place drivers out-of-service for ELP violations. Duffy stated that in 2015, before the Obama-era ELP policy was issued, approximately 99,000 ELP violations were issued, and that 1,000 of those drivers were taken out-of-service. Duffy said that in 2024, only 10,000 ELP violations were issued, and zero drivers were placed out-of-service for ELP violations.
“That’s not going to happen anymore. We’re going to put safety first,” Duffy said.”Allowing drivers who cannot read stop signs or understand police officer’s instructions to operate an 80,000 pound big rig threatens the safety of every American on our roadways.”

Duffy announced that USDOT would issue new guidance to ensure “a driver who can’t understand English will not drive a commercial vehicle in this country. Period. Full stop.”

Duffy highlighted other action that USDOT is undertaking in order to comply with the EO, including a review of non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) issued by relevant State agencies and an investigation into “the security procedures of how CDLs are given.” Duffy also noted the EO’s directive to improve working conditions for U.S. truckers and mentioned increasing truck parking availability as a possible action in that direction.
OOIDA President Todd Spencer also spoke at the event in support of USDOT’s increased ELP enforcement.

“This is a good day for truckers. It’s a good day for families. And it’s a good day for common sense,” Spencer said. “Out on the road, there’s no margin for error. Truckers drive 80,000-pound vehicles through all kinds of terrain—steep mountain passes, narrow turns, busy city streets. The only thing separating safe trips from deadly ones can be a simple road sign. These signs aren’t suggestions. They’re warnings. They save lives—but only if they’re understood. That’s why English proficiency behind the wheel isn’t some bureaucratic requirement—it’s a life-and-death safety standard. Truckers must be able to read road signs, communicate with law enforcement, and respond in emergencies. When that doesn’t happen, people get hurt—or worse. But for nearly a decade, enforcement of this requirement was gutted. The result? Safety violations didn’t go away—they just stopped being tracked.”

05/19/2025

Colorado lawmakers pass commercial vehicle noise bill, non-compliant truckers to face $1000 fines
This week, Colorado lawmakers passed legislation intended to reduce “noise pollution” from commercial vehicles.
On May 13, the Colorado General Assembly passed House Bill 25-1039 and sent it to the desk of Governor Jared Polis to be signed into law.

Currently, Colorado state law only requires a muffler on commercial vehicles equipped with an engine compression brake (Jake Brake). The bill strengthens this requirement by mandating that all commercial vehicles be equipped with a muffler that is either visibly inspectable or accompanied by documentation verifying its presence and compliance.
The bill also increased the fine for non-compliant truckers from $500 to $1000. If a trucker can prove that a muffler was installed within 30 days after the citation was issued, the fine is to be reduced by 50%.

The bill is set to go into effect on July 1, 2027.

05/07/2025

Truck drivers to be placed out-of-service for lack of English language proficiency, starting in June 2025
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) announced major action on English language proficiency (ELP) for truck drivers in compliance with direction from the White House.
The CVSA announced that starting on June 25, 2025, non-compliance with existing federal regulations requiring commercial vehicle operators to be proficient in English is an out-of-service violation.

This move by the CVSA comes just days after President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) targeting several trucking industry issues, including a call for tightened English-language proficiency requirements for commercial vehicle drivers. The EO called for a reversal on a 2016 memo that directed law enforcement not to place truck drivers out-of-service for ELP violations.
The CVSA Board of Directors voted to add a “English Proficiency (U.S. Only)” heading to the “Part I – Driver” section of the North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria with the following language: Driver cannot read and speak the English language sufficiently to communicate with the safety official to respond to official inquiries and directions in accordance with FMCSA enforcement guidance. (391.11(b)(2)) Declare driver out of service.

In the coming weeks, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will issue guidance for commercial motor vehicle inspectors to ensure enforcement of the English language proficiency standard is applied consistently, according to the CVSA.

“In addition, CVSA will petition FMCSA to update 49 CFR 391.11(b)(2) to identify non-compliance with English language proficiency as an out-of-service condition. CVSA will also send a petition FMCSA requesting that the agency harmonize the commercial driver’s license English language requirements in 49 CFR Part 383 “Commercial Driver’s License Standards” with those in 49 CFR Part 391 “Qualifications of Drivers and Longer Combination Vehicle (LCV) Driver Instructors” so that the standards are consistent,” officials said.
CFR 391.11(b)(2), “General qualifications of drivers,” states that a driver must be able to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.

The CVSA Board of Directors used an emergency bylaw provision to amend the North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria quickly enough to meet the 60 day deadline put forth by the Trump Administration.