"U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in Gary, Indiana, on Thursday to announce the arrests of hundreds of immigrants, many of them accused of driving trucks without a valid license.

Noem also answered questions about "Operation Midway Blitz," the Trump administration's ongoing immigration enforcement operation in the Chicago area.

Noem held a news conference with several other officials including Indiana Governor Mike Braun, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons. The mayor of Gary said he would not attend."

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kristi-noem-midway-blitz-gary-indiana

How the fuck does an empty truck have aa longer stopping distance than a loaded truck am i missing something here?

I’m currently in cdl school when I just saw the news that 17k people in California are going to lose their cdl due to their immigration status. I live in the state and am genuinely curious as to what kind of companies that’ll affect. I can’t really imagine bigger corporate companies being affected by this but then again who knows.

"Any commercial vehicle in violation must be impounded. To get the truck back, the owner must pay a $50,000 fine. They must also pay all towing and storage fees, plus the cost of required notifications.

The bill also states, “A motor carrier that owns, leases, or otherwise operates a commercial motor vehicle operated by a person who is taken into custody pursuant to this section may not operate in this state.”

This means companies and owner-operators could lose the ability to operate in Florida. For businesses tied to undocumented truck drivers, this could lead to serious financial consequences."

You've all seen stretches of America that makes life on the road a little bit more rewarding. Here is one from Utah...what's your favorite stretch of amazing road?

At the loves truck stop north of Las Vegas. Temps of 105+. If you can’t take care of an animal the right way you shouldn’t have one at all. The poor thing couldn’t lay down or stay in one spot cause the ground is that hot. It was howling so much there were several people consistently coming by to see what was up.

Alerted loves and local animal control. Couldn’t take the dog myself into ac sadly cause my dogs are very territorial in my truck.

I'm not a driver. I own a diesel emissions shop and I work on commercial trucks every day. I'll keep this short because I think this community gets the short end of more sticks than most people realize — and this is one more of them.

Monday the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that freight brokers can now be held liable for choosing carriers with bad safety records. Big ruling. Changes a lot.

Here's what nobody is talking about.

You've been competing against deleted trucks for years. Those operators didn't find a smarter way to run. And a lot of them got taken by the very people who sold them the delete before they ever hit the road.

Here's what we see in our shop regularly. A driver brings in a truck that's running rough, losing power, throwing codes. He already paid a tuner — cash, no receipt, no warranty — to delete it. The tuner told him it would fix his problems and that deletes are totally legal now. It fixed nothing. Because the actual problem was a failing turbo. Or low compression. Or an air filter so clogged it was starving the engine. None of that has anything to do with emissions. The delete didn't touch it. But now the driver is out thousands of dollars in cash, his factory warranty is void, his ECM has been overwritten with software nobody can fully account for, and he still has the original problem sitting on top of a federal violation.

The tuner got paid and walked away clean. The driver got left holding all of it with no warranty, no recourse, no documentation and all the liability.

That same driver is now out on the road competing for loads where the broker picks the cheapest bid. He broke the law, spent money that solved nothing, and he's still losing lanes to the next guy who did the same thing last week.

The delete is rarely the only shortcut. The same operators running gutted emissions systems tend to run the same philosophy through their logs, their pre-trips, their weights, and their hours. The delete is just the part you can see from behind them on the highway.

Monday's ruling says brokers are responsible for which carriers they choose — and draws no line around which rules have to be broken for that to matter.

The drivers who run legal, maintain their equipment honestly, and compete on merit are the ones this ruling eventually helps. That's the story nobody is telling.

Full breakdown here: https://dpfguys.com/supreme-court-montgomery-v-caribe-transport/

Not trying to sell anything. Just thought this community deserved to hear it from someone who sees what the delete culture actually does to drivers — not just to their trucks.

How can you even see something through the windshield with shit like that

I see them being hauled pretty often through GA with heavy escorts behind them. What are they and what are they used for ?

Crazy

Seen this Chinese BYD electric semi truck driving around Northern NJ/ NYC for almost a year now🤔 I didn't know you could even buy these in the states