Burdizzo said:Deerdude said:
They keeping the scale open more frequently now on I35 south of San Antonio, I hope this is in part why
That part of I35 is like the chase scene from Road Warrior and all the vehicles are semis with 65 MPH governors. Take you life in your own hands. And half the trailers are carrying exchange students.
FlyRod said:
You are about to see the nation's beer distributors aka "the toughest lobby you've never heard of"lose their ****ing minds
VP at Pierce and Pierce said:BlueMiles said:
Great! Which state, BTW?
Texas. I-20 between Fort Worth and Abilene. Definitely a sight I had never seen.
Iowafarmkid said:
https://ktvo.com/news/local/driver-of-overturned-semi-in-macon-county-cited-for-dwi-new-cambria-missouri-crash-navneet-singh-mount-holly-new-jersey-tractor-trailer-crash-18-wheeler-wreck-missouri-state-highway-patrol
Anyone want to guess on where this driver is originally from? Thankfully he didn't kill anyone
chris1515 said:
There are a couple of publicly traded companies working on self driving 18 wheelers. If you think the quality of drivers is a problem, tech might be the answer.
AUR has been public for a while.
Kodiak (KDK) just went public this week.
I've owned AUR for a while. It's been underwhelming, probably going to sell some of it and shift that into KDK to hedge my bets.
TexasRebel said:chris1515 said:
There are a couple of publicly traded companies working on self driving 18 wheelers. If you think the quality of drivers is a problem, tech might be the answer.
AUR has been public for a while.
Kodiak (KDK) just went public this week.
I've owned AUR for a while. It's been underwhelming, probably going to sell some of it and shift that into KDK to hedge my bets.
Maybe improve the rail system in this country?
TexasRebel said:
Private rail is a thing.
Jock92 said:
I-44 in Missouri suddenly has billboards for halal food at truck stops and cafes. BFE Missouri. That's how bad this issue is.
agent-maroon said:Jock92 said:
I-44 in Missouri suddenly has billboards for halal food at truck stops and cafes. BFE Missouri. That's how bad this issue is.
Used to be full of billboards for adult book stores. Not completely sure which is worse TBH...
agent-maroon said:Jock92 said:
I-44 in Missouri suddenly has billboards for halal food at truck stops and cafes. BFE Missouri. That's how bad this issue is.
Used to be full of billboards for adult book stores. Not completely sure which is worse TBH...
If New York wants to hand out CDLs to illegal immigrants with “No Name Given,” that’s on them. The moment they cross into Oklahoma, they answer to our laws.
— Governor Kevin Stitt (@GovStitt) September 29, 2025
OHP performed an enforcement action along I-40 and apprehended 125 illegal immigrants.
This is keeping Oklahomans safe. pic.twitter.com/kNspThTk4E
will25u said:If New York wants to hand out CDLs to illegal immigrants with “No Name Given,” that’s on them. The moment they cross into Oklahoma, they answer to our laws.
— Governor Kevin Stitt (@GovStitt) September 29, 2025
OHP performed an enforcement action along I-40 and apprehended 125 illegal immigrants.
This is keeping Oklahomans safe. pic.twitter.com/kNspThTk4E
Foreign truck drivers don’t want to be filmed after their screwups. pic.twitter.com/c8lGcmXFGW
— Bonehead Truckers (@boneheadtruckrs) September 30, 2025
One trucking company in Chicago fired 40 truck drivers in a singe day
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) October 2, 2025
Their drivers kept getting pulled over and law enforcement couldn’t communicate with them because they only spoke foreign languages
All illegals
“Multiple drivers were pulled over in some of the western… pic.twitter.com/JgoJHPv6lX
In just three days, @ICEgov and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested 120 illegal aliens in a targeted public safety operation - 91 were driving commercial vehicles with commercial licenses.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) October 7, 2025
ICE’s 287(g) program is making America safe again.https://t.co/fJrz7nHsu9
🚨ALARMING: An exhausted non-citizen truck driver from Mexico was found ASLEEP on the side of the interstate in Clarksville, AR! This driver violated hours of service rules, was driving in "personal conveyance" mode, couldn't speak English, and had NO WORK VISA—only a B1/B2… pic.twitter.com/jyMBw5iTU6
— American Truckers 🚛🦅 (@atutruckers) October 13, 2025
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ALARMING: An exhausted non-citizen truck driver from Mexico was found ASLEEP on the side of the interstate in Clarksville, AR! This driver violated hours of service rules, was driving in "personal conveyance" mode, couldn't speak English, and had NO WORK VISAonly a B1/B2 tourist visa.
What's INSANE? He's 700 miles from the border, hauling a load from Mississippi to OklahomaNOT a cross-border shipment. This is straight-up CABOTAGE violation, illegal for foreign drivers!
Arkansas Highway Police? ZERO training on thisthey didn't even question the Border Crossing Card or why he's running domestic loads. Even worse, the Arkansas Highway Police chief actively worked with the Arkansas Trucking Association against legislation in this year's legislative session that would have banned the use of B1/B2 tourist visas for truck drivers in the state of Arkansas. If this happened in Oklahoma, ICE would've been called immediately. But Arkansas isn't cooperating with ICE, so they just dropped him at a hotel with a slap-on-the-wrist warning for English proficiency.
This is a massive safety riskexhausted illegal drivers on our roads? Wake up, America! Who's protecting our highways?
Another trucker dealing with it pic.twitter.com/0t4Ho1Lzni
— CaptainDznuts (@CaptainDznuts) October 13, 2025
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With immigration authorities and regulatory agencies targeting any trucks on the road in violation of federal regulations, massive fraud is being revealed, including:
Carriers bring foreign truck drivers in on tourist visas, have them drive for 90 days, at which time they leave and are replaced by another driver on the 90-day cycle. Per Craig Fuller, "Entire fleet business models [are] built around this."
Eastern European drivers are being brought in by organized crime syndicates from their home countries, and operating with little understanding or respect for US laws.
Because of the crackdown, alien truckers are starting to ditch their trucks along highways, leaving them for the trucks' owners to come pick up.
ICE and cooperating police agencies are aggressively patrolling truck stops.
Carriers that rely on cheap foreign truck drivers are reporting massive absenteeism. Per Mr. Fuller, "This is going to destroy entire business models. Trucking companies only survive through cashflows of running freight. They are toast if this goes on."
Truck stop parking lots are suddenly much emptier than normal.
ICE is also showing up at businesses where shipments are loaded and unloaded, verifying that the truckers have legitimated CDLs. Shippers therefore are becoming proactive in ensuring that only legal drivers are backing up to their warehouse docks, and refusing to load or receive shipments from non-compliant drivers.
Trucking companies and freight brokers are being advised by legal counsel to immediately cease working with non-US domiciled truck drivers and those who lack a legal United States CDL. Mr. Fuller quotes one of them as telling him, "Plaintiff attorneys will scorch any broker or carrier for hiring an illegitimate driver."
Insurance companies are likely to refuse to provide insurance going forward for companies unless they prohibit the hiring of truck drivers lacking US-domiciled CDLs.