https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/US trucking news: what happened, why it matters, and what drivers and logistics pros should do.en-UShttps://truckbro.org/en/novosti/fmcsa-driverless-trucks-warning-beacons-exemption/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/fmcsa-driverless-trucks-warning-beacons-exemption/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000The agency granted a five-year exemption: Level 4 autonomous trucks may switch on cab-mounted beacons after a stop instead of a driver placing triangles.https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/fired-driver-kept-semi-flock-georgia/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/fired-driver-kept-semi-flock-georgia/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000A 36-year-old Texas driver was arrested on a felony theft charge after he kept his employer’s truck following his firing. Detectives located the rig more than 1,000 miles from home through the Flock license plate reader network.https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/pam-learners-permit-exemption/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/pam-learners-permit-exemption/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Arkansas carrier PAM has requested an exemption from the rule requiring a CDL holder beside a learner’s-permit driver. The company estimates it would cover 500 to 700 drivers a year.https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/copper-250k-i80/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/copper-250k-i80/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000In Nebraska, a truck carrying 20 tons of stolen copper wire was stopped, and the driver couldn't name the load or the route.https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/nvidia-truck-sand/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/nvidia-truck-sand/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000A stolen truck with Nvidia branding wasn't hauling hardware. It was carrying 20,000 pounds of sand meant to fool thieves.https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/fake-broker-seafood/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/fake-broker-seafood/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000A scammer posed as a broker and tried to steal a shipment of seafood in New Jersey.https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/kodiak-ikea-driverless-i45/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/kodiak-ikea-driverless-i45/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000IKEA will be the first customer of Kodiak’s driverless long-haul freight. Runs with nobody in the cab are planned by the end of 2026 on a 219-mile stretch of I-45.https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/truck-pushing-car-iowa-i80/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/truck-pushing-car-iowa-i80/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000On Sept. 27, Iowa State Patrol stopped a truck pushing a passenger car with a homemade pad on its bumper. It was going 31 mph in a 40 mph minimum zone.https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/printer-stolen-truck-cook-county/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/printer-stolen-truck-cook-county/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Scammers cloned documents and rerouted a trailer carrying 75 drums of glycerin. The truck was stopped in Thornton, and the load was returned to its owner.https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/truck-through-picket-bradford-white/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/truck-through-picket-bradford-white/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000On Sept. 30, a truck pulled out through a crowd of strikers at the Bradford White plant and hit a worker. The company said the driver is not its employee and banned that carrier from all its sites.https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/stevens-trucking-vs-ch-robinson/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/stevens-trucking-vs-ch-robinson/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000The lawsuit was filed Sept. 23 in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiffs cite RICO and schemes involving "chameleon" carriers.https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/fish-refrozen-florida/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/fish-refrozen-florida/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000In Florida, inspectors stopped a truck carrying 16,960 lb of seafood. The next day the same load came back frozen, and it was sent to the landfill.https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/diesel-record-trump-peterbilt/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/diesel-record-trump-peterbilt/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Diesel in Texas costs $6.10–$6.27 a gallon, and a full tank on a truck runs about $1,000. Against that backdrop, Trump said at the Peterbilt plant: "American trucking is back."https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/cargo-theft-q1-2026-overhaul/https://truckbro.org/en/novosti/cargo-theft-q1-2026-overhaul/Mon, 18 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000Overhaul’s Q1 2026 report counts 574 US cargo thefts, down 25% from Q4. But deceptive pickup schemes rose 31% year over year.